Dream Team VI Skipper Delighted To Gain Promotion To Super Lig
Published: May 15, 2017
Nigeria U23 skipper Azubuike Okechukwu has expressed happiness over the promotion of Yeni Malatyaspor to the top flight of Turkish football, the Super Lig.With one round to spare, Yeni Malatyaspor gained promotion following their 1-1 draw with Boluspor on Sunday afternoon, with the Super Eagles midfielder working a ful...
Nigeria Target Moses Odubajo And Hull City Relegated From The Premier League
Published: May 14, 2017
Nigeria target Moses Odubajo will not play in the Premier League next season except he finds a new employer before the close of the summer transfer window.Hull City were relegated from the English top flight after suffering a 4-0 loss to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon.Goals from Wilfried Zaha, Chri...
Spurs Eyoma Qualifies For World Cup With England, Idah Suffers Heartbreak
Published: May 14, 2017
Tottenham Hotspur defender of Nigerian descent Timothy Eyoma worked a full shift for England U17s as they qualified for October's Fifa U17 World Cup in India after a 1-0 win over Republic of Ireland in the U17 Euro quarterfinals.Eyoma won the individual battle against the prolific Republic of Ireland striker Adam Idah,...
Super Eagle Kayode Remains In The Limelight, But A Huge Doubt For Corsica Friendly
Published: May 14, 2017
Olanrewaju Kayode continued his rich vein of form after netting a brace for Austria Vienna in their 3-0 thrashing of SV Ried on game week 33 in the Austrian Bundesliga on Saturday.The Nigeria national-teamer's goals against SV Ried took his tally for the season to 23 goals in all competitions, 16 of them coming in the ...
Promising Nigerian Defender Named In Manchester United Squad To Face Tottenham Hotspur
Published: May 13, 2017
Promising Nigerian right back Matthew Olosunde, hailed as the next Dani Alves, has been handed another opportunity to make his first-team bow for Manchester United by manager Jose Mourinho.The versatile youngster has been included in a provisional 21-man squad for the trip to N17 0AP, where the Red Devils will square o...
Nigeria Next Big Hope Victor Osimhen Makes Professional Debut For Wolfsburg
Published: May 13, 2017
Nigeria U20 international Victor Osimhen made his professional debut on Saturday afternoon, four months after completing his transfer to German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg.The 2015 Fifa U17 World Cup Golden Shoe winner made his on-field debut when he was introduced in the 59th minute of Wolfsburg's 1-1 draw with Borussia...
Man City Midfielder Who Is Eager To Play For Nigeria Nets Winner Against Liverpool
Published: May 13, 2017
Manchester City concluded their season with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Liverpool in the U18 Premier League on Saturday afternoon at the Academy Stadium. The highly-rated midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru, who said he would love to play for the Super Eagles in future, opened the scoring in the 32nd minute when he cut in from ...
For Third Straight Season Nigerian Striker Is Second Highest Scorer In U23 League In England
Published: May 13, 2017
For the third season in a row, a Nigerian striker ended the season as the second highest goalscorer in the Professional Development League 2 in England.Queens Park Rangers striker Ebere Eze netted 13 goals from 22 appearances, and was the second leading marksman behind George Hirst of Sheffield Wednesday.The 18-year-ol...
Super Eagles Coach Rohr Requests For Togo Friendly, Yet To Be Approved By NFF
Published: May 12, 2017
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has requested an international friendly with the Togolese National Team during the national team's get-together in France later this month.It has been claimed in some quarters that the friendly match has been signed, sealed, and delivered, but the Nigerian Federation are still weighing up...
NFF Claims Super Eagles Will Play High-Profile Friendly Before WCQ Against Cameroon
Published: May 12, 2017
An Executive Committee Member of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, has claimed that the Super Eagles will play a high-profile friendly before they take on Cameroon in a crucial World Cup qualifier in August.However, Gusau diplomatically refused to disclose the identities of the countries the Federation is...
Super Eagles Defender Bicycle Kick Goal Finishes Second In Goal Of The Season Award
Published: May 12, 2017
Super Eagles defender Abdullahi Shehu finished second in the Goal of the Season award in the Cypriot First Division.At a gala ceremony on Thursday night, Shehu was presented with a trophy for his goal against Ermis Aradippou on game week 21.With his back to goal, he unleashed a bicycle kick that flew past the goalkeepe...
Confusion Over Togo Friendly, Eagles To Depart Paris On Proposed Date
Published: May 11, 2017
The Togolese Football Federation have announced via official sources that their national team will face Nigeria in an international friendly on Thursday, June 1.What doesn't add up is that the pronouncement is not coming from the Nigeria Football Federation, and the proposed date of the friendly is the same date the Su...
Nigeria Is Ranked First In Africa, Ninth In The World In List Of Expatriate Footballers
Published: May 11, 2017
Football statisticians CIES Football Observatory have published a list of the countries with the most expatriate footballers in other leagues.Nigeria is the ninth largest soccer exporter, with no fewer than 292 of its citizens plying their trade in foreign leagues.In the continental ranking, Nigeria occupied the first ...
Nigeria-Germany Friendly Not On The Cards, Quotes From German FA Official Fabricated
Published: May 11, 2017
Suggestions that three-time African champions Nigeria will trade tackles with Germany in a high profile international friendly later this year are incorrect, according to the Nigeria Football Federation.Director of Communications of the NFF, Ademola Olajire, revealed that they only read about the proposed friendly in t...
No Tension For Super Eagles Ahead Of AFCON Qualifier Against South Africa
Published: May 11, 2017
Ex-Ajax Amsterdam star Tijani Babangida has admitted that the Super Eagles are not under pressure ahead of their African Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa in June.Comparing and contrasting the upcoming meeting with Bafana Bafana to the semifinal of the 2000 African Cup of Nations semifinal, the winger said ...