Arsenal Playing Hardball With NFF Over Release Of Alex Iwobi For Olympic Games
Published: June 05, 2016
The Nigeria Football Federation are holding high-level talks with the Arsenal brass over the release of Alex Iwobi for the 2016 Olympic Games.Prior to making his debut for the Super Eagles, the Hale End Academy product first trained with the Nigeria U23s and was poised to play for the team in an All-Africa Games qualif...
Three Players Of Nigerian Descent Tipped To Shine At Euro 2016
Published: June 05, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com profiles three players of Nigerian descent that will feature at the 2016 European Championship holding in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. Ross Barkley Ross Barkley is not expected to be one of the regular starters for England at the forthcoming European championship (Euro 2016), but he will be...
Chelsea Hail Fikayo Tomori After Impressive Debut For England U19s
Published: June 05, 2016
English Premier League club Chelsea have congratulated their Young Player of the Year Fikayo Tomori following his impressive debut for England U19s in their 2-0 loss to Mexico on Saturday.Born on December 19, 1997 in Calgary, Tomori had caps for the U20 squad of Canada before he was convinced to defend the colours of E...
England Starlets Of Nigerian Descent Tomori,Onomah Pay Last Respects To GOAT
Published: June 05, 2016
Tributes continue to flood in from players of Nigerian descent in the wake of the death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who passed away on Friday evening after he was admitted to hospital with a respiratory condition.Josh Onomah and Fikayo Tomori are currently on duty with the England U19s squad in Mexico and both have ...
Rivers United Coach Predicts Difficult Game Against Lobi Stars
Published: June 05, 2016
Rivers United and Lobi Stars go toe to toe in one of the stand out fixtures in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) which entered match day 19 on Saturday. Technical manager of United, Stanley Eguma has an almost complete squad to pick from for the test against Lobi Stars.“The game against Lobi is a bi...
Two Players Of Nigerian Descent Chelsea Starlet Tomori, Charlton Striker Lookman Make England Bow
Published: June 04, 2016
Four players of Nigerian descent were named in the starting line-up in England U19s 2-0 loss to Mexico in an international friendly at the Centro de Alti Rendimiento on Saturday.Defender Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea) and Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) were handed their debuts by manager Aidy Boothroyd, while Liverpool&r...
Nigeria Coach Frustrated After Embarrassing Loss To Denmark
Published: June 04, 2016
Samson Siasia has admitted that he was embarrassed after the Nigeria U23s lost 6-2 to Denmark in the Suwon Invitational Tournament on Saturday, and reiterated that the team made several mistakes.The former Nantes striker saw his team out muscled and they would have suffered more humiliation if Taiwo Abdulrahman had not...
Mikel Brother Goes AWOL At Heartland To Force Move To Ifeanyi Ubah; Offered N600,000 Salary Monthly
Published: June 04, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Mikel Obi’s older brother, Ebele Obi, has not reported for training for the past one week in his bid to force a move to FC Ifeanyi Ubah  in this transfer window.Obi was outstanding in the first half of the season, posting five shutouts, and this has attracted attention o...
Dream Team Hopes Fade Away After Loss To Denmark
Published: June 04, 2016
Denmark U23 completely destroyed their Nigerian counterparts 6-2 in the ongoing Suwon Invitational Challenge at the Suwon World Cup Stadium on Saturday.The early dominance of the Danish side was rewarded when Erhun Obanor was adjudged to have handled the ball in the box as early as seven minutes.Goalkeeper Emmanuel Dan...
Arsenal Midfielder Iwobi Happy To Represent Nigeria Ahead Of England
Published: June 04, 2016
Arsenal midfielder Alex Iwobi has hinted that he has no regrets choosing Nigeria ahead of England.The Hale End Academy product racked up 11 caps for the various youth teams of England before he committed his international future to the Super Eagles.Prior to making his competitive debut against Egypt in March, the Engli...
Okocha, Ikeme Pay Tribute To The Greatest Of All Time, Muhammad Ali
Published: June 04, 2016
Former Nigeria skipper Austin Okocha and Wolves netminder Carl Ikeme have paid tribute to Muhammad Ali who died on Friday evening in Arizona,USA at the age of 74 after battling with Parkinson’s disease. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion had been hospitalized for a respiratory issue on June 2 and it was th...
American-Born Whizkid Omidiji Commits International Future To Nigeria Ahead Of USA
Published: June 04, 2016
The Nigeria Football Federation have been sounded out about the availability of FC Dordrecht striker Lateef Omidiji Jr.Born in the United States 12 years ago to a Nigerian father and an American mom, the young star is on the radar of the United States Soccer Federation but the NFF have moved fast to open talks with his...
Spurs Starlet Oduwa Makes First Start For Nigeria As Siasia Names Starting XI
Published: June 04, 2016
Nigeria U23s coach Samson Saisia has named his starting XI for Saturday evening’s international friendly against Denmark at the Suwon Invitational Tournament.For the first time since committing his international future to Nigeria, Tottenham Hotspur winger Nathan Oduwa will start a game for the African powerhouse....
Exclusive : Aaron Samuel Out Of World Cup Qualifiers; To Spend At Least Six Months On The Sidelines
Published: June 03, 2016
Aaron Samuel underwent surgery at a German hospital on Thursday after damaging his knee ligaments during the first half of the Russian Cup final between CSKA Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg.The Guangzhou R&F frontman is definitely out of the Super Eagles World Cup qualifier in October as doctors told him after the ...
Siasia To Make Changes To The Starting XI Against Denmark
Published: June 03, 2016
Ahead of the Nigeria U23s second game at the ongoing Suwon Invitational Tournament in South Korea, manager Samson Siasia has revealed that he will make changes in the starting XI as he wants to give all the players the opportunity to prove their mettle. In their opening game against the hosts on Thursday, Nigeria...