Chelsea Hail Mikel For Most Commanding Display In Rio, Aminu And Sadiq Umar
Published: August 21, 2016
Once again, English Premier League club Chelsea have showered praise on influential Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel following his outstanding performance in the Dream Team’s 3-2 win over Honduras at the Olympic Games on Saturday.The official website of the Blues noted that the  number ten was involved in t...
World Champions Nigeria Fail To Qualify For India 2017
Published: August 20, 2016
Reigning world champions, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria failed to progress to the final round of qualifiers for the 2017 Africa U17 Cup of Nations after losing 1-3 to the Junior Menas of Niger Republic in Niamey on Saturday. It was a highly charged encounter full of drama more on the stands as the Nigeriens in the ful...
Aminu, Sadiq Umar On Target As Nigeria Beat Honduras To Win Rio 2016 Bronze
Published: August 20, 2016
The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated the U23 National Team for winning bronze at this year’s Men’s Olympic Football Tournament in Brazil, after edging Honduras 3-2 in Belo Horizonte on Saturday. Usman Mohammed headed over the woodwork in the 19th minute but Emmanuel Daniel had to be at his...
Premier League Wrap : Iheanacho Notches Assist; Musa Makes Home Debut; Ighalo Plays Full Game; Aina, Anya, Ladapo Benched; Moses Comes Off Bench
Published: August 20, 2016
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in the English Premier League on Saturday. In the early kickoff, Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho was introduced in the 83rd minute as Man City thrashed Stoke City 4-1. He notched an assist in the 86th minute. Teammate Tosin Adarabioyo wasn’t invol...
Exclusive : Azubuike Returns; Umars, Mikel Start As Siasia Names Line-Up For Honduras Clash
Published: August 20, 2016
Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has named his final starting line-up at the Olympic Games as the Dream Team prepare to take on Honduras in the bronze medal game at Mineirão, Belo Horizonte.This is Nigeria’s final opportunity to win a medal at the Olympic Games, so the former Nantes striker has named his strong...
Iheanacho Makes Impact Off The Bench As Man City Pick Up 4-1 Win At Stoke City
Published: August 20, 2016
Kelechi Iheanacho, 19, made an impact off the bench as Manchester City won their second game in a row in the Premier League, with a 4-1 thrashing of Stoke City at Bet365 Stadium.Argentina star, Sergio Aguero’s brace, gave City a two-goal advantage heading into the interval before Bojan pulled a goal back for the ...
Nigerian Wonderkid Adekanye Stars In Liverpool Win Vs Manchester United
Published: August 20, 2016
Nigerian wonderkid Bobby Adekanye was in sparkling form for Liverpool in their 2-1 win over Manchester United U18s in the U18 Premier League on Saturday. The former Barcelona and Ajax Amsterdam youngster struggled in his debut season in England after picking up an injury while on international duty with Holland’s...
Promising Nigerian Midfielder Scores First Goal For Chelsea Eight Years After Joining Academy
Published: August 20, 2016
Promising Nigerian midfielder Tariq Uwakwe was on target as the U18 team of Chelsea lost 3-2 to their Southampton counterparts in the U18 Premier League on Saturday afternoon at Staplewood Training Ground.The hosts went in front in the 14th minute, thanks to Mdlasose’s striker, but Uwakwe equalized 13 minutes lat...
Moses, Two Nigerian Defenders Train With Chelsea First Team Ahead Of Watford Game
Published: August 20, 2016
Nigerian trio Victor Moses, Ola Aina and Fikayo Tomori trained with the first team of Chelsea on Friday, ahead of their clash with Watford at Vicarage Road.It means the three players are available for selection for the Premier League match against the Hornets. On the opening day of the season, Moses and Aina were inclu...
Dad Predicts Man City Talent Iheanacho Will Score More Than 14 Goals This Season
Published: August 20, 2016
Kelechi Iheanacho’s father, James Iheanacho, has expressed happiness over the attacker’s extension of his contract with Manchester City, and has tipped the Nigeria international to take Europe by storm in the new season.After breaking into the first-team of City last term, Iheanacho was due for a new contra...
Tolaji Bola Benched, Kigbu Not Involved As Arsenal Lose To Man City In Premier League 2
Published: August 20, 2016
Arsenal U23s continue to struggle in the Premier League 2 (Division 1) in the wake of their 1-0 loss to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Friday night. Tosin Adarabioyo and Ashinme Kigbu did not make the 16-man squad for City while Arsenal defender Tolaji Bola remained on the bench for the entirety of the contes...
Siasia Admits Nigeria U23s Are Under Pressure To Win Bronze
Published: August 20, 2016
With the Women’s 4x100m relay team failing to finish in the medal positions on Saturday morning, the Dream Team VI are under pressure to win today’s bronze medal clash against Honduras at the Olympic Games or the country will leave Brazil with nothing. Coach Samson Siasia admitted as much at Friday’s ...
Revealed : Liverpool Midfielder Ejaria, Arsenal Striker Akpom Were NEVER Considered For Nigeria Call Up
Published: August 20, 2016
Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria and Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom were never considered for the African Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against Tanzania, according to a  top Nigeria Football Federation insiderThe Nigeria Football Federation announced the 23 players summoned for the game in Uyo on September 3, wit...
Mikel Vows To Cheer For Neymar And Co In Olympic Final Against Germany
Published: August 20, 2016
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Dream Team VI skipper John Obi Mikel still habours hopes of winning Nigeria’s first medal at the 2016 Olympic Games, and will support the Brazilian team in their final with Germany.Nigeria will face Honduras in the bronze medal match at Mineirão, Belo Horizonte on ...
Ex-Fulham Defender Dapo Kayode Signs One-Year Deal With Kilmarnock
Published: August 19, 2016
Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock have completed the signing of Nigerian defender Dapo Kayode, 23.The right-back has informed allnigeriasoccer.com that he put pen to paper on a one-year contract with the East Ayrshire outfit on Friday. Kayode spent his formative years as a footballer with the youth teams of Leyton O...