Official : Vancouver Whitecaps Retain Sam Adekugbe
Published: December 02, 2015
MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps have retained the services of Canada international Sam Adekugbe ahead of next season.The London - born defender joined Vancouver Whitecaps as a homegrown player in August 2013 and has featured 14 times in the American top flight since he debuted against Colorado Rapids. In a related develop...
Kelechi Iheanacho Sends Manchester City To League Cup Semi - Final
Published: December 01, 2015
Manchester City cruised to the semi - finals of the League Cup on Tuesday night, thrashing Hull City 4 - 1, with Nigeria international Kelechi Iheanacho among the scorers for the Citizens.The 2014 League Cup winners were only a goal ahead before the former Golden Eaglets sensation joined the fray in the 71st minute as ...
League Cup Team News : Aluko, Odubajo & Akpom Start, Iheanacho On The Bench
Published: December 01, 2015
Despite Argentina star Sergio Aguero rested after picking up a knock against Southampton, Manchester City manager Pellegrini has left out Kelechi Iheanacho from his starting line - up for Tuesday night’s League Cup quarter - final against Hull City.But the Nigeria international is expected to feature for The Citi...
Dream Team VI Coach Says Osimhen Is Not In Senegal To Make Numbers Up
Published: December 01, 2015
Dream Team VI coach Samson Siasia has revealed that Ultimate Strikers poster boy Victor Osimhen is not in Senegal to make the numbers up and will play some part at the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations at the right time.Osimhen was handed a call - up to the Nigeria U23s for the first time in his career after helping the Golde...
Siasia Warns Dream Team Not To Repeat Defensive Mistakes Against Egypt
Published: December 01, 2015
Coach Samson Siasia says the Nigeria Under 23s were lucky to pick up three points against Mali on Sunday and has advised his players to learn from their mistakes against the West Africans when they face Egypt on Wednesday in M’bour.Nigeria will qualify for the semi - finals with one game to spare if they defeat t...
Fifa Admits Bronze Boot Was Erroneously Awarded To Kelechi Nwakali
Published: December 01, 2015
Fifa has admitted that it erroneously awarded the Bronze Boot of the 2015 Fifa Under 17 World Cup to Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali instead of teammate Samuel Chukwueze.Both players were tied at three goals and three assists at the end of the competition but Nwakali had racked up more minutes - 630 minutes in t...
Rashidi Yekini Foundation Picks Date To Honour Gbolahan Salami
Published: December 01, 2015
Rashidi Yekini Foundation has concluded plan to honour the 2015 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL)’ highest goal scorer, Gbolahan Salami on 3rd December in an event slated for media center of Obafemi Awolowo Stadium Ibadan.Cash incentive of one hundred thousand naira and one of the soccer boots used by ...
Yakubu Aiyegbeni Nets Hat - trick For Kayserispor In Turkish Cup
Published: December 01, 2015
Former Super Eagles hero Yakubu Aiyegbeni scored a hat - trick as Kayserispor thrashed 2 Lig side Sariyer 7 - 2 in the Turkish Cup on Tuesday afternoon.In third round tie staged at the Yusuf Ziya öniş Stadyumu (İstanbul), Yakubu opened scoring in the 13th minute, grabbed his brace in the 21st minute befo...
Daniel Chima To Hold Clear - The - Air Talks With Demoted Shanghai Shenxin In January
Published: December 01, 2015
Daniel Chima and his intermediary, Atta Aneke, will hold clear - the - air talks with Chinese club Shanghai Shenxin next month.Naturally, the attacker’s future will be the subject of a lot of speculations following the demotion of Shanghai Shenxin from the Super League at the end of the 2015 season.Chima was a bi...
Team Secretary Egbaiyelo Tayo Forcing Golden Eaglets Stars Bamgboye, Michael & Orji Okonkwo To Sign Representation Contracts
Published: December 01, 2015
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that the Team Secretary of the Golden Eaglets, Egbaiyelo Tayo, is trying to force a number of players in the Nigeria Under 17s squad to sign representation contracts with his nominated agent under duress.This website can confirm that the affected players are Kingsley Michael ( Football ...
Eddy Onazi Resumes Training With Lazio; Says He Is Better Now
Published: December 01, 2015
Eddy Onazi , 22, has released a brief statement to the Italian media about his health condition after further tests were carried out.The Lazio midfielder came back from international duty with an adductor injury and has been on the sidelines for two weeks, with his last competitive fixture coming against Swaziland in a...
Official : Boyd Okwuonu, Rasheed Olabiyi Remain With MLS Clubs
Published: December 01, 2015
United States Under 23 international Boyd Okwuonu will be spending his second consecutive season on the books of Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake in 2016.The Claret and Cobalt have announced via their official webpage that they have exercised their contract option on the defender as well as six other players tha...
Hamstring Injury Rules Peter Odemwingie Out Of Capital Cup Clash Against Sheffield Wednesday
Published: December 01, 2015
Peter Odemwingie will miss Stoke City’s Capital One Cup Quarter-Final tie against Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday due to injury.The 34 - year - old recently sat out games against Southampton and Sunderland in the Premier League and it has now come to light that the experienced striker is battling a hamstring compl...
Toronto FC Starlet Ayomide Akinola Called Up To USA Squad
Published: December 01, 2015
Interim United States U-17 coach John Hackworth, has named a roster for the 2015 Nike International Friendlies in Florida.A player with Nigerian roots, Ayomide Akinola, and the Toronto FC striker will compete with George Weah’s son, Timothy Weah of Paris Saint-Germain F.C for a spot in attack.Akinola was born in ...
Hope Akpan Aims To Score More Goals For Blackburn Rovers
Published: December 01, 2015
After opening his Blackburn Rovers goalscoring account last weekend, Hope Akpan is confident that he can score more goals for the club.The Nigeria international had not scored a goal in the league for close to two years before netting in Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Sheffield Wednesday, and was initially wrongly cred...