Iwobi Gets Standing Ovation As Arsenal End Suffering At The Hands Of Chelsea
Published: September 24, 2016
Nigeria international Alex Iwobi was applauded off the Emirates Stadium turf in the 69th minute as Arsenal beat Chelsea for the first time in the Premier League in five years.Chilean Alexis Sanchez opened scoring in the 11th minute when he was handed an opportunity to showcase his skills after Cahill dallied on the bal...
Premier League Wrap : Iheanacho Benched; Anichebe Debuts; Robson-Kanu Subbed In; Ejaria, Ojo, Asoro, Maja Absent; Dele, Barkley Log 90 Minutes
Published: September 24, 2016
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent on match day six in the English Premier League on Saturday, September 24.Everton lost their first game of the season, losing 1-0 to Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, with England international Ross Barkley putting in a ninety-minute shift for the Toffees. H...
New Assists King Dele-Bashiru Bags Two As Man City Thrash Sunderland
Published: September 24, 2016
Tom Dele-Bashiru continued his fine start to the season with a goal and two assists as Manchester City thrashed Sunderland 4-0 in the U18 Premier League at Academy of Light Training Ground on Saturday afternoon.Dele-Bashiru started along with Will Patching in the center of midfield and did not starve the strikers of se...
Nigeria Star Musa Dropped As Man Utd Out-Fox Leicester City At M16 0RA
Published: September 24, 2016
Super Eagles assistant captain Ahmed Musa failed to make Leicester City’s 18-man squad for the first time in the Premier League, with manager Claudio Ranieri dropping him for the visit to Old Trafford. Musa, 23, has not started a game for the champions in the English top-flight since the opening day against Hull ...
Nigeria U17s Depart Abuja Aboard Emirates Airline On Monday
Published: September 24, 2016
Players and officials of the Flamingos will depart the shores of Nigeria aboard an Emirates Airline flight from Abuja on Monday night ahead of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup taking place in Jordan. The Nigerian U17 National Team, quarter –finalists at the last three editions of the championship (Trinidad an...
MVV Maastricht Will Not Rush Arsenal Loanee Kelechi Nwakali
Published: September 24, 2016
Nigeria U20 international Kelechi Nwakali is gradually bring introduced to the rigours of professional football.The Arsenal loanee made his third consecutive appearance for MVV Maastricht in all competitions when he replaced Kuipers in the 77th minute of their 2-1 loss to Almere City in the Eerste Divisie on Friday ni...
Port Harcourt Ready To Host World Cup Qualifier Cracker Between Nigeria And Algeria
Published: September 24, 2016
The 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Algeria will be played in Port Harcourt and the Rivers State Government is, as always, poised to play the perfect host.The game, a Group B 2018 World Cup qualifier  will be played at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt on November 7, 2016. It will be ...
Chelsea, Man City, Barcelona Failed In Approach To Sign Nigeria Next Big Hope, Isaac Success
Published: September 24, 2016
English Premier League duo Chelsea and Manchester City attempted to sign new Super Eagles invitee Isaac Success prior to his move to Udinese, allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report. The BJ Foundation product was the most sought after player in the Nigeria U17s squad after winning the Golden Boot award at the Afric...
Chelsea Dazzler Moses Is Best Nigerian Crosser In Premier League Ahead Of Musa, Ighalo
Published: September 24, 2016
Chelsea winger Victor Moses has completed the most crosses in the Premier League so far this season with respect to Nigerian players only, according to the statisticians at Opta.The London-based sports data company defines a successful cross as one that reaches a teammate. Moses has made five substitute appearances in ...
Premier League 2 Wrap : Adarabioyo, Tomori Log 90 Minutes; Olomola, Ugbo Fire Blanks; Arsenal Trio Akpom, Bola, Eyoma Missing
Published: September 23, 2016
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in Premier League 2 on Friday night.England youth international Tosin Adarabioyo started and played the full game in Manchester City’s 1-1 draw with Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium. Two other England youth internationals of Nigerian descent, Layton ...
Sunderland Boss Provides Key Update On Nigeria Striker Anichebe
Published: September 23, 2016
Sunderland manager David Moyes has revealed that Victor Anichebe is making progress in his bid to return to match fitness and is set to be handed playing opportunities in the upcoming games in the Premier League.Since his arrival at SR5 1SU as a free agent in September, the Nigeria international has yet to make his de...
Fulham Star Sone Aluko Declared Fit To Face Bristol City
Published: September 23, 2016
Nigeria international Sone Aluko has returned from injury ahead of Fulham’s Championship tie with Bristol City at Craven Cottage on Saturday. The winger was not utilized in his team’s 2-1 loss to Bristol City in the League Cup two days ago after failing to recover from an injury.“We lost Ryan Frederic...
NFF Announces Kit Numbers : Rasheedat Ajibade 10, Patience Dike 3, Omokwo 9, Ucheibe 4
Published: September 23, 2016
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the shirt numbers of the 21 young stars representing the country at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. Rivers Angels netminder Chiamaka Nnadozie has been handed the number one jersey, a strong hint that the coaching prefer her to be in goal ahead of Christiana...
Prolific Strikers Rasheedat Ajibade, Aku Headline Nigeria 21-Player World Cup Roster
Published: September 23, 2016
Nigeria U17s coach Bala Nikyu has announced a 21-player for the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup that will be staged in Jordan from September 30-October 21, 2016.An analysis of the roster revealed that 3 goalkeepers, 8 defenders, 3 midfielders and 7 attackers will be on the plane to Amman in the coming days. ...
Ovie Ejaria Training With Liverpool First-Team Pre-Hull City
Published: September 23, 2016
On Thursday, Liverpool held their penultimate training session ahead of their weekend clash with Hull City at Anfield, with Nigerian midfielder Ovie Ejaria in attendance. The 18-year-old was handed his competitive debut after he was introduced in the 77th minute during the Reds 3-0 victory over Derby County in the Leag...