Sporting Kansas Defender Ike Opara On The Road To Full Recovery
Published: October 16, 2015
Ike Opara has resumed training with Sporting Kansas and there is a slight hope that the defender could return to action before the end of the 2015 season.Since rupturing his Achilles tendon in March, the former USA youth international has not played a single game in the American top flight, as he continues his rehabili...
Abia Warriors Striker Chisom Chikatara Vows To Score On Super Eagles Debut
Published: October 16, 2015
Abia Warriors marksman Chisom Chikatara is in good form going into the African Nations Championship qualifier against Burkina Faso at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium this weekend.In two training matches against Shekarau Babes and Blessed Academy, the attacker notched up two braces in the second half.“I hope to sco...
Nosa Igiebor May Have To Undergo Knee Surgery
Published: October 16, 2015
Maccabi Tel Aviv midfielder Nosa Igiebor may have to undergo surgery after picking up a knee injury in the Champions League clash against FC Basel in August, according to reports in the Israeli media.One.co.il says the Premier League champions are not certain when the Nigeria international will resume full training wit...
Odion Ighalo Misses Out On Premier League Player Of The Month Award
Published: October 16, 2015
Watford striker Odion Ighalo lost out on the Premier League Player of the Month award to Manchester United teenager Anthony Martial, when the result was announced on Friday morning.The Nigeria national - teamer had been nominated for the prestigious accolade as a result of the three goals he scored for the Hornets in t...
Golden Eaglets Train At Match Venue Ahead Showdown Against USA
Published: October 16, 2015
Ahead of their eagerly anticipated meeting with the United States of America, the Golden Eaglets trained at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago on Thursday.A day after arriving in Chile, the Emmanuel Amuneke - led side practiced at the Centro Deportivo Azul (CDA) in La Cisterna d...
FC Midtjylland Talent Babajide David Makes Squad To Face Randers
Published: October 15, 2015
FC Midtjylland talent Babajide David is in line to make his Danish Superliga debut on Friday against Randers.The teenager and Nigeria Under 23 international Paul Onuachu have been included on a 21 - man provisional squad ahead of the game at the MCH Arena .Babajide proved his worth for the youth team of the Wolves, sco...
Watford Rule Out January Sale Of Odion Ighalo
Published: October 15, 2015
Watford manager Quique Flores says the club do not intend to part company with Odion Ighalo when the January transfer window opens for business.This summer, the Nigeria international genuinely attracted interest from Hebei China Fortune but the forward and his intermediary Atta Aneke turned down the offer from China th...
Wolves Boss Praises Liverpool Loanee Sheyi Ojo
Published: October 15, 2015
Wolves manager Kenny Jackett believes England youth international Sheyi Ojo has made a good impression for the Molinuex outfit since he joined the club on loan from Liverpool in August.Ojo has nine appearances to his name in the Championship, but has featured six times off the bench and the manager reckons that he will...
Emmanuel Amuneke Confident Of Fifa U17 World Cup Triumph
Published: October 15, 2015
Golden Eaglets coach Emmanuel Amuneke fancies his team’s chances of winning the Fifa Under 17 World Cup which begins in Chile this weekend, with the defending champions squaring off against the United States in Santiago.The Nigeria Under 17s have started preparations for the tie against the Americans after ...
Fanendo Adi One Goal Shy Of Equaling Diego Valeri Portland Timbers Record
Published: October 15, 2015
Fanendo Adi scored his 22nd career goal in the MLS on Thursday morning as Portland Timbers defeated Real Salt Lake 1 - 0.The ex Dynamo Kiev and FC Copenhagen man was delighted to pick up three points but admitted that the team threw away several scoring opportunities.“From the first we did very well.  Everyo...
Odion Ighalo Hoping To Follow In The Footsteps Of Okocha & Odemwingie, Nominated For EPL Player Of The Month Award
Published: October 15, 2015
Nigeria international Odion Ighalo is in the running for the Premier League Player of the Month award for September.The Watford star is one of six players shortlisted and will have to see off competition from Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) and Manchester Un...
Fit Gbolahan Salami Confirms He Will Captain Super Eagles Against Burkina Faso
Published: October 15, 2015
Warri Wolves striker Gbolahan Salami has dismissed reports that claimed he is carrying an injury and will miss the upcoming African Nations Championship qualifier against Burkina Faso.Prior to joining the home - based Super Eagles camp, the attacker  was sidelined for three weeks due to injury before returning to ...
Manchester City Target Kelechi Nwakali Battling To Meet Premier League New Work Permit Requirements
Published: October 15, 2015
A representative of Kelechi Nwakali has explained that Manchester City have no choice than to pay a minimum of four million pounds to sign the Golden Eaglets skipper or he will not be able to secure a work permit based on the new requirements.Having it at the back of his mind, the 17 - year - old’s Belgian - base...
Chisom Chikatara Continues Rich Vein Of Form, Nets Brace In Practice Game
Published: October 15, 2015
The home - based Super Eagles defeated NNL side Shekarau Babes 3-1 in a scrimmage held at the Adokie Amiesiamaka Stadium on Wednesday evening.Tunde Adeniji converted a first - half penalty to give the domestic Eagles a 1 -0 lead while Abia Warriors marksman Chisom Chikatara scored his second brace in six days in the se...
Mighty Jets Congratulate City Rivals Plateau United
Published: October 15, 2015
The management of Nigeria National Division One Outfit, Mighty Jets FC of Jos, has congratulated city rivals, Plateau United FC for gaining promotion into the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL. In a statement released by the Club through its Media Officer, Mbum Ferdinand, the Club praised the overwhelming resi...