Tosin Kehinde Edging Closer To Manchester United Debut, Trains With First Team
Published: December 17, 2017
Promising Lagos-born Nigerian midfielder Tosin Kehinde is edging closer to his first team debut for Manchester United, three years after he officially joined the Old Trafford outfit.The 19-year-old was chosen by manager Jose Mourinho to train with the Red Devils first-team on Friday ahead of their visit to The Hawthorn...
Sunderland Boss Hails Nigerian Wonderkids After First Home Win In 2017
Published: December 17, 2017
Sunderland manager Chris Coleman had nothing but praise for Nigerian wonderkids Josh Maja and Joel Asoro after they came off the bench to help the Black Cats secure a 1-0 win over Fulham at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.Maja needed only five minutes to net the winner after his introduction and gave Sunderland their ...
Ex-Netherlands U18 Captain Segun Owobowale Eager To Represent Nigeria
Published: December 17, 2017
Netherlands youth international Segun Owobowale, 20, has admitted that he would consider playing for the Super Eagles if he is approached by the Nigeria Football Federation.The NEC Nijmegen attacking midfielder was born in Leiden to a Nigerian father and Dutch mom, and has been capped at U15, U16, U17 and U18 level by ...
Nigerian Exports: Josh Maja, Kalu Uche, Aneke, Mbakogu, Adelakun On Target
Published: December 16, 2017
Catch up on the Nigerian players that scored for their respective European and Asian teams in matches that took place on Saturday, December 16.Former Super Eagles invitee Josh Maja netted on his league debut for Sunderland as they claimed a 1-0 win over Sheyi Ojo's Fulham at the Stadium of Light.The 18-year-old striker...
2018 Fifa U17 Women's World Cup Qualifier: Nigeria 0 Ethiopia 0
Published: December 16, 2017
The Flamingoes of Nigeria eliminated their Ethiopian counterparts from the 2018 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup qualifiers with an away goal aggregate victory. Nigeria secured an impressive 1-1 draw in the first leg in Addis Ababa, and were able to consolidate that gain at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Saturday. A 0-0 dr...
Rostov Iceland International : Nigeria, Argentina, Croatia Have A Lot Of Players From Top Teams
Published: December 16, 2017
Rostov's Icelandic defender Sverrir Ingi Ingason has commented on the World Cup draw in which his country will battle Nigeria, Argentina and Croatia in the group stage.The 24-year-old acknowledged that Iceland were handed tough group stage opponents but is optimistic that they will qualify for the knockout rounds in th...
Olympiakos Ban Ex-Nigeria Star Emmanuel Emenike From First-Team Training
Published: December 16, 2017
The future of former Nigeria international Emmanuel Emenike is up in the air, less than three weeks before the opening of the winter transfer market.According to gazzetta.gr, the Olympiakos striker is under orders to train alone even though he is not recovering from any injury.In all likelihood, Emenike is set to depar...
Canada Call-Up For Vancouver Whitecaps Lagos-Born Striker Teni Akindoju
Published: December 16, 2017
Vancouver Whitecaps striker Teni Akindoju has been called up to a training camp by the Canadian Soccer Association ahead of January's CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago.Born in Lagos to Nigerian parents 16 years ago, Akindoju moved to Canada along with her parents when she was two months ol...
Red-Hot Striker Ogbeche Reveals The Secret Behind His Goal Scoring Form
Published: December 15, 2017
Bartholomew Ogbeche has revealed the secret behind his goal-scoring form for Willem II in the Dutch Eredivisie, having recovered from a cruciate ligament injury, which had kept him on the sidelines for up to nine months.The Nigeria international has netted in each of his last five matches in the Dutch top-flight and wi...
SKE, Rainbow Stars Reach Final Of Aaron Samuel 5-A-Side Tournament
Published: December 15, 2017
The Aaron Samuel 5-a-side football tournament will see the very impressive SKE take on Rainbow Stars in the final at the Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt on Saturday.In the semifinals decided on Friday, SKE put up a masterful showing to dispatch Mike Boys 4-2. The latter had taken the lead early in the first period,...
Iceland To Announce World Cup Roster 42 Days Before Showdown With Super Eagles
Published: December 15, 2017
Nigeria's opponents at the 2018 World Cup, Iceland, will announce their World Cup roster 42 days before they face off with the Super Eagles at the Volgograd Arena, Volgograd.According to reports in Iceland Icelandic national team coach Heimir Hallgrímsson stated at a press conference on Friday morning that the 23-man ...
Dominic Solanke : Klopp Is One Of The Best Managers In The World
Published: December 15, 2017
England international of Nigerian parentage Dominic Solanke says he enjoys playing under Jürgen Klopp, adding that the German is one of the best managers in the world.It was Klopp that approved the signing of the Golden Ball winner of the 2017 Fifa U20 World Cup from Chelsea in the summer transfer window, and the tale...
Algerian Federation Vow To Punish Staff Who Failed To Spot Nigeria's Error
Published: December 14, 2017
Algerian Football Federation Vice President, Bachir Ould Zmirli, says it came as a surprise that the Desert Foxes were awarded a 3-0 win and three points after Fifa took the decison to sanction Nigeria for fielding an ineligible player on the final day of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.Just like his Nigerian counterpart...
Aaron Samuel Announces One Hundred Percent Increment For Winners At 5-A-Side Tourney
Published: December 14, 2017
The second edition of the Aaron Samuel 5-a-side football tournament will see an increase in prize monies, organizers have confirmed.The grassroots football tournament is being organized by Nigeria international and CSKA Moscow forward, Aaron Samuel, and he has announced a 100% increase in prize monies from what winners...
Zenit's Argentina Defender: We Lost To Nigeria Recently, Argentina One Of The Best Teams
Published: December 14, 2017
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg defender Emanuel Mammana is confident that Argentina will advance to the knockout rounds of the World Cup and has labelled the team that parades the likes of Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero one of the best in the world.Exactly a month ago, the Super Eagles showed off their World Cup credentials...