Exclusive : Arsenal Reignite Pursuit Of Chukwueze After Dispute Over Payment Of Transfer Fee
Published: April 07, 2016
Arsenal’s proposed move for Nigeria youth international Samuel Chukwueze has been reignited after it was thought that the transfer was on the brink of collapse due to a disagreement between the Londoners and Diamond Academy over the payment of his transfer fee.Diamond Academy had demanded a percentage of the midf...
Arsenal-Bound Kelechi Nwakali To Start Training With Nigeria U20s On Monday
Published: April 07, 2016
Ex-Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali will fly into Lagos on Sunday evening from the United Kingdom.The Diamond Academy/ASJ central midfielder has been in London for the past three weeks familiarizing himself with English Premier League team Arsenal after penning a preliminary contract which will start running in t...
Exclusive: Samson Siasia Lobbying Top Politicians To Retain Super Eagles Job
Published: April 07, 2016
Dream Team VI coach Samson Siasia is lobbying top politicians in his bid to retain the Super Eagles job, which is against the wishes of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick.The former Nantes striker has always maintained that he never lost a match during his first spell as the Super Eagles hel...
Ibe,Ojo In Germany With Liverpool First Team; Ilori Not Considered
Published: April 07, 2016
England youth internationals of Nigerian heritage Jordon Ibe and Sheyi Ojo have a chance of featuring for Liverpool in Thursday night’s clash with Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Europa League Quarter-final, Game 1.The Reds number 33 was among the 20 players that traveled to Germany on Wednesday ahead of the game a...
Ahmed Musa Vows Super Eagles Will Compensate Fans By Qualifying For World Cup
Published: April 07, 2016
Super Eagles vice-captain Ahmed Musa has shared his thoughts on the national team’s failure to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations on the heels of the 1-0 loss to Egypt in Alexandria last month.The CSKA Moscow frontman has stated that the Super Eagles will compensate the fans by qualifying for the World C...
Arsenal Will Not Block Alex Iwobi From Representing Nigeria In Olympic Games, Says Wenger
Published: April 07, 2016
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that the club will not block Alex Iwobi from representing the Nigeria U23s at the 2016 Olympic Games.It would be recalled that the attacking midfielder trained with the Samson Siasia-led side a year ago and would have debuted for the team during the All-Africa Games qualifiers...
Fifa Ranking : Super Eagles Rated The 14h Best Team In Africa
Published: April 07, 2016
Football governing body, Fifa, on Thursday morning published its latest ranking of National Teams.Compared to their position the previous month, the Super Eagles have dropped five places and now occupy the 67th position while they are 14th in the continental ranking.Algeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Egypt are th...
Josh Onomah Fails To Rescue Tottenham Hotspur In Their Loss To Boro U21s
Published: April 07, 2016
England U19 international Josh Onomah and Emmanuel Sonupe were in action for Tottenham Hotspur U21s as they fell to a 2-1 loss to Middlesbrough in the U21 Premier League Division 1 on Wednesday .On the other hand, Nathan Oduwa was an unused substitute in the first game played by the Londoners at that level since he ret...
Ideye On Target As Olympiakos Continue To Set Records In Greece
Published: April 07, 2016
Greek champions Olympiakos defeated Iraklis without difficulty on Wednesday evening in the Super League, with Nigeria international Brown Ideye assisting the Reds record their 26th win of the season from 28 games.Jimmy Durmaz opened scoring in the 12th minute before Ideye notched his ninth goal in the top-flight one m...
Stephen Odey Rescues Point For MFM At Agege Stadium
Published: April 07, 2016
Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Football Club of Lagos came from a goal down to secure a one all draw against Enugu Rangers Football Club in Wednesday’s Nigeria Professional Football League match in Lagos.The Agege Stadium witnessed yet another entertaining and interesting match that saw MFM FC recording...
Chukwunonso Okonkwo Pops Up With Game-Winner Against El-Kanemi
Published: April 07, 2016
Chukwunonso Okonkwo struck in the 66th minute to fire Rivers United past a resolute El-Kanemi Warriors side 1-0 in an exciting Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) contest decided on Wednesday.The forward rounded off a flowing team move that saw youngster, Daniel Israel provide the decisive pass as United won su...
Amuneke Calls Up Bamgboye, Anumudu, 28 Others For Flying Eagles First Get-Together
Published: April 06, 2016
Head Coach of the Nigeria U-20 boys, Emmanuel Amuneke has opted to have a three –day open screening for new players ahead of the team’s camping for a 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against Burundi.Burundi progressed to be eligible to square up with Cup holders Nigeria after the Democrati...
AS Trencin Winger Samuel Kalu Scores First Professional Goal
Published: April 06, 2016
Samuel Kalu scored his first professional goal as AS Trencin thrashed Ruzomberok 5-1 in the Slovnaft Cup on Wednesday.The winger opened the floodgates as early as the third minute at the Mestský futbalový štadión Na Sihoti when he found himself alone in the box as a result of poor defending ...
Kelechi Iheanacho Starts On Bench Against PSG In Champions League
Published: April 06, 2016
Kelechi Iheanacho is in line to make his second appearance in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night when Manchester City tackle PSG at the Parc des Princes, Paris in the quarter-final, Game 1.City coach Manuel Pellegrini has just announced his starting XI and the Nigeria national-teamer will start on the bench.I...
Hull City Boss Says Referee Made The Right Call Over Dismissal Of Odubajo
Published: April 06, 2016
Hull City manager Steve Bruce has reflected on his side’s 4-0 loss to Derby County in the Championship on Tuesday night and  reckons that the referee made the right call sending off wing-back Moses Odubajo.The England youth international took the walk of shame in the 55th minute of the contest at IPro Stadiu...