West Ham United 0 Arsenal 0: Alex Iwobi's Low Strike Hits The Post
Published: December 13, 2017
West Ham and Arsenal played out a drab 0-0 draw in an English Premier League affair at The London Stadium on Wednesday evening, with Alex Iwobi featuring for the Gunners while Chuba Akpom entirely missed out.The Super Eagles winger returned to the Gunners starting XI for the encounter after missing out of action in the...
Aaron Samuel 5-A-Side Tournament Kicks Off In Grand Style
Published: December 13, 2017
The second edition of the Aaron Samuel 5-a-side football tournament kicked off in grand style at the Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, and witnessed the presence of several amateur football teams from within Rivers and Bayelsa states.The tournament is sponsored by Nigeria international Aaron Samuel, as ...
The Stats That Prove Victor Moses Is Improving His Defensive Qualities
Published: December 13, 2017
Super Eagles star Victor Moses was Chelsea's top player for a key defensive stat in Tuesday night's Premier League clash against Huddersfield Town.In their statistical analysis of the 3-1 win at The John Smith's Stadium, the official website of Chelsea noted that Moses had the joint-most clearances by a Chelsea player,...
Talented Nigerian Striker Scores Ten-Minute Hat-Trick For Norwich City In FAYC
Published: December 13, 2017
Talented Irish-born Nigerian striker Adam Idah netted a ten-minute hat-trick to help Norwich City come from behind to beat Barnsley 4-1 in the third round of the FA Youth Cup on Tuesday.The young Canaries were trailing 1-0 at half-time but the game turned on its head in the second stanza, with the Republic of Ireland U...
World Cup Rivals Croatia Also Fined By Fifa,To Pay Five Times More Than Nigeria
Published: December 13, 2017
Nigeria's World Cup rivals Croatia have also been fined by the governing body of association football, Fifa, for the inappropriate behavior of their fans during the World Cup qualifier between Croatia and Greece on November 9, 2017.Fifa penalized the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) for violating Articles 58, 65 and ...
Official : Promising Defender Extends Contract With Liverpool
Published: December 13, 2017
Through a statement on their official website, Premier League club Liverpool have announced that promising defender Corey Whelan has extended his contract with the club.The financial terms and duration of the new deal signed by Whelan were not disclosed by the Anfield based club.The Republic of Ireland U21 internationa...
Moses, Iwobi, Ndidi Snubbed As IFFHS Announces Team Of The Year 2017
Published: December 13, 2017
The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has announced its Team of the Year 2017, with no Nigerian player making the prestigious list.Chelsea wing-back Victor Moses and Arsenal wonderkid Alex Iwobi helped their respective clubs win the Premier League and Emirates FA Cup respectively last ...
Barcelona In Attendance As Super Eagle Joel Obi Stars Against Lazio
Published: December 13, 2017
Attacking midfielder Joel Obi showed off his skills to Barcelona representatives during Torino's impressive 3-1 win at Lazio on game week 16 in the Italian Serie A on Monday, December 11.According to Sportmediaset, making reference to Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo, technical secretary of Barcelona Robert Fernandez and...
Abdullahi Shehu Scandal : Nigerian Federation Explain How The Mistake Occurred
Published: December 13, 2017
Nigeria Football Federation supremo Amaju Pinnick has tendered an unreserved apology to Nigerians and the Super Eagles faithful over the docking of points by Fifa for fielding an ineligible player in the national team's final group match in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.In a series of tweets on Wednesday morning, Pinni...
Nigerian Federation In Talks With Egypt Over Pre-World Cup Friendly
Published: December 13, 2017
The Nigerian Federation are holding talks with their Egyptian counterparts over the possibility of playing a pre-World Cup friendly in Abuja before the Super Eagles travel to Russia for the World Cup.NFF's Secretary General, Mohammed Sanusi, said one of the countries Nigeria would face is Egypt but no decision has been...
Nigerian Exports : Abdul Ajagun, Freddie Ladapo, Inih Effiong On Target
Published: December 13, 2017
Catch up on the Nigerian players who scored for their teams in Europe on Tuesday.Abdul Ajagun was among the goals as KV Kortrijk outclassed visiting team, KAA Gent 4-1 in the Belgian top flight. The attacking midfielder added his side's third goal of the encounter before providing the assist for KV Kortrijk 's fourth g...
Huddersfield Town 1 Chelsea 3 : Moses Makes 200th Premier League Appearance
Published: December 13, 2017
Chelsea bounced back to winning ways after their disappointing loss last time out with a resounding 3-1 victory against Huddersfield Town at The John Smith's Stadium on Tuesday evening, with Victor Moses starring for the Premier League giants.The Super Eagles attacker who celebrated his 27th on Tuesday birthday reached...
Victor Moses Drops Chelsea's Opinion About Nigeria in 2018 World Cup
Published: December 12, 2017
Nigeria might not have any proven track record in excelling in the World Cup, but this doesn’t stop them from remaining optimistic about the global tournament. One of which who believes that the African country is up for greater things is the Nigerian midfielder for Chelsea, Victor Moses. But he isn’t a sole Blues ...
Nigeria Fielded An Ineligible Player In WCQ Vs Algeria, Lose 3-0 & Fined N2.2M By Fifa
Published: December 12, 2017
The governing body of association football, Fifa, has sanctioned the Nigeria Football Federation for fielding an ineligible player in the Super Eagles final World Cup qualifier against Algeria at Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Constantine on November 10, 2017.Fifa has started that Anorthosis Famagusta defender Abdullahi Shehu...
42,000 Capacity Municipal Stadium Wroclaw Likely To Host Poland-Nigeria Friendly
Published: December 12, 2017
The pre-World Cup friendly between Poland and Nigeria is likely to be staged in the city of Wroclaw, according to reports.On Monday, the Media Officer of the Polish Football Association (PZPN), Jakub Kwiatkowski, confirmed that the Poles will face the Super Eagles in a friendly on March 23, 2018 but stressed that t...