Nigeria's Oldest Scorer In World Cup: Russia Will Host Successful World Cup
Published: April 17, 2018
Former Nigeria international Peter Odemwingie is backing Russia to host a successful 2018 World Cup despite ongoing concerns about the country. The Bendel Insurance product was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union to a Nigerian father and Russian mother, so has close ties with Russia and represented Lokomotiv Mosc...
Ex-Flying Eagles Skipper Ajagun Makes Team Of The Week In Belgium
Published: April 17, 2018
Former Flying Eagles skipper Abdul Ajagun has been named to the Team of the Week for the Jupiler Pro League PlayOff II on the back of his performance against Lierse SK on Saturday, April 14. Digital cable television provider Telenet has selected the eleven most outstanding players for each position, with the KV Kortrij...
Super Eagles Hopeful Kehinde Suffers Relegation With Manchester United U23
Published: April 16, 2018
Manchester United U23s have been relegated to the Premier League 2 Division Two after Derby County's latest victory,the young Rams pipping West Ham U23s to a 1-0 victory on Monday afternoon.Jayden Bogle's 53rd minute strike for Derby County proved enough, in a game which had Nigerian trio of Olatunji Akinola, Oladapo A...
Super Eagles Defender Ebuehi Struggling To Overcome Injury
Published: April 16, 2018
Tyronne Ebuehi is not in tip-top condition and could be omitted from the ADO Den Haag squad for their Eredivisie clash against Heerenveen on Tuesday evening.Speaking to reporters on Monday, manager of ADO Den Haag, Fons Groenendijk, confirmed that the Nigeria international right-back will have to undergo a late fitness...
Rohr Defends Musa After Handshake Controversy : He's A Very Disciplined Player
Published: April 16, 2018
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has refused to criticize one of the most experienced players in his squad, Ahmed Musa, following his conflict with the CSKA Moscow coach Viktor Goncharenko in the 25th round of matches in the Russian Premier League.It would be recalled that the Leicester City loanee was not pleased that h...
Eagles Fans Favorite Joel Obi Disagrees With Keshi: I Was Fit For 2014 World Cup
Published: April 16, 2018
Super Eagles fans favorite Joel Obi has insisted that he was fit enough to be named in Nigeria's 23-man roster for the 2014 World Cup.The late Stephen Keshi had named the Torino star as one of the nine midfielders on the provisional squad list but axed him from the final list announced, citing lack of fitness. Though J...
EFL Awards: The Beast Is Nigeria's Best Player Outside EPL After Terrorizing Defenses
Published: April 16, 2018
Wycombe Wanderers frontman Adebayo Akinfenwa can officially be regarded as Nigeria's most outstanding English-based player outside the Premier League this season. The 35-year-old was included in the Football Manager Team of the Season across the EFL, that is Championship, League One and League Two, at the EFL Awards ce...
Iwobi, Omeruo, Akpeyi, Mikel, Ogu, Solomon-Otabor Earn Nigerian Team Of The Week Honors
Published: April 16, 2018
After another week of football which put a host of Nigerians yet on show, allnigeriasoccer.com brings to readers the ones who proved delightful enough to catch the limelight in its Team of the Week.GoalkeeperDaniel Akpeyi (Chippa United): The Super Eagles goalkeeper was between the sticks for the Chilli Boys in their 1...
Super Eagles Star Scores For Hapoel Beer Sheva In Israel
Published: April 15, 2018
Super Eagles midfielder, John Ogu was on song for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in their 2-2 draw against Hapoel Haifa at the Turner Stadium in an Israeli topflight clash on Sunday evening.Alon Turgeman and Eden Ben Basat had earlier put the visiting team ahead in the game before the 29-year old struck to halve the deficit in the...
Deadly Belgian-Born Nigerian Striker Dessers On Target Vs Feyenoord
Published: April 15, 2018
Belgian-born Nigerian striker, Cyriel Dessers was on target for Utrecht in a 3-1 away defeat to Feyenoord in their Eredivisie clash at De Kuip Stadium on Sunday afternoon.The 23-year-old who has reiterated his ambitions of turning out for the Super Eagles if opportunity calls drew his team level with a sizzling left-fo...
17-Year-Old Okafor Hoping To Follow In The Footsteps Of Ike Shorunmu, Named In Basel 18
Published: April 15, 2018
The 17-year-old Nigerian winger Noah Okafor is close to making his professional debut for Swiss powerhouse FC Basel.During the January transfer window, Basel announced with pride that the teenager has penned his first professional contract with the club and handed the number eleven jersey.However, Okafor had failed to ...
Official: Strongest Nigerian Player Signs New One-Year Deal With Wycombe Wanderers
Published: April 15, 2018
Adebayo Akinfenwa has been rewarded with a new one-year deal by EFL League Two club Wycombe Wanderers, the Chairboys have informed via their official webpage.It means the prolific striker will remain at Adams Park until at least the end of the 2018-2019 campaign.Regarded as Nigeria's strongest player, Akinfenwa has tal...
Ex-Nigeria U20 Captain Ajagun Scores Eighth Goal Of The Season For Kortrijk
Published: April 15, 2018
Ex-Nigeria U20 skipper Abdul Ajagun was on target for Kortrijk as they claimed a 2-0 win over Lierse in the Belgian First Division A playoffs on Saturday.Jeremy Perbet opened the scoring for the visitors at the Herman Vanderpoortenstadion in the 33rd minute, bundling home the ball from a corner.Twelve minutes into the ...
Fanendo Adi Nine Goals Shy Of Equaling Portland Timbers Leading Scorer In History
Published: April 15, 2018
Fanendo Adi netted his first goal in Major League Soccer since July 5, 2017 as Portland Timbers beat Minnesota United FC 3-2 Saturday night at Providence Park.On 74 minutes, the former Super Eagles invitee redirected a shot into the net and in doing so he tallied his 52nd career goal for the Timbers, which is the secon...
Torino Midfielder Joel Obi: I Rejected Italian National Team To Play For Nigeria
Published: April 14, 2018
Torino attacking midfielder Joel Obi has revealed that he rejected an approach to play for Italy at international level as he wanted to represent Nigeria where he was born.Five years after turning down the Italian Football Federation request, Obi was handed his Super Eagles debut by Samson Siasia in the national team's...