Former Chelsea Star Crespo : We Hope Argentina Will Qualify For Last 16 Before Facing Nigeria
Published: May 19, 2018
Former Chelsea striker Hernán Crespo reckons that it will not be easy for Argentina when they face Nigeria at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg on June 26, 2018. The former Argentina international knows the qualities of Nigeria teams as he was part of Argentina's Olympic Team that lost the Gold Medal match o...
Official: Ebuehi's First Words As A Benfica Player As Lisbon Giants Celebrate Transfer Coup
Published: May 19, 2018
Portuguese setup S.L. Benfica have confirmed the signing of Nigeria international Tyronne Ebuehi from Dutch Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag on a five-year contract. With the right-back's contract with ADO Den Haag set to run out in June 2018, several European teams were interested in his signature and he has revealed t...
Lokomotiv Show Their Support For NFF As Musa Muhammed Is Released For Atlético Friendly
Published: May 19, 2018
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv have shown their support for the Nigeria Football Federation after ex-Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles skipper Musa Muhammed was permitted to join the Super Eagles ahead of their upcoming friendly against Europa League winners Atlético de Madrid. The friendly is outside Fifa's window for inter...
Babayaro Features, Kanu & Taribo West Missing As Chelsea Concede Four Goals Vs Inter
Published: May 19, 2018
Former Nigeria international Celestine Babayaro was a half-time substitute as Chelsea Legends were beaten 4-1 by Inter Forever in a charity game staged at Stamford Bridge on Friday night. Petrescu, Lebouef, Desailly and Le Saux started in a four-man defense for The Blues, with the ex-Three Lions star deployed at lef...
Anderlecht Coach Vanhaezebrouck : It Is Not My Fault Rohr Dropped Onyekuru
Published: May 18, 2018
Anderlecht coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck has dismissed reports that suggested that he was to blame for Gernot Rohr's decision to axe Henry Onyekuru from Nigeria's preliminary World Cup roster. The Everton loanee resumed training in April but was not given a run-out in Anderlecht's matches in the Belgian First Division ...
Arsenal Young Star Kelechi Nwakali Delighted With Maiden Super Eagles Call-Up
Published: May 18, 2018
Arsenal midfielder Kelechi Nwakali is delighted to receive his first-ever invitation to the Nigerian national team for the upcoming friendly against La Liga outfit Atlético de Madrid, according to his intermediary Allwell Nwakali. The national team coaches believe Kelechi deserves to be in the squad after an outsta...
Examining How Nigeria's World Cup-Bound Strikers Have Fared This Season
Published: May 18, 2018
With most of the attackers named to Gernot Rohr's 30-man roster bound for the Russia World Cup competition, it is appositely necessary to evaluate what their performances had been like for their various clubsides during the course of the football season. With this piece, allnigeriasoccer.com would try to round up ho...
Chelsea's Abraham Among Four Players Of Nigerian Descent In England Squad For Toulon Tourney
Published: May 18, 2018
Two days after he was not selected for the Three Lions squad heading to the 2018 World Cup, Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham remains committed to his country of birth after accepting a call-up to England U21 team ahead of the Maurice Revello Tournament later this month. Abraham has been named in Aidy Boothroyd's 20-man...
Conte Remembers That Arsenal Game: Strange Final Because Moses Was Dismissed
Published: May 18, 2018
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has spoken about the final of the Emirates FA Cup between his side and Arsenal last season, and has inferred that the dismissal of Victor Moses had an impact on the game. The Nigeria international was first booked in the 57th minute for a foul on his former strike partner in the Young L...
Fit-Again Eagles Star Etebo Flies Into Lagos Sunday, In Squad Vs Girona
Published: May 18, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Super Eagles midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo is set to be involved for Las Palmas when they take on Girona in the Spanish La Liga in their final game of the season on Saturday evening. The C.D. Feirense loanee is the only Nigerian player included in Las Palmas's 18-man squad for the...
Ex-Super Eagles Left Back Babayaro Named In Chelsea Squad To Face Inter Milan
Published: May 18, 2018
Former Nigeria international Celestine Babayaro is in line to wear Chelsea's shirt once again when the Legends squad face Inter Forever at Stamford Bridge on Friday night. The game is in memory of Ray Wilkins, ex-Chelsea midfielder who passed away at the age of 61 on 4 April 2018. Babayaro is amongst nine defend...
Can Messi Be Stopped? Leon Balogun Reveals Steps Super Eagles Will Take
Published: May 18, 2018
Mainz central defender Leon Balogun has revealed the steps the Super Eagles will take to prevent Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi from scoring when they face off with Argentina at the 2018 World Cup. The Argentina number ten has been directly involved in six goals (4 goals, 2 assists) in five appearances against the N...
Banking Giants UBS : Nigeria Africa's Hope But Have 0.3% Chance Of Winning World Cup
Published: May 17, 2018
Swiss investment bank UBS has predicted the likely winner of the 2018 World Cup based on a statistical model normally used to assess investment opportunities. World champions Germany are favorites, with a 24 percent chance of winning the World Cup, followed by Brazil 19.8 %, Spain 16.1 %, England 8.5 % and France 7...
Super Eagles Possible Starting Lineup At 2018 World Cup
Published: May 17, 2018
The wait for the Russia World Cup 2018 is almost over. After lots of media speculations and pre-competition trivia, the competition is set to flag off in earnest as 32 teams battle each other for supremacy in the biggest of the world's footballing event.Nigeria would take to the Kaliningrad Stadium in less than 30 days...
Nigeria Call Up Arsenal, Man City & Roma Loanees, 20 Others For Atletico Madrid Friendly
Published: May 17, 2018
The Nigerian Federation have invited 23 players for the Super Eagles friendly against La Liga outfit Atletico Madrid at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Tuesday, May 22. Arsenal loanee Kelechi Nwakali has finally earned recognition after receiving a maiden call-up to Nigeria's senior team and will compete with...