Iheanacho, Aguero,Kevin De Bruyne Among Frontrunners To Win Man City Player Of The Season
Published: May 09, 2016
Kelechi Iheanacho is one of the players tipped to win Manchester City’s 2015-2016 Etihad Player of the Season Award.Though no specific player has been shortlisted for the prestigious accolade, with the official website of the Citizens informing supporters to vote for any of the 22 squad players, some candidates h...
Sturm Graz Striker Edomwonyi Still Dreaming Of Representing Nigeria U23s At Olympic Games
Published: May 09, 2016
SK Sturm Graz striker Bright Edomwonyi still dreams of representing the Nigeria U23s at the 2016 Olympic Games, but has admitted that he has not been contacted by the Nigeria Football Federation or coach Samson Siasia.Unarguably, this is Edomwonyi’s best season since his arrival in Europe, with 8 goals ( 5 assist...
Flying Eagles Tackle Kaduna United In Next Friendly; No Injury Worries In Camp
Published: May 09, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that the Flying Eagles continued their preparations for the upcoming African U20 Cup of Nations qualifiers against Burundi on Monday morning with another training session. Ahead of the first leg tie against the East Africans, there are no injury worries in camp, with the likes of skippe...
Chelsea Midfielder Mikel Disappointed With Loss To Sunderland
Published: May 09, 2016
Super Eagles skipper John Obi Mikel has rued Chelsea’s 3-2 loss to Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday, with the dethroned champions leading 2-1 going into the interval.Fabio Borini restored parity in the 67th minute before Jermain Defoe netted the match winner three minutes later to give the Black Cats ...
Lobi Stars Grind Out Win Over Mountain of Fire And Miracles
Published: May 09, 2016
Lobi Stars Football of Makurdi stopped Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Football Club of Lagos from picking  points on the road on Sunday after a 1-0 win in match day 15 of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) played at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi, Benue State.‎Coach Fidelis Ilechukwu&rs...
Ovoke Puts Warri Wolves To The Sword
Published: May 08, 2016
Bernard Ovoke’s second half strike condemned Warri Wolves to their first home defeat of the season as Rivers United claimed the spoils in a tightly-fought Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) contest on Sunday.Ovoke’s goal against Wolves at the Warri City Stadium, his third in two games, was the end ...
Premier League Wrap: Iheanacho Fails To Add To His Collection; Iwobi Makes 8th Start; Ighalo Goalless In Over 11 Hours; Ibe,Ojo Feature For Liverpool
Published: May 08, 2016
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in the penultimate round of matches in the English Premier League on Sunday.At White Hart Lane, Tottenham Hotspur lost the chance to confirm their second place position at the end of the season after losing 2-1 to Southampton.Both Dele Alli and Josh Onomah did...
League One Wrap: Udoh,Osayi-Samuel Relegated;Ajose Shines Again For Swindon; Etuhu Starts; Shola Ameobi,Ikpeazu,Onyedinma Benched
Published: May 08, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com checks on the progress of players of Nigerian descent on the final day of the season in the English League One.Kevin Etuhu was in Bury’s starting line-up for the tie with Southend United which the homers won 3-2. The former Manchester City youth-teamer played the full game at Gigg Lane.Former...
Raheem Lawal Confirms Availability For Nigeria Friendlies; To Resume Training On Tuesday
Published: May 08, 2016
Osmanlispor midfielder Raheem Lawal has confirmed his availability for the upcoming friendlies against Mali and Luxembourg.The former Dream Team star had to be substituted immediately after the interval in his team’s thrilling 3-3 draw with Bursaspor on Saturday, and he has revealed that he will not resume traini...
Kelvin Arase Shows Glimpses Of His Potential As Austria Beat Ukraine In U17 Euro
Published: May 08, 2016
The Austria U17s have qualified for the quarterfinals of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship after earning a 2-0 win against Ukraine at the Bakcell Arena, Baku on Sunday afternoon.For the second straight Group B game, Nigeria target and Rapid Vienna starlet Kelvin Arase was named in the starting line-up of the Cent...
Kelechi Iheanacho Nominated For Manchester City Goal Of The Month
Published: May 08, 2016
One of Kelechi Iheanacho’s goals against Stoke City has been nominated for Manchester City’s Nissan Goal of the Month for April 2016.Manuel Pellegrini’s side scored 17 goals last month and six of those strikes from a possible ten have been shortlisted for the accolade.Iheanacho is up against Kevin de ...
Austria Euro 2016 Hopeful Karim Onisiwo Closes Scoring In Mainz Win
Published: May 08, 2016
Karim Onisiwo scored his first goal in the German Bundesliga in Mainz’s 3-1 victory over VfB Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on Saturday afternoon.In his eighth appearance of the season, the Vienna-born striker hit target in the 77th minute after he was teed up by Jhon Cordoba to bring the scoreline to 3-1.T...
Nigeria Starlet Umar Aminu Speaks On Comeback : We Did Not Give Up After Their Third Goal
Published: May 08, 2016
Umar Aminu has insisted that he was confident that Osmanlispor will pick up at least a share of the spoils in Saturday’s Turkish Super Lig clash against Bursaspor despite trailing the opponents 3-0 after 51 minutes.The tie at the Osmanlı Stadı (Ankara) appeared to be dead and buried but the Nigeria internat...
Leading Scorer In Swedish Superettan Oke Akpoveta Extends Scoring Streak To Five Games
Published: May 08, 2016
If Oke Akpoveta manages to register his name on the score sheet against Ljungskile next Wednesday, he will extend his scoring streak in the Swedish Superettan to six games having hit target in his team’s 2-2 draw against Sirius on Saturday, May 7.The ex-Brondby forward has explained that he is topping the scoring...
Red Hot Fred Friday Four Games Away From Equaling 50-Year Old Record In Norway
Published: May 07, 2016
Fred Friday is four games away from equaling a long-standing record in the Norwegian top-flight after he scored for the seventh consecutive game as Lillestrom lost 3-1 to Stroemsgodset at the Marienlyst Stadion on Saturday.Ex-Lyn Oslo striker Ole Stavrum holds the record for longest scoring streak in Norway after findi...