Bright Dike Features For Toronto In Loss To Manchester City
Published: May 28, 2015
Dethroned English champions Manchester City started heir post - season tour with a win against MLS side Toronto FC in a friendly that finished on Thursday morning at BMO Field. First half substitute Bright Dike would have grabbed a late equalizer for the Canadian club deep in injury time but he somehow contrived to mis...
Real Salt Lake Defender Boyd Okwuonu And USA Lose To France In Toulon Opener
Published: May 27, 2015
Real Salt Lake defender Boyd Okwuonu was in action for the Olympic Team of the United States on Wednesday afternoon against France in both countries opening fixture at the Toulon Tournament.The USA conceded three goals against the hosts in the first half, with Jordan Morris scoring what turned out to be a consolation f...
Kogi FA Constitutes Seven Standing Committees
Published: May 27, 2015
Kogi State Football Association has constituted seven standing committees to supervise the various activities of the state’s body in the next four years.The seven are Finance, Organising & Disciplinary, Marketing, Referee, Youth Football, Media/Publicity and Working committees.According to the secretary of th...
Bright Dike Congratulates Sister For Making Super Falcons World Cup Roster
Published: May 27, 2015
Bright Dike was over the moon after his sister, Courtney, was named to Nigeria’s Fifa Women’s World Cup roster, which was made public on Wednesday. The attacker took to social media to express his joy, saying he is proud of the Oklahoma State University, USA player.“Huuuge congratulations to my siste...
Exclusive : Jordan Alawode-Williams Extends Southend United Contract
Published: May 27, 2015
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Southend United have extended the contract of Anglo - Nigerian defender Jordan Alawode-Williams. Despite interest from other unnamed teams in England, the 17 - year - old has put pen to paper on a fresh one - year deal with the newly - promoted League One club.At the age of nine, W...
Tottenham Hotspur Rising Star Josh Onomah Features In Win Against Malaysia All Stars
Published: May 27, 2015
England youth international Josh Onomah made a rare appearance for the first team of Tottenham Hostpur in a post - season friendly against Malaysia All Stars on Wednesday afternoon at Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.Having started from the bench, manager Mauricio Pochettino introduced the highly  - rated starlet 1...
Liverpool Dazzler Asisat Oshola And Portsmouth Striker Umotong Named To Nigeria World Cup Roster
Published: May 27, 2015
Super Falcons coach Edwin Okon has named his roster for the upcoming Fifa Women’s World Cup in Canada.The squad list announced on Thursday by the official website of the Nigeria Football Federation is made up of 3 goalkeepers, 7 defenders, 4 midfielders and 9 strikers.There are 9 foreign - based professional pla...
Cyber Terrorists Take Over Asisat Oshoala Twitter Account
Published: May 27, 2015
Less than 24 hours after scooping the inaugural BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year Award, the official Twitter account of Nigeria international Asisat Oshoala has been hacked by an unidentified group.A review of her account, @asisato1 , has shown that all the pictures and videos on the account have been delet...
Isaac Success And Moses Simon To Begin Training With Flying Eagles On Friday
Published: May 27, 2015
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that Granada striker Isaac Success and Gent sensation Moses Simon are not in danger of missing the Flying Eagles opening game at the Fifa Under 20 World Cup against Brazil.Regarded as two of the marquee players in Nigeria’s U20 World Cup roster, Simon and Success flew out of...
Flying Eagles Hold First Training Session Ahead Showdown With Boys From Brazil
Published: May 27, 2015
The Flying Eagles held their first training session on New Zealand soil on Wednesday morning .After a trip across three continents, the squad arrived in New Plymouth on Tuesday and quickly settled down at Quality Hotel Plymouth International.The weather in New Plymouth is chilly and raining as this is the beginning o...
Carpi Star Jerry Mbakogu Delighted To Be Named To Serie B Team Of The Season
Published: May 26, 2015
Nigerian striker Jerry Mbakogu has been recognized for the outstanding season he had with newly promoted Serie A side Carpi, with the 22 - year - old named to the ceremonial top eleven players in the second - tier.Perhaps, if not for injury, the Lagos - born player would have scored more than 15 goals he notched in 30 ...
CSKA Moscow Forward Ahmed Musa Targets Final Champions League Spot
Published: May 26, 2015
Super Eagles striker Ahmed Musa has shared his thoughts and impressions on CSKA Moscow’s final game of the season against Rostov this coming Saturday. Going into the game scheduled to take place at  Stadion Olimp 2 , the Muscovites sit second on the table, level on 59 points with Kuban Krasnodar, who have an...
Liverpool Icon Steven Gerrard Felicitates With Asisat Oshoala Over BBC Award
Published: May 26, 2015
Liverpool striker Asisat Oshoala, 20, has scooped the inaugural BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. The Nigeria international was voted for by football fans allover the word and saw off competition from Verónica Boquete (Spain and FFC Frankfurt), Nadine Kessler (Germany and VFL Wolfsburg), Kim Little (Scot...
Tornadoes Gaffer Biffo Relieved After Victory
Published: May 26, 2015
Niger Tornadoes head coach, Abdullahi Biffo said he was a relieved man after he master-minded a slim one-nil win over FC Zamfara in the week two of the Nigeria National League on Saturday.Tornadoes won the tension-soaked match via a lone strike from Lukman Mohammed at the Bako Kontagora Stadium in Minna.“It&r...
Coach Amuneke Urges Golden Eaglets To Shape Up Or Ship Out
Published: May 26, 2015
Ahead of the Fifa Under 17 World Cup, coach of the Golden Eaglets, Emmanuel Amuneke, has urged the players in camp to redouble their efforts if they want to make his roster for the tourney in Chile later this year.At the CAF Under 17 Championship in Niger, the world champions failed to qualify for the final and could o...