Ex-Nigeria Coach Raises Red Flag: Super Eagles Players Will Be Tired Before The World Cup
Published: April 28, 2018
Ex-Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has warned of a potential danger ahead of the 2018 World Cup as he reckons that most of the key players in the squad will be fatigued heading into the tournament.Important squad members such as Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi, Brian Idowu, Victor Moses and Abdullahi Shehu have played at le...
Oliseh Backs Rohr On Super Eagles Bad Display In March Friendlies: He Has To Try Players, Tactics
Published: April 28, 2018
Former Nigeria international Sunday Oliseh has refused to criticize the Super Eagles unimpressive display in last month's international friendlies, especially against Serbia in London, saying manager Gernot Rohr used both matches to perfect his tactics ahead of the 2018 World Cup.Oliseh is on the same page as Super Eag...
World Cup Countdown: Top Five Fastest Goals Scored By Nigeria World Cup
Published: April 27, 2018
Turkey's Hakan Sukur popped up with the fastest goal ever recorded in a world cup match, scoring 10.89 seconds into the 2002 third-place playoff against hosts, South Korea — a game which ended 3-2 in four of the Turkish team.While that feat is a remarkable one, it took Nigeria four minutes to score her fastest goal i...
Uche Agbo Fears He Will Be Axed By Rohr After Losing First-Choice Status At Standard Liege
Published: April 27, 2018
Standard Liege midfielder Uche Agbo fears he will be axed by manager Gernot Rohr when the German announces his 23-man roster for the 2018 World Cup.The former Watford, Udinese and Granada man has been a regular since he joined the Belgian First Division A team last summer but has lost his first-choice status in the las...
Rohr Will NOT Be Happy With This News From Torino On Joel Obi
Published: April 27, 2018
 Italian Serie A club Torino have provided a fresh update on the condition of Nigeria international Joel Obi and it is not good news for manager Gernot Rohr and the Super Eagles faithful.The 26-year-old had to go off 28 minutes after coming off the bench against AC Milan on April 18 after picking up an injury, f...
NFF Supremo Pinnick: No Going Back On PH Hosting Nigeria-DRC Pre-World Cup Friendly
Published: April 27, 2018
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick has confirmed that the friendly game between Nigeria and Congo will be hosted in Port Harcourt in May.The Super Eagles had been earlier slated to trade tackles with the Red Devils of Congo at the Abuja National Stadium but subsequent arrangements are been put i...
Angry Lille Coach On Enyeama: When I Arrived, Where Was He?
Published: April 26, 2018
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday ahead of the Ligue 1 clash vs Metz, Lille coach Christophe Galtier has explained that Vincent Enyeama was frozen out of the first team picture before he arrived the club.In a conversation with supporters of Lille who had filmed him without his knowledge last Saturday, Galtier ...
Leicester City Agree With Mikel : Wilfred Ndidi Is Our Top Passer
Published: April 26, 2018
Leicester City and Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel are on the same page as regards to the passing abilities of Wilfred Ndidi which is a huge weapon for the national team.The former Chelsea midfielder has listed the Foxes number 25 among the six key players that help the national team thrive in their passing game, the ot...
Eagles Handed Big Boost As Ebuehi Resumes Full Training, Carries Nigerian Flag
Published: April 26, 2018
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has been handed a big boost less than two weeks before he is expected to submit a provisional 35-man World Cup roster to the Nigerian Federation, with news that one of the players to be named on the roster has resumed full training following a spell on the sidelines. ADO Den Haag defender Ty...
Mikel Lists Six Players Who Make Super Eagles Thrive In Their Passing Game
Published: April 26, 2018
In an interview with FIFA World Cup Russia Magazine, Nigeria captain John Obi Mikel has mentioned six players in the squad that help the national team thrive in their passing game.The former Chelsea star says the players understand the philosophy of the team and coupled with their discipline he expects the Super Eagles...
Leicester City Star Ndidi: Messi Is Unstoppable, We Have To Beat Croatia, Iceland
Published: April 26, 2018
Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi was honest to admit that Nigeria will find it difficult to beat Argentina when both countries face off at the World Cup on June 26 because the South Americans have the best player on the planet, Barcelona's Lionel Messi.The Super Eagles kickoff their sixth World Cup campaign agai...
Super Eagles Coach Rohr : Why We Are Taking Young Players To The World Cup
Published: April 26, 2018
Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has explained why majority of the players he intends to name to his World Cup roster are classed as young players. The Super Eagles are led by the seasoned Obi Mikel, and the likes of Abdullahi Shehu, William Troost-Ekong and Wilfred Ndidi are expected to fill the defensive positions, Alex I...
Iceland's Everton Star: Nigeria Are A Top Team, We Have A Good Chance Of Qualifying
Published: April 26, 2018
Everton attacking midfielder Gylfi þór Sigurðsson is optimistic that Iceland will qualify for the last sixteen of the World Cup even though they are in a tough group containing Argentina, Nigeria and Croatia.The Cinderella team of the 2016 European Championship did not lose their first two games in France, drawing 1...
Mikel Tells Conte The Best Position To Play Nigeria's Star Player Victor Moses
Published: April 25, 2018
Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has suggested that Chelsea coach Antonio Conte is not playing Nigeria Player of the Year Victor Moses in his best position.The former Blues midfielder has listed some of the qualities of Moses that make him thrive as a forward player, just as he does for the Nigerian national team.Th...
QPR Starlet Eze Nominated For Wycombe Wanderers Player & Goal Of The Season Awards
Published: April 25, 2018
Former Super Eagles invitee Eberechi Eze has been nominated for Wycombe Wanderers Player of the Season Award.The Queens Park Rangers wonderkid spent the first half of this season at the EFL League 2 club, scoring five goals in 20 appearances in the division.Eze is one of the Wycombe Wanderers first-teamers shortlisted ...