Super Eagles Begin Training In Kaduna On Monday Afternoon
Published: June 08, 2015
Nigeria will have their first training session in Kaduna, venue of the match against Chad, on Monday afternoon.The Super Eagles and coaching staff breezed into the north-western Nigerian city on Sunday evening after training in the morning under the tutelage of Stephen Keshi. This afternoon, starting from 1530 hours, t...
Courtney Dike To Wear Number 10 Jersey; Portsmouth Star Umotong Gets Falcons Number 11 Shirt
Published: June 08, 2015
The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed the shirt numbers that the Super Falcons players will wear during the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup. So much weight will be on the shoulders of United States - based striker Courtney Dike as she has been handed the number ten jersey worn with pride by Mercy Akide in pre...
Liverpool Wish Asisat Oshoala All The Best Ahead Mouth Watering Clash Against Sweden
Published: June 08, 2015
Liverpool Ladies FC have sent special wishes to Nigeria international Asisat Oshoala ahead of the Super Falcons opener against Sweden starting from 2100 hours Nigerian time on Monday.Surely all eyes will be on The Reds forward when Nigeria take on the Europeans at Winnipeg Stadium after putting in a string of fine disp...
Birmingham City Starlet Viv Solomon-Otabor Called Up To Nigeria U23s Squad
Published: June 08, 2015
Birmingham City’s Viv Solomon-Otabor has been invited to train with Nigeria’s Olympic National Team, the Dream Team VI, ahead of their African Under 23 Championship qualifier against Congo in July.The winger had been on the radar of the Nigeria Football Federation for some time now after he was recommended ...
Kogi United Coach Yomi Elijah Bemoans Defeat To Adamawa United
Published: June 08, 2015
Head Coach of Nigeria National League (NNL) side Kogi United, Yomi Godwin Elijah has condemned the manner his team lost 0-2 to Adamawa United in their Week Four duel on Saturday.The match played at Atiku Abubakar Stadium in Fufore saw the Confluence state club trailing after seven minutes when Useni Farouk bund...
Izunna Uzochukwu Bids Emotional Farewell To FC Midtjylland
Published: June 08, 2015
Izunna Uzochukwu has bid farewell to Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland after close to nine years spent at the MCH Arena.The 24 - year - old was on the bench on Sunday afternoon as The Wolves won their 22nd game of the season by beating SønderjyskE 2 - 1, with goals from Martin Pusic and Marco Ureña.&ld...
Rabiu Ibrahim Plays Down Austin Okocha Comparison
Published: June 07, 2015
AS TrenÄ�ín midfielder Rabiu Ibrahim has played down comparisons with retired Nigeria international Austin Okocha and insisted that his shoes are too big to fill. There were grounds to believe that the former Kilmarnock man would follow in the footsteps of Okocha in the formative years of his career only for hi...
Biel-Bienne Midfielder Steve Ukoh Ruled Out Of Afcon Qualifier With Knee Injury
Published: June 07, 2015
Former Switzerland youth international Steve Ukoh still has to wait before playing his first competitive game for Nigeria.News emerged on Sunday that the FC Biel-Bienne midfielder has been ruled out of the African Cup of Nations qualifier against Chad due to a knee injury. The Nigeria Football Federation has moved quic...
Official : Abdullahi Shehu Pens Two - Year Deal With Portuguese Club Uniao da Madeira
Published: June 07, 2015
Through official channels, newly promoted Portuguese Primeira Liga club União da Madeira have announced the signing of Nigeria international Abdullahi Shehu. The 22 - year - old has put pen to paper on a two - year deal with the Unionists until the end of the 2016 - 2017 campaign.The defensive all-rounder had be...
Super Sub Fanendo Adi Comes Off Bench To Bag Brace For Portland Timbers
Published: June 07, 2015
Fanendo Adi came off the bench to net a brace for Portland Timbers in their 2 - 0 win over  New England Revolution on Sunday morning. The former Dynamo Kiev and FC Copenhagen man first struck in the 86th minute before he increased his tally one minute from full time.With only 10 starts from a possible 15 this team...
Alfred Effiong And Joseph Mbong Named To Malta Squads
Published: June 07, 2015
Qormi star Alfred Effiong is set to earn his third international cap for Malta as he has been named to the final roster that will face Lithuania in a friendly match on Monday and a European Championship qualifier with Bulgaria four days later.The 30 - year - old is one of the three strikers that has been included in th...
Juventus Defender Angelo Ogbonna Rues Loss To Barcelona
Published: June 07, 2015
Angelo Ogbonna , 27, was an unused substitute on Saturday night as Juventus lost the Champions League final for the sixth time with a 3 - 1 defeat suffered at the hands of Barcelona.The loss to the Nou Camp side pained the Italy international so much so that he took to social media to express his displeasure after the ...
Aaron Samuel Is Last Eagle To Fly Into Town
Published: June 07, 2015
Guangzhou R&F striker Aaron Samuel has finally arrived the Super Eagles camp at Bolton White Hotels and Apartments in Abuja and took part in the workout on Sunday morning ahead of the national team’s African Cup of Nations qualifier against Chad. Samuel, who turned 21 years on Thursday, was granted permissio...
Hungary U20s Coach Blames Poor Fitness For Loss To Nigeria
Published: June 07, 2015
The coach of Hungary Under 20s, Bernd Storck, has rued his team’s loss to Nigeria and has suggested that some players in the squad were not in tip -top condition unlike their previous two matches in the first round.Nonetheless, the German tactician has conceded that the African champions were superior in all face...
Flying Eagles Coach, Manu Garba Intent On Beating Euro Champs Germany After Seeing Off Hungary
Published: June 07, 2015
Nigeria Under 20s coach, Manu Garba, was pleased with the 2 - 0 victory over Hungary and has stressed that his charges are ready for the test against European champions Germany.The African champions progressed to the next round of the Fifa Under 20s thanks to a brace from Kalmar trainee Taiwo Awoniyi. “It was a v...