Olufela Olomola Nets Brace In Southampton Rout Of Liverpool
Published: August 14, 2016
Southampton U23s kicked off their Premier League 2 season with a 4-1 rout of Liverpool at Prenton Park on Sunday.A brace by Olufela Olomola and goals from Sims and Hesketh sealed the win for the Saints, while Ings scored the Reds solitary goal in the 35th minute. Liverpool threatened to fight back until Olomola restore...
Iwobi Starts, Akpom Benched As Arsenal Face Liverpool At The Emirates
Published: August 14, 2016
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has named his starting lineup for the Premier League match against Liverpool at the Emirates. Nigeria international Alex Iwobi starts in attacking midfield for the Gunners, with Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey offering support. In-form England U21 international of Nigerian descent Chuba Akpo...
Sports Ministry Refunds $4,600 To Dream Team Skipper Mikel
Published: August 14, 2016
Excited about the qualification of the Nigeria U23 team for the semi finals of the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports has again assured players and officials of the team that they will be given all that is due to them.  Addressing the players and officials af...
Germany U23 Coach : Nigeria Have A Strong Team And A Lot Of Quality
Published: August 14, 2016
Germany Olympic National Team manager, Horst Hrubesch, was not surprised with the outcome of the match between Nigeria and Denmark as he had predicted that the Africans will emerge victorious. Germany’s reward for thrashing Portugal in the quarterfinal is a showdown against Nigeria at the Arena Corinthians, S&ati...
Chelsea Ace Mikel Enters Nigeria Folklore, Beats Odemwingie Eight - Year Record
Published: August 14, 2016
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel became the oldest ever Nigerian player to score at the Olympic Games when he found the back of the net in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Denmark in Salvador. Aged 29 years, 3 months and 22 days, the Team Nigeria Captain broke the previous record set by Peter Odemwingie, who was 27 years...
Chelsea Sing Praises Of Nigeria GK Daniel, Sadiq Umar, Imoh Ezekiel
Published: August 14, 2016
Premier League club Chelsea praised Nigeria U23s goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel following his imperious display against Denmark in the quarterfinal of the Olympic Games on Saturday in their review of the match.With their midfielder John Obi Mikel giving the Dream Team the lead after 15 minutes, the Enugu Rangers netminder ...
Mikel Wants Repeat Performance Against Germany In Semi-Final
Published: August 14, 2016
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has predicted that Nigeria U23s will repeat their performance when they confront Germany in the semifinals of the Olympic Games on Wednesday. The Dream Team VI skipper was delighted with the result against Denmark, highlighting how things panned out because they listened to the instruc...
Nigeria Coach Siasia Not Worried About Facing Neymar And Co In Final
Published: August 14, 2016
Speaking at a press conference shortly after Nigeria secured a place in the last four of the 2016 Olympic Games, coach Samson Siasia has revealed that his players are not scared of facing Brazil in the showpiece game if they overcome Germany in the semifinals. The Dream Team defeated Denmark 2-0 at Arena Fonte Nova on ...
Chelsea Star Mikel Delighted Nigeria Are Two Steps Away From Gold
Published: August 14, 2016
John Obi Mikel has expressed his happiness through social media after Nigeria qualified for the semifinals of the Olympic Games for the third time in their history on Saturday night.The Chelsea star netted his first-ever goal at the Olympics in the 15th minute, latching on to a cutback by Imoh Ezekiel, before Umar Amin...
Nigeria Wonderkid Iheanacho Hails Man City Teammates After Win Over Sunderland
Published: August 14, 2016
Super Eagles rising star Kelechi Iheanacho was delighted that Manchester City kicked off the new Premier League season with a 2-1 win at the Etihad in their clash with Sunderland.In Pep Guardiola’s first competitive match as coach of the Citizens, the 19-year-old entered into the fray in the 80th minute and had a...
Mikel, Aminu On Target As Nigeria Beat Denmark To Qualify For Rio 2016 Semifinal
Published: August 13, 2016
Dream Team VI of Nigeria cruised into the semifinals of the 2016 Rio Olympics courtesy of a 2-0 victory over Denmark at the Arena Fonte NovaSalvador on Saturday night.Samson Siasia settled for the first team he had relied on at the tourney with the only change being Umar Aminu in for the injured Oghenekaro Etebo. The o...
Mikel, Shehu, Aminu, Umar Named In Starting XI For Denmark Clash
Published: August 13, 2016
Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has announced his starting line-up for Saturday’s clash with Denmark at the 2016 Olympic Games. Enugu Rangers netminder Emmanuel Daniel will make his third appearance at the Games, as he has been preferred in goal ahead of Chippa United’s Daniel Akpeyi.The defenders are William T...
Premier League Wrap : Musa Impresses; Ighalo Replaced By Anya; Onomah, Ladapo Benched; Barkley Scores
Published: August 13, 2016
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent on the opening day of the season in the English Premier League on Saturday, August 13.Ahmed Musa looked lively on his debut in the English top-flight as defending champions Leicester City surprisingly lost 2-1 to newly promoted Hull City at the KCOM Stadium.Th...
Nigeria Coach Siasia : It Will Be A Very Tough Game For Us
Published: August 13, 2016
Nigeria U23s coach Samson Siasia has admitted that he has little knowledge about the Danish team, having watched them in action against Brazil in their final Group A fixture, and also faced the opponents at the Suwon Invitational Tournament.While the Dream Team traveled from Sao Paulo to Salvador for today’s cont...
Al Ahly Striker Junior Ajayi Resumes Full Training With Nigeria U23s
Published: August 13, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that new Al Ahly signing Junior Ajayi could make his first-ever appearance at the Olympic Games against Denmark on Saturday. Sources close to the team have informed this website that Ajayi participated in full training on Friday and it remains to be seen if he gets a run out against the...