Arsenal Loanee Semi Ajayi Fails To Debut For Cardiff City
Published: May 02, 2015
Ex Nigeria Under 20 international Semi Ajayi has all but ended his loan spell at Cardiff City without making an official appearance for The Bluebirds. On Saturday, the Arsenal loanee was included in the starting line - up for the first time since completing his move to the Welsh side.All hopes of  the 21 - year&nb...
Flying Eagles Star Obinna Nwobodo To Spend At Least Eight Months On The Treatment Table
Published: May 02, 2015
Obinna Nwobodo has been ruled out of the Fifa Under 20 World Cup due to a cruciate ligament injury he sustained at the African Youth Championship, the NFF has announced through official sources.Therefore the Enugu Rangers midfielder will not be on the plane to Germany later today for a training camp ahead of the tourna...
Slave Contracts : Agent Denies Rilwan Hassan And Journalist Accusations
Published: May 02, 2015
Rilwan Hassan’s agent, Klaus Granlund , has pointed out errors in the story ran by the Danish media earlier this week regarding the contract his client signed with FC Midtjylland .For a start, Granlund has said that Hassan earns much more than the €6,500 to €9,300 salary the publication claimed he took ...
The New Desire Oparanozie, Edewor Precious Talks Tough Ahead Of NWPL Opener
Published: May 02, 2015
Osun Babes young attacker, Edewor Precious has vowed to roast Ibom Angels alive with goals, when they come visiting in the week 1 encounter of the Nigerian Women Premier League on Sunday at the Federal Polytechnic Ede Sports Complex.The striker who has a similar physique and style of play to Super Falcons striker Desir...
Dynamo Kiev Prevent Lukman Haruna From Playing
Published: May 01, 2015
Lukman Haruna will not be available for selection in the next round of matches in the Ukrainian Premier League.Few hours before the close of the winter transfer market in Ukraine, the Nigeria international arrived Hoverla Uzhhorod on loan from Dynamo Kiev until the end of this season. According to the agreement between...
Michael Olaitan In Contention To Face PAS Giannina
Published: May 01, 2015
Ex Flying Eagles star Michael Olaitan is in line to make his 11th appearance in the Greek Super League for Ergotelis when they take on PAS Giannina on Sunday. The Olympiakos loanee had been struggling to overcome a slight injury following Monday’s clash against Kerkyra.But everything indicates that he will at lea...
Rabiu Ibrahim Stars As AS Trencin Win First - ever Slovak Cup
Published: May 01, 2015
AS Trencin have won the Slovnaft Cup final after a penalty shoot - out victory over Senica on Friday evening.Former Nigeria youth international Rabiu Ibrahim continued his recent purple patch by scoring his fifth goal in all competitions this season. Unfortunately, an own goal by Ä�ögley gifted Senica the opening...
Musa Yahaya, Chidera Eze And 23 Flying Eagles Players Off To Germany On Saturday
Published: May 01, 2015
The Flying Eagles will travel to Germany tomorrow for a training camp ahead of the Fifa Under 20 World Cup in New Zealand.According to NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi , the 25 players and 10 officials will travel aboard a Lufthansa Airline flight from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Saturd...
Osariemen Ebagua To Miss Cittadella Clash For Disciplinary Reasons
Published: May 01, 2015
Bari striker Osariemen Ebagua has not been summoned for the Serie B clash against Cittadella on Saturday afternoon at Stadio Comunale San Nicola .The Nigerian was omitted from the provisional squad list announced on Friday evening by manager Davide Nicola as a result of disciplinary reasons.The Spezia loanee was a seco...
Odemwingie Gives Stoke City Teammate Peter Skapetis Hope
Published: May 01, 2015
Australia youth international Peter Skapetis says Peter Odemwingie’s return to full fitness has given him a reason to believe that he will survive a similar ailment suffered by the Super Eagles star.The Stoke City youth - teamer suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury while on international duty for Australia&rs...
Kelechi Iheanacho And Isaac Success To Play Big Role In New Zealand, Says Lawal
Published: May 01, 2015
Former Nigeria midfielder Garba Lawal has disclosed that youngsters Kelechi Iheanacho and Isaac Success will play a big role in the Flying Eagles outing at the 2015 Fifa U20 World Cup in New Zealand.The duo were not part of the team’s victorious outing at the African Youth Championship in Senegal and with Manu Ga...
Utakas Have Not Lost Their Shooting Boots
Published: May 01, 2015
Super Eagles striker John Utaka was named in the starting line - up for Sivasspor’s Turkish Cup clash against Galatasaray on Thursday night. The experienced forward opened the scoring at the Turk Telecom Arena in the ninth minute before Sarıoğlu equalized for the Istanbul side.Galatasaray came back to b...
Nigeria Women League Gets Underway
Published: May 01, 2015
Hostilities will begin this weekend in the elite cadre of the Nigeria Women League. Twelve teams would be in action in the two groups of the League.In Group A, Delta Queens will be at home to receive a rejuvenated Confluence Queens from Lokoja. The Kogi girls who have boasted of not going to drop a point in the match, ...
Kelechi Iheanacho Strikes Again For Manchester City In Win Against Leicester City U21s
Published: April 30, 2015
Kelechi Iheanacho scored his maiden goal for Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad in their 3 - 2 win against Leicester City in the semi - final of the International Premier League Cup on Thursday.The Nigeria youth international joined the fray in the 45th minute at the Academy Stadium as replacement for Port...
Lillestrom Striker Fred Friday Beats Anthony Ujah Record As Youngest Nigerian Player To Score Hat - trick In Norway
Published: April 30, 2015
Fred Friday was pleased to score the first hat - trick of his career to help Lillestrom hammer Mjøndalen 4 - 1 in the Norwegian Tippeligaen on Thursday night.At the age of 19 years, 11 months and 8 days, he is the youngest - ever Nigerian player to score three goals in the Premier League.Friday has beat the reco...