Ahmed Musa Scores Eleventh Goal Of The Season
Published: April 17, 2013
CSKA Moscow have defeated Yenisei 3 - 0 in the quarter finals of the Cup of Russia. Nigeria winger Ahmed Musa was on target for the Army Men after 65 minutes.Vagner Love and Pavel Mamaev were also on the score-sheet for  CSKA Moscow, who are in the running to claim both the Premier League and Russian Cup titles th...
Babatunde Michael Could Be Forced Out Of Ukraine Over Visa
Published: April 17, 2013
Super Eagles invitee and Kryvbas winger Michael Babatunde could be clubless even before the end of the season, according to reports in Ukraine.Ukrainian website FootBoom.com says Kryvbas are facing serious financial problems and do not have the funds to renew the work visas of the foreign players including Michael Baba...
Dynamo Kiev's Foreign Players Celebrate With Taye Taiwo
Published: April 17, 2013
Defensive midfielder Miguel Veloso posted a picture on Facebook of Taye Taiwo's birthday celebration held in a Kiev restaurant on Tuesday evening. ''Happy birthday Taiwo,'' Veloso, who has 37 caps for the Portugal National Team, said. Taye Taiwo turned 28 years old on April 16. To celebrate the special occasion with th...
Jossy Lad Discharged From UCH
Published: April 16, 2013
After 27 days on admission at University Teaching Hospital Ibadan, former Coach of Super Falcons, Joseph Ladipo popularly known as Jossy Lad at exactly 6:20 pm on Monday was discharged from the hospital.First son of the ailing Coach Wale Ladipo disclosed to newsmen at the southwest ward 3 of the hospital the Chief Medi...
Imoh Ezekiel Wants To Play For Belgium, Snubs John Obuh Advances
Published: April 16, 2013
Standard Liege's Imoh Ezekiel has told Belgian media that he will apply for Belgian citizenship to enable him play for the Red Devils.According to authoritative Belgian website dhnet.be , 19 - year - old Ezekiel received an invitation from coach John Obuh to participate at the African Youth Championship held in Algeria...
Nurudeen Orelesi Targets Cup Final
Published: April 16, 2013
Skënderbeu Korçë, Albania midfielder Nurudeen Orelesi is looking forward to the semi-final cup tie with Bylis Ballsh on Wednesday. Having lost in the finals of the Albanian Cup on two occasions, the former Nigeria youth - teamer has set his sights on qualifying for May's final against Laçi or Ku...
Nosa Igiebor Apologizes To Betis Fans
Published: April 16, 2013
Nigeria midfielder Nosa Igiebor has sensationally revealed that he was racially abused by supporters of Real Betis while warming up in Friday's tie with city rivals Sevilla. Nosa Igiebor, who was on target in the 3 - 3 draw, made an offensive gesture to the fans of Real Betis.He has realized his mistake and publicly ap...
Greek Club FC Aris Pay 6,000 Euros To Olubayo Adefemi's Family
Published: April 15, 2013
In a statement posted on the official website on Monday, FC Aris have apologized to Skoda Xanthi and the family of late Nigeria international Olubayo Adefemi over their failure to handover the proceeds of a friendly between Aris - Skoda Xanthi .It would be recalled that both Greek clubs played an exhibition game on May...
Modest Enyeama Plays Down Heroics Against Bnei Yehuda
Published: April 15, 2013
Vincent Enyeama is unarguably one of the best goalkeepers in the Israeli championship. Against Bnei Yehuda on Saturday, he proved his worth by making three point-blank saves to deny The Lions victory.In Enyeama's post match comments, he remained modest and attributed the drawn match to the collective effort of the team...
Golden Eaglets Successful In CAN Under 17 Opener
Published: April 15, 2013
Golden Eaglets striker Isaac Success announced his arrival on the world stage at Grande Stade Marrakech on Sunday after he scored a double brace as Nigeria defeated Ghana 6 - 1 at the CAF Under 17 championship. Bernard Bulbwa and Kelechi Iheanacho were also on target for the nailed on pre - tournament favorites. Ghana...
John Ogu Out For Two Weeks?
Published: April 14, 2013
After several days of denial and misleading the public, Académica de Coimbra midfielder John Ogu has finally admitted to being injured. The 24 - year - old Nigeria international claimed he had minor knee surgery on Thursday evening.His participation at the Fifa Confederations Cup in June is now hanging in the ba...
Efe Ambrose Breaks Silence On Late Arrival For Training
Published: April 14, 2013
Nigeria defender Efe Ambrose has broken his silence on the reason he arrived late for training on the day of the Champions League round of 16 clash against Juventus back in March.The Scottish Sun quoted Ambrose as saying: ''“It was just like the passport, something I never intended.''It wasn’t deliberate. I...
Dele Aiyenugba Disappointed With Draw
Published: April 14, 2013
Bnei Yehuda custodian Dele Aiyenugba has expressed his disappointment in the wake of his side's 2 - 2 draw with table - toppers Maccabi Tel Aviv on Saturday. Bnei Yehuda squandered a two goal cushion to draw with Maccabi Tel Aviv at Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv.''It was a very difficult game. Maccabi Tel Aviv is probab...
Barcelona, Real Madrid Doctors Treat Christian Obodo
Published: April 14, 2013
Nigeria international Christian Obodo has been ruled out of action for the next two weeks, reports the official website of Dinamo Minsk . Last Friday, the 28 - year - old central midfielder tried to resume training but felt some pains. With the permission of the coaching staff and club management, Obodo flew to Barcelo...
Sporting Braga Win League Cup
Published: April 14, 2013
Sporting Braga have won the Portuguese League Cup after defeating Porto 1 - 0 on Saturday at Estádio EFAPEL  . The scorer of the match winning goal was Brazilian striker Alan, who netted from the penalty spot in first half injury time.Though, he was not selected the man of the match, Nigerian left back Uwa ...