Obafemi Martins Will Not Play In Second World Cup, Out For 7 Months
Published: April 04, 2018
Obafemi Martins's hopes of making Nigeria's roster for the World Cup ended on Tuesday after the striker sustained a long-term injury in his side's Asian Champions League tie against Kashima Antlers.The Shanghai Shenhua number seventeen left the field after 22 minutes and has been diagnosed with a partial rupture of the...
Awurum Outshines Musa Yahaya As Porto B Lose At Varzim
Published: April 04, 2018
Varzim's hopes of avoiding relegation were kept alive after they beat Porto B 3-1 on Wednesday evening at the Estádio Varzim Sport Club with Nigerian striker Stanley Awurum scoring for the second consecutive game.He went the distance for Varzim while former Tottenham Hotspur trainee Musa Yahaya started his 18th game i...
Nine Foreign-Based Pros Arrive In Nigeria Camp Ahead Of France Friendly
Published: April 04, 2018
Nine foreign-based professionals have arrived the Super Falcons camp ahead of Friday's international friendly against France at Stade MMArena in the city of Le Mans.The Nigerian Federation have announced that American-based pair Courtney Dike and Francisca Ordega were the first set of players to arrive at the Mecure Le...
Son Of Ex-Enugu Rangers Star To Start Against Chelsea In FA Youth Cup
Published: April 04, 2018
Three players of Nigerian descent are in line to feature for their respective clubs when defending champions Chelsea trade tackles with Birmingham City in the semifinal of the prestigious FA Youth Cup on Wednesday, April 4.While Tariq Uwakwe and Faustino Anjorin are expected to travel with the Blues squad to B9 4RL, al...
Chelsea Loanee Ola Aina Wants To Go To World Cup, Impresses In Midfield
Published: April 04, 2018
Chelsea loanee Ola Aina wants to represent Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup but remains focused at Hull City who are battling to beat the drop with six games remaining in the regular season.The former England U19 skipper was deployed as a right midfielder as Hull City earned an impressive point at league leaders Wolverham...
Ahmed Musa Ready To Trade Blows With Iwobi, Off To London With CSKA
Published: April 04, 2018
Ahmed Musa has flown to London together with the CSKA Moscow squad ahead of Thursday's UEFA Europa League quarterfinal tie against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.The players and officials of CSKA Moscow departed the Sheremetyevo International Airport at 1053 hours and they were accompanied by former Hull City manager ...
Martins, Aiyenugba, Ideye Names Being Bandied About For Provisional World Cup Roster, Agali Reacts
Published: April 04, 2018
Super Eagles chief scout, Victor Agali, has hinted that manager Gernot Rohr may include one or two new players in his provisional squad list for the World Cup.Though the former Hansa Rostock striker has not revealed the identities of these players, the names being bandied about include Shanghai Greenland Shenhua strike...
Semitoje To Eagles : Ignore World Cup Mind Games By Opponents
Published: April 03, 2018
Former Super Eagles defender Isaac Semitoje has expressed optimism that Nigeria can shock the football world at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and hopes the players and coaches ignore mind games by their group rivals in Russia.Gernot Rohr's team will also play three more friendlies against DR Congo, England and Czec...
Tosin Kehinde Wants To Be The First Nigerian-Born Footballer To Play For Man Utd
Published: April 03, 2018
Lagos-born midfielder Tosin Kehinde recently committed his international future to Nigeria over England and he's targeting a spot in Manchester United's first-team next season.If he actualizes his dreams of being promoted to the first team by manager Jose Mourinho, he would become the first player born in Nigeria to re...
France And Nigeria To Compete For Toulouse Wonderkid Akinjogunla
Published: April 03, 2018
The French Football Federation (FFF) and Nigerian Federation will be competing to secure the services of Toulouse wonderkid Temitope Akinjogunla in future, allnigeriasoccer.com understands.Born August 18, 2002, the defender holds a French passport but is eligible to represent Nigeria's youth teams using the granny rule...
USA-Born Star Who Has Pledged Future To Nigeria Set To Face Man Utd Pre-Season
Published: April 03, 2018
San Jose Earthquakes striker Quincy Amarikwa is in line to face Manchester United when the Premier League powerhouse travel to America for pre-season training in July.Manchester United have officially announced that they are back in the United States for Tour 2018.Jose Mourinho's troops will battle Club America on Thur...
Nigeria International Striker Named Player Of The Week In Russia
Published: April 03, 2018
Nigeria international striker Aaron Samuel has been named the Player of the Week in the Russian Premier League for the latest round of matches decided in the division.The CSKA Moscow loanee impressed in Amkar Perm's 2-1 win over Lokomotiv Moscow after netting his first pair of goals for the club.According to the result...
American-Born Striker Omidiji Receives Maiden Call-Up To Nigeria's Senior Team
Published: April 03, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed that highly-rated American-born striker Sophia Omotola Omidiji is in line to make her international debut for Nigeria Women's National Team with the Nigerian Federation handing her a late call-up for Friday's friendly against France.The S.B.V. Excelsior star earlier trained with t...
Nigerian Federation Target Ebere Eze Scores For Queens Park Rangers
Published: April 02, 2018
Nigeria Football Federation target Eberechi Eze tallied his seventh career goal in Queens Park Rangers' 4-1 rout of Norwich City in the EFL Championship today.The Canaries found themselves trailing by two goals on the hour mark when Eze pounced in the box to score QPR's third goal and his second for the club's first te...
Nigerian Midfielder Dubbed The New Moussa Dembele Scores Brace For Charlton
Published: April 02, 2018
Promising Nigerian midfielder Joe Aribo bagged his first career brace as Charlton Athletic defeated playoff-chasing Rotherham United 3-1 at the Valley on Monday afternoon.The number seventeen and Nicholas Ajose started for the Addicks, ex-Arsenal U21 captain Semi Ajayi and Joshua Emmanuel made the Millers starting line...