Iheanacho bags assist, Ndidi saved from a red, Lookman subbed in as Leicester City beat Leeds
Published: March 05, 2022
Leicester City earned their second consecutive clean sheet in the English Premier League after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Leeds United at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Wilfred Ndidi, Ademola Lookman and Kelechi Iheanacho, who have all been named in the Super Eagles squad for the back-to-back matches ...
18yo Adaramola trains with two former Super Eagles invitees ahead of Palace trip to Wolves
Published: March 05, 2022
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira promoted promising left-back Tayo Adaramola to first team training on Friday before the Premier League clash against Wolverhampton Wanderers.The 18-year-old Irish-Nigeria and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi were among the academy stars that took part in the final workout before the trip to Molin...
PL2 : Ex-Gunner Omole scores OG as Spurs are beaten by Arsenal team captained by Olayinka
Published: March 05, 2022
Arsenal have moved to second place in the provisional Premier League 2 table after a 2-1 win over north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur at Meadow Park on Friday night. Several players of Nigerian descent were on show, with 2021 Super Eagles invitee Joshua Oluwayemi and central defender Tobi Omole starting for the visi...
Chelsea loanee Anjorin finally makes his debut for Huddersfield Town in win vs Peterborough
Published: March 04, 2022
Chelsea loanee Faustino Anjorin finally made his competitive debut for Huddersfield Town as they recorded a comprehensive 3-0 win over Peterborough United in a Championship clash staged at John Smith's Stadium on Friday night. Terriers' Spanish manager Carlos Corberan had hinted at the England U20 international of Ni...
England, Nigeria or USA? Arsenal loanee Balogun makes decision on international future
Published: March 04, 2022
Arsenal loanee Folarin Balogun is reportedly leaning towards committing his international future at senior level to the United States of America, where he was born. Football. London is reporting that the Hale End Academy product is expected to commit his long-term international future to the United States. Balog...
Rodgers challenges Lookman to score at least 4 more goals to earn permanent Leicester move
Published: March 04, 2022
Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has challenged Ademola Lookman to reach double figures for goals before the end of the 2021-2022 campaign to brighten his chances of sealing a permanent transfer to the King Power Stadium. The Super Eagles hopeful returned to the Premier League for a second loan spell last summ...
'Get Iwobi on for Townsend' - Everton fans react to Lampard leaving Nigerian on bench FA Cup
Published: March 04, 2022
Everton are into the quarterfinals of the Emirates FA Cup after beating non-leaguers Boreham Wood 2-0 at Goodison Park on Thursday night. It was goalless at the break but the Toffees dominated possession and came close to scoring through Vitalii Mykolenko and Abdoulaye Doucoure.  Salomon Rondon opened h...
Tottenham Hotspur fullback beats Nigeria international, 4 others to win WSL POTM February
Published: March 03, 2022
Ashleigh Plumptre has missed out on the Women's Super League Player of the Month award for February 2022. Tottenham Hotspur fullback Ashleigh Neville has been named the winner of the monthly accolade, seeing off competition from the Nigeria international, Jess Carter (Chelsea), Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea), Jemma Pur...
Huddersfield coach provides new update on fitness of Chelsea loanee Anjorin pre-Peterborough Utd
Published: March 03, 2022
Huddersfield Town boss Carlos Corberán has claimed that Faustino Anjorin could be involved in some capacity when his side face off with Peterborough United on Friday night at the John Smith's Stadium.The Chelsea loanee has started full training with his teammates at the Terriers having recovered from a broken metatars...
Campbell urges Rangers to ensure they get top dollar for Aribo amid interest from EPL clubs
Published: March 03, 2022
Former Arsenal striker Kevin Campbell has urged Glasgow Rangers to squeeze as much money out of any team that makes a move for Joe Aribo in the summer. The Nigeria international will enter the final twelve months of his contract with the Scottish Premiership champions in July and it is all but confirmed that he wil...
Leicester City's Super Falcons defender ruled out of clash against Manchester United
Published: March 03, 2022
Nigeria international Ashleigh Plumptre will not be available for selection when Leicester City take on Manchester United in the Women's Super League on Saturday. The central defender was not involved in Leicester City's Vitality Women’s FA Cup tie against Chelsea at the weekend due to illness and she has not suf...
Gabriel Osho goes the distance as Chelsea fight back to edge Luton Town 3-2 in FA Cup
Published: March 02, 2022
World champions Chelsea came from behind on two occasions to earn a thrilling 3-2 win over Championship outfit Luton Town in the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup at Kenilworth Road on Wednesday night. Hatters top scorer Elijah Adebayo failed a fitness test and was omitted from the matchday squad along with Lagos-bor...
'I'm a big fan of Thiago Silva' - Luton Town's Nigerian CB admits he looks up to Chelsea star
Published: March 02, 2022
In-form Championship side Luton Town are back in action this evening as they take on world champions Chelsea in the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup at Kenilworth Road in Bedfordshire.  Hatters central defender Gabriel Osho has claimed that he is not scared of Chelsea who have in their ranks AFCON winner édouard M...
Adaramola reveals the only problem he had with his starting debut for Crystal Palace
Published: March 02, 2022
Irish-Nigerian left-back Tayo Adaramola made his starting debut for Crystal Palace as they advanced to the next round of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win over Stoke City at Selhurst Park on Tuesday night. A Republic of Ireland U19 international, Adaramola has admitted that the only problem over the course of 65 minut...
Torino hoping to sell West Ham, Crystal Palace-linked wing-back Aina to Premier League club
Published: March 02, 2022
Nigeria international Ola Aina is preparing to bid farewell to Italian Serie A club Torino in the summer. According to Calciomercato (via Footballnews24), Torino would like to sell the Chelsea academy product at the end of the 2021-2022 season and have set a price tag of ten million euros for the versatile wing-bac...