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...
Liverpool Vs Man City Confirmed Starting XI : Solanke On The Bench, Nmecha & Tosin Not In 18
Published: April 04, 2018
England U21 international Dominic Solanke is the only player of Nigerian descent that is in contention to play tonight's Champions League quarterfinal first leg tie between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield.While the former Chelsea striker has been named on the bench, Manchester City duo Tosin Adarabioyo and Luk...
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...
Man Utd Eye Algeria Player Of The Year As Replacement For Chelsea Target Shaw
Published: April 04, 2018
Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho is poised to make a sensational move for Napoli defender, Faouzi Ghoulam as a replacement for Chelsea target, Luke Shaw in the summer.In a revelation on Daily Mail, the Red Devils gaffer has earmarked the Algerian as a viable replacement for his inconsistent left back who is att...
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...
FA Youth Cup Winners Tomori, Abraham Backing Chelsea In Battle Of The Blues
Published: April 04, 2018
England U21 internationals of Nigerian descent Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori have sent the Chelsea squad good luck messages ahead of their meeting with Birmingham City in the semifinal of the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday night.Abraham and Tomori have fond memories of this competition, having won it twice with Chelsea in...
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 ...
Oghenekaro Etebo Rejoins Las Palmas First Team Training Pre-Levante
Published: April 04, 2018
Las Palmas welcomed Oghenekaro Etebo back to full training on Tuesday, April 3 after a spell on the sidelines.Next week Wednesday will make it one month that the Nigeria international last featured for the Canary Islands team but there's finally light at the end of the tunnel for the versatile midfielder.He suffered di...
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...
Official: Chelsea's Longest-Serving Player Departs Club After Eight Years
Published: April 03, 2018
Chelsea's longest-serving player Matej Delac will depart the Premier League champions at the end of the season.Danish Superliga outfit AC Horsens have informed via their official website that the goalkeeper will join the club on a free transfer when his contract with the Blues expires in June 2018.The ex-Croatia U21 st...
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...
Nigerian Striker Nominated For League Two Player Of The Season Award
Published: April 03, 2018
Nigerian striker Adebayo Akinfenwa has been nominated for the Sky Bet League Two Player of the Season award.The Wycombe Wanderers frontman has been shortlisted for the accolade along with Mohamed Eisa (Cheltenham Town) and Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley).The 2018 EFL Awards will be held on April 15th at the London Hilto...
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...