NFF Needs N6 Million To Clear Kits As Nigeria U23s Travel To Mexico Wearing Adidas, Nike
Published: July 05, 2016
The cash-strapped Nigeria Football Federation is in a race against time to clear the kits supplied by Nike for the Nigeria U23s and other national teams ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games.Due to the shortage of kits, the Dream Team VI players traveled to Mexico for their friendly against the North Americans wearing differ...
Nigerian Defender To Play For Norwich City U18s Next Season
Published: July 05, 2016
Nigerian starlet Timi Odusina will feature for Norwich City U18s team in the 2016-2017 campaign.According to the official website of the Canaries, the central defender is among ten youngsters that will join the U18s next season as first-year scholars.Last season, Odusina was a regular for the U16s squad but featured in...
Senegalese-Born Faye Being Used By Boavista To Trick Nigerians Into Accepting Pay Cuts
Published: July 05, 2016
It has come to light that Senegalese-born Fary Faye, an ex-player and captain of Boavista, who is now on the technical team of the Portuguese setup, is being used as a pawn to illegally trick the Nigerian players into accepting pay cuts.Faye, who represented the Panthers from 2003-2008, is forcing the players to sign d...
Nwakali In Critical Condition After Attack By Hoodlums ; Robbed Of Pounds
Published: July 05, 2016
Kelechi Nwakali’s elder brother, Allwell Nwakali, is in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital in Owerri after he was attacked on Monday night by suspected cultists at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri .CEO of the nursery team of the Arsenal-bound midfielder,  Emeka Amajiriaku, has disclose...
Former Golden Eaglets Targets Ejaria, Adekanye To Train In Germany With Liverpool
Published: July 05, 2016
Two former Golden Eaglets targets Ovie Ejaria and Bobby Adekanye will fly to Germany early next week with the Liverpool U18s and U21s squads to continue their pre-season schedule.The young Reds will spend 12 days in Germany and will face Sonnerhoff and Erzgebirge in scrimmages, before returning to the United Kingdom fo...
Will USA-born Omidiji Play For Nigeria At World Cup? Fifa Thinks So
Published: July 05, 2016
The governing body of football, Fifa, has written a profile on the Falconets ahead of the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea.In the last tournament in Canada, Oklahoma native Courtney Dike became the first player born in the United States to represent the Nigeria U20s, and Fifa has predicted tha...
Watford Weighing Up Move For Nigeria Defender Ndidi - Het Laatste Nieuws
Published: July 04, 2016
English Premier League team Watford are being linked with a summer move for Nigeria international Wilfred Ndidi.According to Het Laatste Nieuws, new Watford manager Walter Mazzarri is an admirer of the Racing Genk central midfielder and has informed the Hornets suits to get him as soon as possible.It could be a bidding...
Why English-Born Talents Prefer To Represent England Ahead Of Nigeria
Published: July 04, 2016
An English-born footballer of Nigerian descent has explained that several players with dual citizenship who are eligible to represent Nigeria prefer to turn out for England at international level because they are well treated by the FA.The likes of Dominic Solanke (Chelsea), Chuba Akpom (Arsenal), Dominic Iorfa (Wolves...
Three Nigerian Starlets Kelechi, Adarabioyo & Ogbeta, Picked To Represent Man City Teams At Guardiola Unveiling
Published: July 04, 2016
Three Nigerian youngsters - Kelechi Iheanacho, Tosin Adarabioyo and Nathanael Ogbeta - were picked to represent the various tams of Manchester City during the unveiling of new coach Pep Guardiola this past weekend.During the two-day event, fans came to welcome their new Spanish manager and witnessed the launch of the c...
Arsenal Midfielder Iwobi Was Reluctant To Represent Nigeria At First, Dad Reveals
Published: July 03, 2016
Alex Iwobi’s father, Chuka Iwobi, has admitted that the Arsenal midfielder was initially reluctant to represent the Nigeria national team until he convinced him and accompanied him to Abuja to attend a training camp for the Dream Team VI in 2015.If the former England youth-teamer had doubts about committing his i...
Arsenal-Bound Nwakali, Okonkwo Amongst Scorers As Nigeria U20s Thrash Nationwide League Side
Published: July 03, 2016
The Flying Eagles will depart Abuja on an Ethiopian Airways flight on Wednesday, 6th July ahead of the first leg of their Africa U20 Nations Cup qualifier against Sudan, the Nigerian Federation has announced.In their latest friendly held on Saturday, the Nigeria U20s thrashed Oyah Sports FC of Suleja 8-0, with Orji Oko...
Aston Villa Goalkeeper Idem Commits International Future To Nigeria Ahead Of England
Published: July 03, 2016
The young Aston Villa goalkeeper Emmanuel Okokon Idem has committed his international future to Nigeria ahead of England.Though the netminder was born in the United Kingdom, he qualifies to represent Nigeria through his parents, and it is understood that he could be called up to train with the Flying Eagles in future.&...
Chelsea Starlet Ola Aina Will Not Reject Nigeria Call Up; Also Available For England Youth Teams
Published: July 03, 2016
Chelsea talent Ola Aina has made himself available for selection for Nigeria after talks that place in England between the defender, his father Olufemi Aina and representatives of the Nigeria Football Federation. However, it must be stressed that the London-born stopper is not entirely turning his back on England as he...
Liverpool Striker Awoniyi, Ajayi Goal-Shy, Defense Impress As Nigeria Lose To Mexico
Published: July 03, 2016
The Nigeria U23s lost 1-0 to their Mexican counterparts in an international friendly at the Victoria Stadium on Sunday morning.Coach Samson Siasia included eight-foreign based professionals in his starting lineup, while Ndifreke Effiong Sincere Seth and goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel were the home-based trio that started t...
Nigerian Talent Dennis Adeniran Training With Fulham First Team
Published: July 03, 2016
Dennis Adeniran is eager to break into the first team of Fulham in the 2016-2017 season.The 17-year-old, who is an attacking midfielder, has been invited to train with the first team during pre-season and hopes to catch the eye of manager Slaviša JokanoviÄ�.“It was a bit of a surprise but I worked hard la...