Marc Bola Celebrates New Deal By Helping Arsenal Beat Newcastle In U21 Premier League
Published: April 08, 2016
Nigerian defender Marc Bola played the entirety of Arsenal U21s 3-1 win over Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium on Friday night. The tie against the Magpies was Bola’s 26th appearance of the season for the youth teams of Arsenal across all competitions, with 15 of those games in the U21 Premier League.Goals...
Nigeria Well Placed To Qualify After Earning 1-1 Draw In Senegal
Published: April 08, 2016
The Super Falcons have one foot in the 2016 African Women Cup of Nations following their 1-1 draw with Senegal on Friday evening. Arsenal striker Asisat Oshoala led the frontline alongside Guingamp’s Desire Oparanozie, while offensive minded trio Francisca Ordega, Rita Chikwelu and Ngozi Okobi made the starting ...
Alex Iwobi Learning New Tricks From Arsenal Stars Ozil, Alexis
Published: April 08, 2016
Alex Iwobi says he is learning from the best players at Arsenal, including Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, after breaking into the first team squad.The attacking midfielder is poised to make his third straight start in the Premier League in Saturday’s tie against West Ham, having found the net against Everton and ...
Antics Of Chris Giwa Not Good For Nigerian Football - Pinnick
Published: April 08, 2016
A Jos-based Federal High Court has sacked Amaju Pinnick and declared Chris Giwa as the legitimate president of the Nigeria Football Federation.The election held in Warri that brought Pinnick into power as the NFF supremo was nullified by Justice Musa Haruna Kurya on Friday morning, but the former Delta State Sports Com...
Arsenal Starlet Iwobi Could Face Brazil Poster Boy Neymar In Group Stage Of Olympic Games
Published: April 08, 2016
The Nigeria U23s narrowly missed out on being one of the seeded teams in the football event of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The Samson Siasia-led side are in Pot 2 of next week’s draw at Maracana, alongside Kore Republic,Honduras and Iraq, meaning a meeting with either Brazil or Argentina, who are both in Pot 1...
Amuneke Takes A Leaf Out Of Manu Garba Book;Appoints Nwakali Nigeria U20s Skipper
Published: April 08, 2016
 Arsenal-bound midfielder Kelechi Nwakali has been appointed captain of the Nigeria U20s squad by coach Emmanuel Amuneke.Regarded as one of his favorite pupils, the former Barcelona and Zamalek winger decided to name the Diamond/ASJ Academy poster boy his skipper because of his personality and leadership skills.On...
Nigerian Exports: Fatai,Etuhu Subbed In;Ibe,Araba Benched;Omoh Makes Allsvenskan Debut
Published: April 07, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com reviews the performances of players of Nigerian descent in the matches that took place on Thursday across Europe, including the quarterfinals of the Europa League.We begin with the Europa League. Kehinde Fatai fired blanks as Sparta Prague lost 2-1 to Villarreal at Camp El Madrigal. The 26-year-old...
Exclusive : Arsenal Reignite Pursuit Of Chukwueze After Dispute Over Payment Of Transfer Fee
Published: April 07, 2016
Arsenal’s proposed move for Nigeria youth international Samuel Chukwueze has been reignited after it was thought that the transfer was on the brink of collapse due to a disagreement between the Londoners and Diamond Academy over the payment of his transfer fee.Diamond Academy had demanded a percentage of the midf...
Arsenal-Bound Kelechi Nwakali To Start Training With Nigeria U20s On Monday
Published: April 07, 2016
Ex-Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali will fly into Lagos on Sunday evening from the United Kingdom.The Diamond Academy/ASJ central midfielder has been in London for the past three weeks familiarizing himself with English Premier League team Arsenal after penning a preliminary contract which will start running in t...
Exclusive: Samson Siasia Lobbying Top Politicians To Retain Super Eagles Job
Published: April 07, 2016
Dream Team VI coach Samson Siasia is lobbying top politicians in his bid to retain the Super Eagles job, which is against the wishes of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick.The former Nantes striker has always maintained that he never lost a match during his first spell as the Super Eagles hel...
Ibe,Ojo In Germany With Liverpool First Team; Ilori Not Considered
Published: April 07, 2016
England youth internationals of Nigerian heritage Jordon Ibe and Sheyi Ojo have a chance of featuring for Liverpool in Thursday night’s clash with Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Europa League Quarter-final, Game 1.The Reds number 33 was among the 20 players that traveled to Germany on Wednesday ahead of the game a...
Ahmed Musa Vows Super Eagles Will Compensate Fans By Qualifying For World Cup
Published: April 07, 2016
Super Eagles vice-captain Ahmed Musa has shared his thoughts on the national team’s failure to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations on the heels of the 1-0 loss to Egypt in Alexandria last month.The CSKA Moscow frontman has stated that the Super Eagles will compensate the fans by qualifying for the World C...
Arsenal Will Not Block Alex Iwobi From Representing Nigeria In Olympic Games, Says Wenger
Published: April 07, 2016
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that the club will not block Alex Iwobi from representing the Nigeria U23s at the 2016 Olympic Games.It would be recalled that the attacking midfielder trained with the Samson Siasia-led side a year ago and would have debuted for the team during the All-Africa Games qualifiers...
Fifa Ranking : Super Eagles Rated The 14h Best Team In Africa
Published: April 07, 2016
Football governing body, Fifa, on Thursday morning published its latest ranking of National Teams.Compared to their position the previous month, the Super Eagles have dropped five places and now occupy the 67th position while they are 14th in the continental ranking.Algeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Egypt are th...
Josh Onomah Fails To Rescue Tottenham Hotspur In Their Loss To Boro U21s
Published: April 07, 2016
England U19 international Josh Onomah and Emmanuel Sonupe were in action for Tottenham Hotspur U21s as they fell to a 2-1 loss to Middlesbrough in the U21 Premier League Division 1 on Wednesday .On the other hand, Nathan Oduwa was an unused substitute in the first game played by the Londoners at that level since he ret...