Canada 2014: Yetunde Adeboyejo Expects Stiff South Africa Challenge
Published: January 15, 2014
Yetunde Adeboyejo has labelled Nigeria Women U20’s second leg final round fixture in the qualification for Canada 2014 FIFA World Cup as a  tough game.The African qualifiers continues with the West Africans visiting their South African opponents on 25th January 2014 and holding an healthy lead after winning ...
Prayag United Striker, Ranti Martins Waiting To Hear From Stephen Keshi
Published: January 14, 2014
Prayag United attacker Ranti Martins has claimed to be in contact with the National Team selectors.He is open to playing for the Super Eagles despite the overtures of the Indian Federation.In the past , the patriotic 27 - year - old marksman had been approached by Ghana Federation to represent their Under 17 National T...
Ikechukwu Uche Bags Brace In Villarreal Win
Published: January 14, 2014
Villarreal forward Ikechuwku Uche continued his purple patch in La Liga after bagging a brace in the 5 - 1 defeat of Real Sociedad on Monday night. This was the second consecutive match in the championship that the Yellow Submarine have put five goals past their opponents, after the 5 - 2 win over Rayo Vallecano a week...
Brendan Rodgers Assures Moses Of Liverpool Future
Published: January 13, 2014
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has assured Nigeria winger Victor Moses he still has a future at Anfield even though he is not guaranteed a first team shirt.Victor Moses joined the Reds on a season - long loan deal from Chelsea in the summer transfer window to get more matches under his belt ahead of the Brazil 2014 ...
Lazio Refuse To Pay For Sani Emmanuel Heel Tendon Operation; To Cost 20,000 Euros
Published: January 12, 2014
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Serie A club Lazio have refused to pay for the heel tendon operation to be undertaken by Nigeria youth teamer Sani Emmanuel next month. The Golden Ball winner at the Fifa Under 17 World Cup staged in Nigeria around four years ago has not played a single game for the youth team of t...
Segun Alabi: Kogi United Will Fight Till The End
Published: January 12, 2014
Segun Alabi has promised Kogi United fans that the club will fight like for the battle of their lives when the 2013/2014 Nigeria National League kickoff on January 25th 2014.The former C.O.D United goalkeeper joined the Governor Idris Wada sponsored side in the off season transfer window.“I think we are doing a g...
Fasilat Adeyemo Grateful To Falconets Gaffer
Published: January 12, 2014
Fasilat Adeyemo has thanked head coach of Falconets, Peter Dedevbo for giving her the chance to show her talents in the comprehensive 6 - 0 victory over South Africa U20 Women on Saturday.Falconets were outstanding with Yetunde Adeboyejo and Halimatu Ayinde both registering two goals each. Winifred Eyebhoria and Sunday...
Nigeria Beaten By Mali In African Championship
Published: January 12, 2014
Nigeria started the African Nations Championship, for footballers that ply their trade in their local leagues, badly after they lost  1 - 2  to fellow West Africans Mali at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday night.Abdoulaye Sissoko opened scoring for the Malians in the 17th minute and winger Traore added a second ...
Kehinde Fatai : Romania Is An Option For Me
Published: January 12, 2014
Club Brugge forward Kehinde Fatai, 23, says he would love to play for the Nigeria National Team but will not turn down the chance to represent Romania if given an opportunity by the handlers. Per Fifa rules and regulations, the attacker has not been capped by Nigeria at senior level and can switch allegiance to the Eas...
Falconets Romp To 6-0 Home Win Over South Africa U20
Published: January 11, 2014
Nigeria Under 20 Women humiliated their South African visitors 6-0 on Saturday, as the Peter Dedevbo managed girls kept up their seemingly unstoppable march towards qualifying for 2014 Canada U20 Women’s World Cup.It was the second time in the qualifiers that the Patience Okaeme captained team had struck more tha...
John Ogu Makes Roster To Face Pacos de Ferreira
Published: January 11, 2014
Academica coach Sérgio Conceição has named an 18 - man provisional squad for the home game with Paços de Ferreira .The encounter at the Estádio EFAPEL (Coimbra) on Sunday corresponds to the 15th round in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.Nigeria international John Ogu has been reinstated ...
Official : Bosnia To Play Egypt In March
Published: January 11, 2014
Bosnia Herzegovina, Super Eagles World Cup group opponents, will play record African champions Egypt in a friendly on March 5 in Innsbruck, Austria , the Federation has announced.The Bosnia Federation has signed a contract with the agency in charge of arranging the exhibition game .On the same date Bosnia will ta...
Joel Obi Named In Squad To Face Livorno
Published: January 10, 2014
Parma manager Roberto Donaldoni has released a provisional roster for the trip to Livorno on Saturday , a game which corresponds to the 19th round of matches in the Serie A.Nigeria international Joel Obi was amongst the 23 players selected and he will now have to battle with  Acquah, Gargano, Marchionni, Mauri, Mu...
Nigeria To Face Mexico
Published: January 10, 2014
The Mexico Federation has confirmed that it has reached an agreement with its Nigerian counterpart to play a tune up game in the United States ahead of the mundial in Brazil.The exhibition game against the Super Eagles will be staged during the next window for internationals, on March 5 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.N...
Yaya Toure Beats Mikel To Clinch African Footballer Of The Year Award
Published: January 09, 2014
At a gala ceremony in Lagos, Ivory Coast international Yaya Toure has been crowned as the best player in Africa for 2013.The Manchester City midfielder collected 373 votes of the National Team coaches in Africa followed by Nigerian Mikel Obi (265) and Didier Drogba (236) in that order.This is the third successive year ...