Imoh Ezekiel Could Be Back Against OHL
Published: February 28, 2013
Standard Liege attacker Imoh Ezekiel was missing from the line - up in Sunday's game against Genk after he failed to recover from a knee injury.It was earlier reported that Ezekiel could spend two weeks on the sidelines. But he has been examined and the injury is not as bad as first feared. As a result, he is in conten...
Emeghara To Focus On Safety Of Siena
Published: February 28, 2013
Swiss striker Innocent Emeghara, who has got Nigerian blood flowing in his veins, has constantly made the back pages since his arrival at Siena.Primarily a player of Lorient, the 23 - year - old has talked about his future to French sports daily L'Equipe.''After my arrival at Siena everyone in the team was happy, but i...
Lokosa, Nurudeen Trialling With Aalesund
Published: February 28, 2013
Nigerian youngsters Junior Lokosa (20) and Adebeshin Nurudeen (19) must work hard before they are offered contracts by Norwegian club Aalesund. Both players who last played for Bridge Boys of Lagos had their first training session with AaFK on Thursday. Manager Jan Jönsson will continue to run the rule over Lokosa...
Levante Want Martins To Buy Out Contract
Published: February 28, 2013
The hierarchy at La Liga side Levante are discussing with Obafemi Martins on his proposed move to Seattle Sounders, writes authoritative Spanish sports daily Marca.Obafemi Martins met with club president Francisco Catalan, who was accompanied by sporting director Manolo Salvador, for a private discussion at a Valencia...
Done: Izu Azuka Loaned To CS Hammam-Lif
Published: February 28, 2013
Tunisian powerhouse Esperance have decided to loan the Nigeria international Izu Azuka to fellow Ligue 1 club CS Hammam-Lif.The capital side have overshot the limit of foreign players in their squad. Thus, Azuka has been offloaded by Esperance to CS Hammam-Lif until the end of the season ''I’m on a six-month loa...
Olarenwaju Kayode Begins Test With Dinamo Minsk
Published: February 27, 2013
Nigeria youth - teamer Olarenwaju Kayode is in Belarus undergoing tests with Dinamo Minsk, goals.by is reporting on its website.The 19 - year - old striker played the last 30 minutes of Wednesday's practice match between Dinamo Minsk and Russian Premier League outfit Dynamo Moscow.Kayode tested with Championship side C...
Maarouf Yussuf Downs Al Ittihad In Egyptian League
Published: February 27, 2013
20 - year - old Nigerian midfielder Maarouf Yussuf netted after 76 minutes to hand El Shorta a 1 - 0 victory over Al Ittihad in the fifth round of matches in the Egyptian Premier League played on Wednesday.Despite the resumption of the championship early this month, Maarouf Yussuf's strike will be a strong candidate fo...
We Should Prepare Carefully For Kenya - Aiyegbeni
Published: February 27, 2013
Experienced striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has admitted that the Super Eagles, recently crowned African champions, have a busy fixture schedule this coming summer.In June, Nigeria will play a World Cup qualifier against Kenya and days later participate in the Fifa Confederations Cup, where they are pitted in the same group w...
Brann Launch Bid For Fegor Ogude
Published: February 27, 2013
According to Norwegian newspaper Bergensavisen, SK Brann have launched a bid of 3.5 million NOK (approximately 470,000 euros) for the signature of Nigeria international Fegor Ogude.The bid from the Bergen based outfit has been deemed insufficient by the leadership of  Vålerenga.As per club policy, sports adm...
Spanish Embassy Continue To Frustrate Nosa, Rule Birth Certificate Invalid
Published: February 27, 2013
The Spanish Embassy in Lagos is giving Nosa Igiebor a hard time processing his residence permit. It would be recalled that the German authorities did not allow the Real Betis midfielder come down from the plane in Frankfurt on Saturday, February 16.Nosa was sent back to Nigeria to authenticate his papers. That bureaucr...
Ideye Targets More Trophies With Super Eagles, Dynamo Kiev
Published: February 27, 2013
Dynamo Kiev striker Brown Ideye has commented on the Super Eagles recent victory at the African Cup of Nations to the official website.Ideye, who partnered tournament's top scorer Emmanuel Emenike in attack, is delighted to win his first major trophy at club or international level.Speaking to the official website of th...
Obafemi Martins To Trouser 1.6 Billion Naira In Seattle Sounders Deal
Published: February 27, 2013
Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins, currently playing for Levante in the Spanish championship, is attracting sound interest from the MLS.Gianluca di Marzio, widely regarded as Italy's number one voice on the transfer market, writes on his blog Gianlucadimarzio.it that Martins is close to linking up with Seattle Sounders....
Exclusive: No Offers For Fegor Ogude
Published: February 25, 2013
Contrary to trending reports, there are NO offers on the table for Super Eagles and Vålerenga midfielder Fegor Ogude, allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively reveal.It would be recalled that in July, 2012, the 25 - year - old former Warri Wolves skipper was substituted less than 10 minutes into the game against Od...
Joseph Yobo Admits Kasimpasa Game Was Difficult
Published: February 25, 2013
Fenerbahce defeated Kasimpasa 3- 1 on Sunday to move within 3 points of league leaders and bitter rivals Galatasaray. Nigeria skipper Joseph Yobo played his first match for The Yellow Canaries in the Super League this calender year. In his post match comments, Yobo has admitted that despite the three points in their ki...
Sunday Mba Belongs To Wolves - NPL
Published: February 25, 2013
The Nigeria Premier League has quickly resolved the ongoing ownership tussle between Enugu Rangers and millionaires Warri Wolves over the rights to Sunday Mba and Chigozie Agbim.In a statement signed by executive secretary, Tunji Babalola, the NPL ruled that the two Nigeria internationalists are bonafide players of War...