Croatian Coach On Nigeria : Iwobi & Moses Too Similar, No World-Class Players
Published: December 23, 2017
Croatian manager Tomislav Obradovic has predicted that Croatia will overcome Nigeria when both teams face off in the World Cup on Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad on June 16, and has stressed that there are several players with the same characteristics in the Super Eagles squad.Obradovic was coach of the Rwandan U20 Na...
Argentina Defender : Nigeria Are Difficult Opponents But We Have Messi
Published: December 22, 2017
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's Argentina central defender Emanuel Mammana spoke on Friday about his country's group opponents at the 2018 World Cup and is wary of the Super Eagles.The 21-year-old was on the bench in Krasnodar as Nigeria came back from two goals down to overcome the two-time world champions 4-2 on ...
Ndidi Named In Top 100 Players Of 2017, Better Than Kante
Published: December 22, 2017
Celebrated sports television channel Sky Sports has published on its website the Top 100 players of 2017, with only one Nigerian making the prestigious list.Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi clocked in at number 65 and ranked higher than top Premier League stars David de Gea (Manchester United), Mesut Ozil (Arsen...
Everton Star Sigurðsson Reveals The Main Strength Of Nigeria's World Cup Rivals
Published: December 22, 2017
Everton attacking midfielder Gylfi Sigurðsson has revealed the main strength of Nigeria's World Cup rivals Iceland, saying teamwork has been the key to their success in recent years.Apart from Sigurðsson, the Nordic country have in their ranks top stars including Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City), Jóhann Berg Guðmunds...
Enyimba LB Receives Super Eagles Call-Up 9 Months After First-Team Debut
Published: December 21, 2017
Enyimba youngster Ikouwem Udoh has received a call-up to the senior national team. The 20-year-old was invited to the camp of the home-based Super Eagles side as part of preparations for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in January. It marks a remarkable rise for Ikouwem, whose first team debut with Enyimba came ...
Confirmed : Battle Of The Eagles Begins 2045 Hours At Municipal Stadium in Wrocław, Poland
Published: December 21, 2017
The pre-World Cup friendly match between Poland and Nigeria will be staged at the Municipal Stadium in Wrocław on March 23, 2018, the Polish Football Association (PZPN) officially confirmed on Thursday, December 21.The World Cup bound Polish national team will face South Korea at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, four...
Tyronne Ebuehi Ranked Among The Top Five Right Backs In Eredivisie
Published: December 21, 2017
Super Eagles defender Tyronne Ebuehi has been ranked among the top five right-backs plying their trade in the Dutch Eredivisie by Voetbal Primeur.With the first half of the season almost concluded, the Dutch football website asked followers of the Eredivisie to pick their Team of the Season so far and Ebuehi has been s...
FIFA End-Of-Year Ranking : Nigeria End 2017 As Africa's Ninth Best Team
Published: December 21, 2017
Football governing body, FIFA, has released its end-of-year international ranking of Men’s National Teams, with the Super Eagles of Nigeria slipping down the charts for the second straight month.The Super Eagles were inactive since the last edition of the rankings but their past matches were added to FIFA formula’s...
NFF Target Jordon Ibe Impressed Against Chelsea - Bournemouth Coach
Published: December 21, 2017
Bournemouth coach Eddie Howe was satisfied with the performance of Jordon Ibe in his side's narrow 2-1 loss to Chelsea in the quarterfinal of the League Cup on Wednesday night.The Cherries were forced to make a substitution as early as the 17th minute when Ibe replaced the injured Jermain Defoe, and they were some posi...
Echiejile Charges Nigerians On Love, Tolerance in Christmas Message
Published: December 20, 2017
Super Eagles and Sivasspor of Turkey defender, Elderson Uwa Echiejile has sent his goodwill message to Nigerians in the festive mood of celebrating Christmas.In his message, Elderson urged Nigerians to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ by doing good to all manner of persons as Jesus Christ did over 2017 years ago...
Record-Chasing Bartholomew Ogbeche Suffers Another Injury Blow
Published: December 20, 2017
Bartholomew Ogbeche might be set for another spell on the sidelines, two months after returning from a lengthy layoff.The Nigeria international had to be substituted in the 30th minute due to injury in Willem II's 3-0 win over RKC Waalwijk in the KNVB Beker on Tuesday night, and the initial prognosis was that he picked...
Everton Loanee Henry Onyekuru Named Nigeria's Best U20 Player
Published: December 20, 2017
Outside Of The Boot has unveiled its 100 Best Young Players to Watch in 2018, with Everton loanee Henry Onyekuru the only Nigerian young star listed by the scouting website.All players born on or after January 1st 1997 are eligible for the feature; 5 goalkeepers, 30 defenders, 35 midfielders, 30 forwards made the list....
What Is Going On With Iheanacho? Rated Poor Against Man City
Published: December 20, 2017
Talented Nigeria international Kelechi Iheanacho struggled in Leicester City's loss on penalties to his former club Manchester City on Tuesday night, so much so that he was rated among the worst players on the King Power Stadium turf.The Taye Academy product made his fourth start in all competitions from a possible 22,...
Ex-Croatia Manager, Slaven Bilić : Croatia-Nigeria The Most Difficult Game
Published: December 19, 2017
Former Croatia and West Ham manager Slaven Bilić has admitted that the fixtures in the group stage of the World Cup have not been kind to Croatia after they were drawn to face Nigeria in their opener.The 1998 World Cup bronze medalists are also up against two-time world champions Argentina and Europe's Cinderella team...
Lionel Messi : We Have To Overcome Nigeria, Croatia Before Thinking About Final
Published: December 19, 2017
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi says he wants to play in the World Cup final for the second tournament in a row, but stressed that the two-time world champions have to overcome Nigeria, Croatia and Iceland in the group stage first.The Barcelona number ten was speaking shortly after he was handed the Pichichi (top goal...