Nigeria To Face World Cup Bound Team In London On March 27
Published: December 29, 2017
Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick has claimed that the Super Eagles will face a country that has qualified for the 2018 World Cup in a friendly in London on March 27, 2018.The NFF boss has also disclosed that the national team will trade tackles with at least four countries in friendlies as part of th...
NFF On Why Nigeria Lost To France : Super Eagles Players Were Sharing Money In The Night
Published: December 29, 2017
Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick has opened up on why the Super Eagles lost 2-0 to France in the second round of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and has indicated that he wants to forestall a repeat of the incident.The Super Eagles players deliberately missed a training session in protest at the non-pa...
ADO Den Haag's Tyronne Ebuehi Is Nigeria's Most Promising Defender
Published: December 29, 2017
Having played a vital role for the Super Eagles in the impressive 4-2 friendly win over Argentina, Tyronne Ebuehi's inclusion in the national set-up is an intriguing one, writes allnigeriasoccer.com.Eagles gaffer Gernot Rohr's public show of support, Nigeria welcome its most promising defender, still ahead of schedule....
Super Eagles Midfielder Racially Abused, Stoned With Cans Of Beer After Red Card
Published: December 28, 2017
Nigeria international Uche Agbo received the first red card of his Standard Liege career in the 42nd minute of his team's 2-1 loss to Kortrijk in the Belgian First Division A on Wednesday evening.Referee Verboomen first booked him in the 34th minute for a clear foul, seven minutes later he got his marching orders for a...
Top Ten Most Influential Nigerian Players In 2017 (10-7) : Mikel, Martins, Obi & Simon
Published: December 28, 2017
The fast-winding year had been a great one for most Nigerians who proved sensational enough in pulling off different grades of successes with the national team and their respective clubs to a quantum point in terms of performance evaluation. With this piece, allnigeriasoccer.com would thus, run down the top ten most in...
Nigeria's Rivals Croatia To Face Brazil At Stamford Bridge Or Anfield In May?
Published: December 28, 2017
The Croatian Football Federation are in advanced talks with their Brazilian counterparts over a pre-World Cup friendly, according to reports.Novilist claims the Croatian national team will play a friendly match against five-time world champions Brazil by the end of May or the beginning of June next year.The newspaper a...
Ex-Nigeria U23 Invitee Faces Four-Match Ban In Belgium After Red Card
Published: December 28, 2017
Former Nigeria U23 invitee Peter Olayinka might be banned for four matches following his dismissal in the last round of matches in the Belgian First Division A against Sporting Charleroi on Boxing Day.The Zulte Waregem striker was red carded for the second time in his professional career in the 27th minute of the conte...
Neymar & Gerard Pique Warn Super Eagles : Watch Out For Iceland
Published: December 27, 2017
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has interviewed his former teammate Neymar on  The Players Tribune.They discussed the favourites for the 2018 World Cup, previous tournaments and the team that can cause an upset in Russia, among other things. Neymar, who is the world's most expensive player at €222 million, believes ...
Anderlecht Coach Rules Onyekuru Out Of World Cup: He's Out For 6 Months
Published: December 27, 2017
Anderlecht coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck does not think Henry Onyekuru would have sufficiently recovered before Nigeria play their first game at the 2018 World Cup against Croatia.The Everton loanee damaged the medial ligament during Anderlecht's 1-0 win over his former club Eupen on December 22, and Vanhaezebrouck has sug...
Super Eagles With Moses, Iwobi, Ndidi, Iheanacho Can Make A Statement In Russia
Published: December 27, 2017
“To be the best you must beat the best.” This mantra best describes the journey of the Nigerian national football team in the build to qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup that will be held in Russia.It was not an easy ride on paper as what stood ahead was the brick wall of five time African champions Cameroon...
Super Eagles Fans To Rohr : Junior Ajayi Should Be Invited To National Team
Published: December 27, 2017
Fans judge coach Gernot Rohr on his squad selection policy, particularly in terms of the selection of Kelechi Iheanacho, Odion Ighalo, Anthony Nwakaeme, Olarenwaju Kayode, Henry Onyekuru and Victor Osimhen, but they can't deny the fact that Ighalo is ahead of others in the pecking order.Super Eagles supporters would lo...
Croatia To Scout Nigeria Stars Iwobi, Moses, Aina, Ezenwa Against Poland March 23
Published: December 26, 2017
Croatia manager Zlatko Dalić has revealed that scouts representing their national team will be present at the Municipal Stadium in Wrocław when Nigeria face Poland in a pre-World Cup friendly on March 23.The likes of Chelsea's Victor Moses and Ola Aina, Arsenal's Alex Iwobi and goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa are in line...
Why Injured Everton Loanee Onyekuru Is Destined To Miss Out On Russia 2018
Published: December 26, 2017
Super Eagles prolific starlet, Henry Onyekuru has so far, offered everybody a glimpse of his electric qualities with Anderlecht this campaign but saddening enough, it is hardly a given at any stretch now to posit that the youngster would bounce back after his injury setback to gatecrash Nigeria's World Cup plans.The Ev...
Croatia Coach : I Know My Starting XI For World Cup Opener Vs Nigeria
Published: December 26, 2017
Croatia National Team manager Zlatko Dalić has clarified his comments about knowing the starting line-up that will take to the Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad pitch against Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup on June 16.The Croatians are aware that Argentina are nailed-on favourites to top Group D of the World Cup, so they...
Super Eagles Most Lethal Striker Takes Season Tally To 12
Published: December 26, 2017
Super Eagles striker, Anthony Nwakaeme was on song for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their 2-0 win over Maccabi Haifa in an Israeli Premier League encounter at the Yaakov Turner Toto stadium on Monday evening.Allyson Santos's own goal had set things rolling for the Camels ten minutes in and it had stayed that way deep into the...