Liverpool Midfielder Ejaria Poised To Face Former Club Arsenal At Spax Cup
Published: May 15, 2016
Liverpool talent Ovie Ejaria is in line to face his former club Arsenal on Monday morning in the semifinal of the Spax Cup in Germany. The Reds U19s squad qualified for the last four of the competition after beating Hamburg 2-0 in their final group fixture on Sunday afternoon, with the former Golden Eaglets trainee las...
Abia Warriors Overpower Rivers United
Published: May 15, 2016
Michael Olaha scored on 24 minutes to settle a scrappy Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) contest between Abia Warriors and Rivers United on Sunday.The Warriors won 1-0 in a game that promised so much but delivered so little from the perspective of genuine quality and aesthetic football.Heavy rains before kick...
Chelsea Talent Fikayo Tomori Delighted To Make His Professional Debut
Published: May 15, 2016
Canada U20 international Fikayo Tomori was over the moon after making his competitive debut for the first team of Chelsea in their 1-1 draw with Leicester City in the English Premier League on Sunday afternoon.Only four days ago, the young defender made The Blues 18-man squad for the first time in his career against Li...
Adeniran, Shashoua Feature As England Are Knocked Out Of U17 Euro
Published: May 15, 2016
The England U17s were knocked out of the UEFA European U17 Championship on Sunday at the quarterfinal stage after losing 1-0 to Spain at the Bakcell Arena, Baku. Head coach Steve Cooper named Fulham midfielder Dennis Adeniran in the starting line-up while the two remaining players of Nigerian descent Tolaji Bola (Arsen...
Premier League Wrap: Iheanacho Nets 8th Goal; Tomori Debuts For Chelsea; Iwobi Benched; Ibe Scores Beauty; Moses,Emenike Subbed In
Published: May 15, 2016
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in the English Premier League on Sunday afternoon.Super Eagles rising star Alex Iwobi failed to start for Arsenal for the first time in nine Premier League matches as the Londoners recorded a 4-0 win against demoted Aston Villa.Iwobi remained on the bench; for...
Aaron Eyoma Showcasing His Skills At Spax Cup;Nets Winner For Arsenal
Published: May 15, 2016
Nigerian winger Aaron Eyoma scored the winning goal for Arsenal U19s after 17 minutes in their 1-0 victory over Fluminense at the ongoing Spax Cup in Germany. For the second straight game in the competition, the 18-year-old made the starting line-up for the young Gunners, having helped his team beat Wolfsburg by the sa...
Nigeria Federation And Kanu Congratulate Arsenal Striker Oshoala On FA Cup Win
Published: May 15, 2016
The Nigeria Football Federation and Kanu Nwankwo have congratulated Super Falcons poster girl Asisat Oshoala for winning the Women’s FA Cup on Saturday with Arsenal Ladies in her debut season.The Gunners won the competition for the fourteenth time in their history after beating Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley, with Oshoal...
CSKA Moscow Hunting For Replacement For Tottenham,Leicester Target Ahmed Musa
Published: May 15, 2016
Director General of CSKA Moscow Roman Babayev has admitted that the Army Men are in the market for a striker in the summer transfer market as they might lose the services of Ahmed Musa.Musa is strongly linked with a switch to the English Premier League, with Tottenham Hotspur or Leicester City his likely destination, w...
Luxembourg Federation Changes Date For Friendly With Nigeria
Published: May 15, 2016
The international friendly between the Super Eagles and the D’Leiwen has been brought forward by one day, the Nigeria Football Federation has announced.The Luxembourg Football Federation explained that the match had to be shifted to May 31, 2016 because of the Tour de France cycling competition which the country ...
Austria Vienna Star Olarenwaju Kayode Issues Come-And-Get-Me Plea To Nigeria U23s Coach
Published: May 15, 2016
Austria Vienna frontman Olarenwaju Kayode reckons that he deserves a call up to Nigeria’s U23 national team ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio on the back of his performances in the Bundesliga.The former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eaglets star is one of the first names on the team sheet of manager Thorsten Fink, st...
Lillestrom Striker Fred Friday Rejects Move To Spartak Moscow
Published: May 15, 2016
Lillestrom striker Fred Friday rejected the chance to join Russian Premier League outfit Spartak Moscow last summer because he wanted to get used to the rigours of European football before taking the next step in his career.His intermediary Atta Aneke has also revealed that a number of teams based in Asia, Holland and ...
Adebayos Help AFC Wimbledon Win PlayOff Semifinal First Leg
Published: May 14, 2016
Adebayo Akinfenwa and Adebayo Azeez helped AFC Wimbledon record a 1-0 win over Accrington Stanley in the Football League Two playoff semifinal, Game 1 on Saturday night. Both strikers started on the bench at  Cherry Red Records Fans Stadium, Akinfenwa was introduced in the 59th minute before the 22-year-old Azeez...
Temitope Obadeyi On Target For Kilmarnock In Loss To Dundee United
Published: May 14, 2016
In a thrilling game at Rugby Park on Saturday, Temitope Obadeyi registered his name on the score sheet as Kilmarnock suffered a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership.The home team fell behind in the 12th minute when Mark Durnan scored, but Kallum Higginbotham equalized before Obadeyi put ...
New Jamie Vardy , Dumebi Dumaka, Scores Most Important Career Goal As Maidstone Utd Are Promoted
Published: May 14, 2016
Maidstone United have earned promotion to the National League after beating Ebbsfleet United in a penalty shoot-out , with regulation and extra time ending 2-2. The Stones didn’t get off to a good start as Danny Kedwell gave Ebbsfleet United the lead in the 20th minute when he converted a spot kick, before Bobby...
Petr Cech, Jenkinson Congratulate Oshoala, Arsenal Ladies For FA Cup Win
Published: May 14, 2016
Arsenal netminder Petr Ä�ech and right-back Carl Jenkinson have both sent messages of congratulations to Nigeria international Asisat Oshoala and the other players in the Arsenal Ladies ranks after they won the Women’s FA Cup on Saturday.Winger Danielle Carter netted the decisive goal in the 18th minute and Jenk...