Man City Stars Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne Pay Tribute To Man Of The Moment Kelechi Iheanacho
Published: January 30, 2016
Manchester City stars paid tribute to Nigeria international Kelechi Iheanacho after his hat-trick against Aston Villa assisted the Citizens breeze into the fifth round of the FA Cup.The 19-year-old netted twice in the first half and celebrated scoring his third goal in the 76th minute, becoming the youngest player to s...
FA Cup Wrap: Iheanacho&Akpom Score First Professional Hat-trick; Ighalo Nets Game-winner; Aluko, Anichebe & Onomah Feature; Etuhu Injured
Published: January 30, 2016
Catch up on the performance of players of Nigerian descent in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday evening.One-cap Nigeria international Kelechi Iheanacho bagged his first-ever professional hat-trick as Manchester City thrashed Aston Villa 4-0 at Villa Park. The 19-year-old opened scoring in the 4th minute before converting...
Dele Alampasu : Good Thing For Me To Play Against Porto
Published: January 28, 2016
Dele Alampasu has played down his performance on Wednesday night in the Taça da Liga despite keeping another clean sheet in his second professional appearance as CD Feirense played out a goalless draw with Porto.In his debut appearance for the Portuguese Segunda Liga side, the ex-Golden Eaglets star prevented th...
Nigerian Exports : Brown Ideye Reaches Double-Digits In Goals; Nwakaeme Continues His Magic
Published: January 27, 2016
Brown Ideye starred for Olympiakos in their 5-0 trouncing of Asteras Tripolis in the Greek Cup on Wednesday night.The Super Eagles striker netted for the Super League champions in the 13th and 41st minutes to take his tally for the season to 10 goals ( 4 assits) from 24 matches across all competitions.There was also a ...
Alex Iwobi : It Helps That I Am Related To Austin Okocha
Published: January 27, 2016
Arsenal striker Alex Iwobi has vowed to follow in the footsteps of his uncle and ex-Bolton Wanderers skipper Austin Okocha.The 19-year-old is aware that he has to keep working hard at training and catch the eye of manager Arsene Wenger if he is to get more first-team opportunities.“I see it helps me [to be relate...
Confluence Queens Vow To Report Turkish Club Atasehir Belediyespor To Fifa Over Illegal Transfer Of Carine Ndum
Published: January 27, 2016
Lokoja-based Nigeria Women Premier League, NWPL side, Confluence Queens FC have confirmed their attacking midfielder Carine Yoh Ndum is missing after the player refused to return back to the club for pre-season training.The Cameroonian forward Carine, was signed during the 2013/14 season from Panthere Security Football...
NFF Yet To Credit Accounts Of 1985 Eaglets; Tamper With Traveling Allowance Provided By Sports Ministry
Published: January 27, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been reliably informed that the Nigeria Football Federation,NFF, are yet to credit the bank accounts of members of the victorious Nigeria national U-16 team, the Baby Eagles of 1985.Two separate members of the team told this website they were reliably informed by Sports Ministry officials that ...
Sunday Oliseh Apologizes To Nigerians After CHAN Exit
Published: January 26, 2016
Coach Sunday Oliseh has apologized to millions of Nigerian fans after the Super Eagles exited the African Nations Championship following their 1-0 loss to Guinea.The national team went into Tuesday afternoon’s clash at the Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi knowing that they will secure qualification for the quarterfinals...
Nigerian Exports : Bright Dike Testing With Amkar Perm; Fred Friday Bags Brace; Sunday Akinbule Scores For Farense
Published: January 26, 2016
Fred Friday gave a glimpse of what to expect from him in the upcoming season by netting a brace for Lillestrom in their 3-3 draw with Grasshopper in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday.The young striker logged two goals, the first arriving in the 29th minute before he grabbed his second of the game in the 45th minute.Nige...
Syli Stars Spike Super Eagles CHAN Hopes
Published: January 26, 2016
The Super Eagles are not one of the eight teams that will contest the quarterfinals of the African Nations Championship after surprisingly losing 1-0 to Guinea in their final Group C fixture at the Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi.It was Sunday Oliseh’s first loss as manager of the home-based national team after winning...
Chisom Chikatara Drops To The Bench As Oliseh Names Starting XI
Published: January 26, 2016
Super Eagles manager, Sunday Oliseh, has named his starting lineup for his team’s final Group C fixture against Guinea at the African Nations Championship.Oliseh has made two changes to the squad that played out a 1-1 draw with Tunisia, opting to start Tunde Adeniji ahead of the leading scorer in the competition,...
Super Eagles Optimistic Of Qualifying For Quarterfinals
Published: January 26, 2016
The Super Eagles are optimistic of qualifying for the quarterfinals of the African Nations Championship on Tuesday after their clash against Guinea at the Umuganda Stadium, Gisenyi, starting from 1500 hours.The team walk which is customary on match days in order for the players to bond has been concluded.After the team...
Samuel Chukwueze Presented With Fifa Under-17 World Cup Bronze Boot
Published: January 25, 2016
Nigeria U17 international Samuel Chukwueze has been presented with the Bronze Boot he won at the 2015 Fifa Under - 17 World Cup.Football’s world –governing body, FIFA, admitted after the competition that it erroneously awarded the Bronze Boot to Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali, who tallied the same n...
No Valencia Move For Granada Striker Isaac Success
Published: January 25, 2016
Suggestions that Nigeria youth-teamer Isaac Success may be departing Granada in the winter transfer market are out of topic.Reports that emanated from Spain have claimed that Valencia and a club in China are interested in the acquisition of the former Golden Eaglets sensation but that information has been seriously dis...
Nigerian Exports : John Chibuike Bags Brace;Anthony Ujah Nets Eighth Bundesliga Goal
Published: January 24, 2016
John Chibuike notched a brace in Gaziantepspor’s 3-2 loss to Bursaspor on game week 19 in the Turkish Super Lig on Sunday afternoon.His 29th and 82nd minutes goals means the attacking midfielder has scored in two consecutive games in the top division, having found the net in last weekend’s 2-1 victory over ...