Bordeaux Nigerian Striker Ruled Out For The Season After Suffering Cruciate Ligament Injury
Published: April 25, 2019
The 2018-2019 season is over for Josh Maja, the former Super Eagles invitee who suffered an injury during Bordeaux's 2-1 loss to Nimes on Saturday, April 20. 20minutes.fr has confirmed that Maja is suffering from a distension of the cruciate ligaments of the left knee and the meniscus is also affected. The strike...
Liverpool's Babajide Wins WSL Goal Of The Week After Backing From Super Falcons Captain
Published: April 25, 2019
Liverpool FC Women striker Rinsola Babajide has won the Goal of the Week award for game week 20 in the FA Women's Super League. The England youth international of Nigerian parentage stole the headlines after netting her first career hat-trick for Liverpool in their 5-2 rout of Bristol City on April 21, and one of th...
Why Isaac Success Rejected NFF's Request To Join Super Eagles For March Games
Published: April 25, 2019
Watford striker Isaac Success rejected an impromptu request from the Nigeria Football Federation to link up with his international teammates ahead of matches against Senegal and Seychelles last month, allnigeriasoccer.com has been informed. Success had a chance meeting with Nigerian Federation supremo Amaju Pinnick...
U17 AFCON : Three Reasons Why Manu Garba's Boys Failed Guinea Test
Published: April 25, 2019
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria were involved in a very enthralling encounter with Guinea in one of Wednesday's U17 AFCON semifinal matches.Unfortunately, things didn't go well for Manu Garba's boys who were defeated via penalty shootout. It ended 10-9 in favor of the highly disciplined Guinean side.Allnigeriasoccer.com,...
Moses All But Ruled Out Of AFCON As Chelsea Loanee Is Advised Not To Return To Eagles
Published: April 25, 2019
Victor Moses is all but ruled out of the upcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt as he has vowed not to rescind his decision to quit the Super Eagles, allnigeriasoccer.com has specially gathered. The Chelsea-owned winger called time to his international career after the 2018 World Cup, citing the need to focus...
Three Reasons Why Nigeria U20s Coach Aigbogun Should Court Chelsea Midfielder Ahead Of World Cup
Published: April 25, 2019
The 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup is set to commence in less than a month, and qualified countries are currently preparing for the tournament.As for the Flying Eagles of Nigeria, head coach Paul Aigbogun is reportedly searching for more players, especially attack-minded players, who will add more threat to his team's underwh...
2019 AFCON : Former Super Eagles Skipper Charges Rohr On Good Preparation
Published: April 25, 2019
Ex-Nigeria skipper Uche Okechukwu has instructed the national team handlers to see to an adequate preparation ahead of 2019's AFCON tournament if the Super Eagles must come out victorious, particularly seeing that illustrious African teams the likes of Egypt and Senegal are also competing. In an interview with Busybudd...
PFA Team Of The Season : Two Camberwell-Born Strikers Of Nigerian Descent Selected
Published: April 25, 2019
Two Camberwell-born strikers of Nigerian descent have been selected in the Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year for their respective divisions. Chelsea loanee Tammy Abraham is one of two Aston Villa players named in the PFA Sky Bet Championship Team of the Year and was chosen to lead the frontline...
Chelsea Handed Massive Injury Boost Ahead Of Trip To Nyon To Face Barcelona In UYL
Published: April 25, 2019
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Chelsea have been handed a massive injury boost ahead of their trip to Nyon, Switzerland, where they face Barcelona in the semifinal of the UEFA Youth League on Friday, April 26. English-born Nigerian midfielder Faustino Anjorin has resumed full training and has been named in Ch...
U17 AFCON Last Four: What Nigeria, Guinea Coaches Said Post-Match
Published: April 25, 2019
Speaking at the post-match press conference, coach Manu Garba has rued the chances missed by his side in Wednesday afternoon's 10-9 loss on penalties to the Guineans in the semifinal of the U17 Africa Cup of Nations. The Golden Eaglets leading scorer in Tanzania, Wisdom Ubani did everything possible to score even fr...
'I Am Proud To Wear The Arsenal Shirt' - Iwobi Confident Gunners Can Achieve Targets
Published: April 25, 2019
Arsenal blew away another opportunity to move into the top four on Wednesday night after they were beaten 3-1 by Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineux Stadium. Nigeria international Alex Iwobi started his 20th Premier League game of the season and made way for Eddie Nketiah in the 71st minute. Wolves were cruis...
The Unappreciated Role Played By Chukwueze In Villarreal Leaving The Relegation Zone
Published: April 24, 2019
This season has been a bittersweet one for Villarreal who found themselves in relegation troubles during the opening half of the campaign.The ugly situation forced the club's board of directors into changing managers on two occasions within the space of two months. Manager Javier Calleja was sacked by the Spanish side...
Three Attack-Minded Nigerian Players Nominated For QPR's Young Player Of The Year
Published: April 24, 2019
Three attack-minded Nigerian players in the shape of Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ebere Eze and Aramide Oteh have been nominated for Queens Park Rangers Young Player of the Year award for the 2018-2019 season. Osayi-Samuel is a winger, Eze is an attacking midfielder while Oteh is a center forward. Joining the trio on the...
U17 AFCON : Five Takeaways From Nigeria U17s Penalty Loss To Guinea
Published: April 24, 2019
Nigeria could not reach the final of the 2019 CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations final holding in Tanzania following their defeat to Guinea after a marathon 10-9 penalty loss with both sides having played out a scoreless draw in 90 minutes. Izuchukwu Okosi takes a look at the five takeaways from the all action battle at...
Nigerian Prodigy Battles Hazard, 6 Others For Chelsea Goal Of The Season Award
Published: April 24, 2019
Through their official website , Premier League side Chelsea have announced the eight candidates in contention for the Goal of the Season Award and a Nigeria-eligible player has been listed. Faustino Anjorin has been nominated for the award and faces competition from first-teamers Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Eden Hazard who...