Tottenham's Dele, Only Player Of Nigerian Descent, Nominated For Premier League Award
Published: May 15, 2017
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli has been nominated for the Premier League seasonal awards.The England star is in the running to be named Player of the Season, and has to see off competition from teammates Harry Kane and Jan Vertonghen, Chelsea trio Eden Hazard, Cesar Azpilicueta and N'Golo Kante.The other nomine...
Moses Ogbu Continues Remarkable Start To The Season With Brace For IK Sirius
Published: May 15, 2017
Moses Ogbu continued his remarkable start to the season after bagging a brace and an assist in IK Sirius's 4-1 rout of Elfsborg in the Swedish Allsvenskan on Sunday.The visitors had taken the lead in the fourth minute before Ogbu set up Gustafsson for the equalizer in the 12 minute.The Nigerian striker made it 3-1 in t...
Manchester City Demand 9.5 Billion Naira For Super Eagles Star Iheanacho
Published: May 15, 2017
Manchester City are preparing to bid farewell to their Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho in the summer transfer window.Allnigeriasoccer.com broke the news that Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund were among the teams in Germany exploring ways to sign the Taye Academy product at the end of this season.Now the Daily Mail ...
Chelsea Star Victor Moses Signs Endorsement Deal With Opera
Published: May 15, 2017
Chelsea dazzler Victor Moses is delighted to sign a partnership with the most popular browser in Africa, Opera, and will be featured in the new Opera Mini TV commercial as well as a range of collaborative projects extending throughout 2018. This coincides with Opera’s recent announcement to invest $100 million USD (3...
Dream Team VI Skipper Delighted To Gain Promotion To Super Lig
Published: May 15, 2017
Nigeria U23 skipper Azubuike Okechukwu has expressed happiness over the promotion of Yeni Malatyaspor to the top flight of Turkish football, the Super Lig.With one round to spare, Yeni Malatyaspor gained promotion following their 1-1 draw with Boluspor on Sunday afternoon, with the Super Eagles midfielder working a ful...
Former Flying Eagles Star Ends Seven-Month Goal Drought In Russia
Published: May 14, 2017
Former Nigeria U20 international Kehinde Fatai ended a seven-month goal drought in Ufa's 2-1 win over Anzhi in the Russian Premier League.Before today's meeting at Stadion Neftyanik (Ufa), the striker last hit target on October 30, 2016 in a 2-0 road victory over Arsenal Tula.Having come off the bench at the start of t...
Chelsea, Liverpool Linked Striker Onyekuru Issues Come And Get Me Plea To Arsenal
Published: May 14, 2017
Eupen frontman Henry Onyekuru wants to join Alex Iwobi and Chuba Akpom at Arsenal, and has targeted a move to the Premier League.The Aspire Academy product has taken the Belgian First Division A by storm in his second season as a professional, and has been regularly linked with a move to the top leagues in England, Spa...
Nigerian Wonderkid Will Not Make Manchester United Debut Against Tottenham
Published: May 14, 2017
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has named his starting eleven for his side's Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.The big news is that young Nigerian defender Matthew Olosunde will not make his competitive debut for the Red Devils.There was a hint that Olosunde could make his debut for...
Liverpool Loanee Awoniyi Scores In Second Consecutive Match
Published: May 14, 2017
Liverpool loanee Taiwo Awoniyi scored for the second consecutive game as NEC Nijmegen beat SC Heerenveen 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.The Nigeria U23 international came off the bench in the 55th minute before scoring his second goal in as many matches.In the 65th minute Ali Messaoud swung in a corner from the right, Dario D...
Nigeria Target Moses Odubajo And Hull City Relegated From The Premier League
Published: May 14, 2017
Nigeria target Moses Odubajo will not play in the Premier League next season except he finds a new employer before the close of the summer transfer window.Hull City were relegated from the English top flight after suffering a 4-0 loss to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon.Goals from Wilfried Zaha, Chri...
Liverpool Hero Takes Dig At Mourinho, Guardiola : They Won't Turn Moses Into A Wing Back
Published: May 14, 2017
Liverpool hero Stan Collymore has taken a slight dig at Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola when commenting on the achievements of Chelsea boss Antonio Conte. The Italian gaffer took a gamble by converting Moses into a right wing-back in a 3-4-3 formation, and the Nigerian played a key role in Chelsea winning their fifth P...
Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Transfer Target Urged To Remain At Everton
Published: May 14, 2017
Ross Barkley has been advised by teammate Morgan Schneiderlin to sign the new deal that he has been offered by Everton, amid speculations linking him with an exit from Goodison Park in the summer.The Toffees manager Ronald Koeman issued a one week ultimatum to the England midfielder to commit his future to the club or ...
Spurs Eyoma Qualifies For World Cup With England, Idah Suffers Heartbreak
Published: May 14, 2017
Tottenham Hotspur defender of Nigerian descent Timothy Eyoma worked a full shift for England U17s as they qualified for October's Fifa U17 World Cup in India after a 1-0 win over Republic of Ireland in the U17 Euro quarterfinals.Eyoma won the individual battle against the prolific Republic of Ireland striker Adam Idah,...
Super Eagle Kayode Remains In The Limelight, But A Huge Doubt For Corsica Friendly
Published: May 14, 2017
Olanrewaju Kayode continued his rich vein of form after netting a brace for Austria Vienna in their 3-0 thrashing of SV Ried on game week 33 in the Austrian Bundesliga on Saturday.The Nigeria national-teamer's goals against SV Ried took his tally for the season to 23 goals in all competitions, 16 of them coming in the ...
Son Of Ex-Super Eagles Striker Joins Germany World Cup Camp After First Professional Goal
Published: May 14, 2017
Hertha BSC central defender Jordan Torunarigha will join Germany U20 World Cup squad in good form after netting his first professional goal in his side's 2-0 win at Darmstadt 98 on Saturday.The 19-year-old doubled Hertha BSC's advantage in the 28th minute after free-kick by Marvin Plattenhardt.Torunarigha is one of the...