The Victor Moses Story : How He Became A National Sensation
Published: October 09, 2017
Victor Moses's penchant for making tricky, impressive contributions to the national team, the Super Eagles, long precedes him tormenting defenses; be it Sebastian Siani, Adolphe Teikeu, or even Aïssa Mandi and Nabil Bentaleb in CAF's Group B World Cup qualification series. Watching him freakishly take on opponents, ve...
Chelsea Legend Tells Abraham What To Do To Break Into First Team
Published: October 09, 2017
Chelsea legend Claude Makelele is backing Tammy Abraham to break into the first team of the Premier League champions, but admitted that the England U21 star has to keep learning his trade at Swansea City so he can become a better striker.This season is the 20-year-old's second spell on loan from Stamford Bridge as Chel...
QPR Loanee Ebere Eze Buzzing After First Professional Goals
Published: October 09, 2017
Queens Park Rangers loanee Eberechi Eze was delighted to score his first professional goals in Wycombe Wanderers 3-1 win at Cambridge United on game week 12 in the EFL League Two on Saturday evening.It was a five star performance from the Nigerian striker, who opened the scoring two minutes into the second half after h...
Troost-Ekong : Sunday Oliseh Told Me Oyibo Boys Are Too Soft
Published: October 09, 2017
Former Netherlands youth international William Troost-Ekong has hinted why he found game time hard to come by during Sunday Oliseh's spell as manager of the Super Eagles.The Bursaspor central defender made only two appearances for the national team, against Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo, under the stewardsh...
U17 World Cup: Akinola Scores United States Winner Against Ghana
Published: October 09, 2017
Toronto FC striker Ayomide Akinola came off the bench to score the only goal for the United States in their 1-0 win over Ghana at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi in the ongoing Fifa U17 World Cup in India.The 17-year-old, who started against India last Friday, hopped off the bench to replace Timothy Weah, son o...
Zambia Star Mwepu Congratulates Nigeria : Go And Make Africa Proud
Published: October 09, 2017
Red Bull Salzburg loanee Enoch Mwepu has congratulated Nigeria for qualifying for their sixth World Cup, adding that the Zambian squad will target a place in the 2022 tournament.Mwepu cost problems for the Nigerian defense in Saturday's game, and Cypriot-based star Abdullahi Shehu was yellow carded for bringing down th...
Moses, Iwobi Face Anxious Wait Over Ballon d'Or Nomination
Published: October 09, 2017
No Nigerian star has been considered yet for the prestigious Ballon d'Or 2017 after France Football announced fifteen of the thirty nominees on Monday, October 9.Victor Moses and Alex Iwobi were two of Nigeria's most outstanding players in 2017, and will have to wait until 1815 hours to discover if they made the 30-man...
Nigeria A Win Away From Setting A New African Record At World Cup
Published: October 09, 2017
The Super Eagles are set to become the most successful African country to have participated in the Fifa World Cup after qualifying for next summer's tournament in Russia.Only Cameroon, with seven, has made more World Cup appearances than the Super Eagles among African teams.The Indomitable Lions also lead the way in th...
Leicester City Fear Ndidi Suffered A Knock Vs Zambia But Midfielder Is Fine
Published: October 09, 2017
Leicester City fear one of their important first-teamers Wilfred Ndidi suffered a knock in the closing minutes of Nigeria's 1-0 win over Zambia in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday.The central midfielder had to be attended to by Super Eagles medics in added time after suffering some discomfort as he attempted a shot.''...
Super Eagles Coach Rohr To Nigerian Fans : Stop Criticizing Mikel, He'll Learn
Published: October 09, 2017
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr  has dismissed criticism over the performance of Porto loanee Mikel Agu in the wake of his side's 1-0 win against Zambia in a World Cup qualifier this past weekend.It was thought the German will tinker with his formation by moving Abdullahi Shehu to his natural central midfield position ...
FIFA, CAF Investigating Nigeria-Zambia Match In Uyo
Published: October 09, 2017
Fifa and Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) have launched an investigation into the behavior of the Copper Bullets fans during Nigeria's 1-0 win over Zambia on Saturday evening.Photographs show the Zambia fans displaying a banner,'H.E. E.C. LUNGU GOD BLESS YOU' in the stands at the Godswill Akpabio International St...
Five Things We Learned From Nigeria's 1-0 Win Over Zambia
Published: October 08, 2017
An Alex Iwobi goal sixteen minutes from time against Zambia booked Nigeria their place at next summer's World Cup in Russia.Here are five things we learned : These Eagles can touch the height of the skies as a compact unitIt was evident,most especially in the first half, that the Super Eagles were in for a torrid outin...
Post-Game Wrap-Up Nigeria Vs Zambia : A Tale Of Two Substitutions Mikel & Iwobi
Published: October 08, 2017
The Super Eagles scrapped through to the World cup finals in Russia next year by virtue of Iwobi's late strike but then it was not all that straightforward.If there is any virtue in playing a helter-skelter game inefficiently for a huge part of it, perhaps it is precisely that it imposes a starker dose of efficiency on...
Chelsea Congratulate Ola Aina On His Debut For Super Eagles, Acknowledge Mikel
Published: October 08, 2017
Premier League champions Chelsea have finally congratulated one of their own products Ola Aina for making his international debut for the Super Eagles on Saturday, after earlier omitting the defender from their match report.In the roundup of their players on international duty, The Blues have now included Aina and also...
How The Generals Balogun & Ekong Reacted To Nigeria's Qualification
Published: October 08, 2017
Leon Balogun and his defensive partner William Troost-Ekong were pleased after Nigeria qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and took to social media to celebrate the win over Zambia.For the second time in three World Cup qualifying matches, the Mainz and Bursaspor stars helped goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa to keep ...