Super Eagles Star Ndidi Makes List Of Top 100 U21 Players In The World
Published: December 29, 2017
Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been recognized yet again after he was named in In Bed With Maradona’s annual list of top 100 U21 players in the world.The website identified players born on or after January 1, 1996 that have been tipped to shine over the next twelve months.Some eye-catching names on the l...
Update- Anderlecht Dismiss Onyekuru Claims: He Will Be Sidelined For Several Months
Published: December 29, 2017
Anderlecht have quickly dismissed claims attributed to Henry Onyekuru in which the Nigeria international stated that he does not need an operation and will return to the pitch in the first week of February.The Everton loanee tore the internal ligament of his right knee in the second half of Anderlecht's 1-0 win over hi...
CAF Team Of The Year: Troost-Ekong Beating Man Utd Star For Best African Defender
Published: December 29, 2017
William Troost-Ekong is being tipped to be named in the CAF Team of the Year for 2017, if the Twitter poll conducted by the Confederation of African Football is anything to go by.CAF asked users to choose their own eleven players based on their overall performances for their clubs and countries.Troost-Ekong was shortli...
Top Ten Most Influential Nigerian Players In 2017 (6-4) : Iwobi, Ekong, Shehu
Published: December 29, 2017
All Nigeria Soccer continues the round up of the ten best Nigerian performers in the concluding year.(6)Abdullahi Shehu — The Anorthosis Famagusta defender has no doubt, had a tremendous year with the Cyproit giants. Arguably the best performing and dependable fullback in the Super Eagles setup currently, the 24-year...
What The NFF Is Doing To Cap The Likes Of Olosunde, Uwakwe, Amaechi? Pinnick Replies
Published: December 29, 2017
Nigeria Football Federation boss Amaju Pinnick has revealed that key officials are working behind the scenes in their bid to invite foreign-born Nigerian talents to Nigeria's national teams. The likes of Matthew Olosunde (Manchester United), Xavier Amaechi (Arsenal), Tariq Uwakwe (Chelsea), Dennis Adeniran (Everton) an...
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...