Barcelona In Attendance As Super Eagle Joel Obi Stars Against Lazio
Published: December 13, 2017
Attacking midfielder Joel Obi showed off his skills to Barcelona representatives during Torino's impressive 3-1 win at Lazio on game week 16 in the Italian Serie A on Monday, December 11.According to Sportmediaset, making reference to Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo, technical secretary of Barcelona Robert Fernandez and...
Abdullahi Shehu Scandal : Nigerian Federation Explain How The Mistake Occurred
Published: December 13, 2017
Nigeria Football Federation supremo Amaju Pinnick has tendered an unreserved apology to Nigerians and the Super Eagles faithful over the docking of points by Fifa for fielding an ineligible player in the national team's final group match in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.In a series of tweets on Wednesday morning, Pinni...
Nigerian Federation In Talks With Egypt Over Pre-World Cup Friendly
Published: December 13, 2017
The Nigerian Federation are holding talks with their Egyptian counterparts over the possibility of playing a pre-World Cup friendly in Abuja before the Super Eagles travel to Russia for the World Cup.NFF's Secretary General, Mohammed Sanusi, said one of the countries Nigeria would face is Egypt but no decision has been...
Nigerian Exports : Abdul Ajagun, Freddie Ladapo, Inih Effiong On Target
Published: December 13, 2017
Catch up on the Nigerian players who scored for their teams in Europe on Tuesday.Abdul Ajagun was among the goals as KV Kortrijk outclassed visiting team, KAA Gent 4-1 in the Belgian top flight. The attacking midfielder added his side's third goal of the encounter before providing the assist for KV Kortrijk 's fourth g...
Nigeria Fielded An Ineligible Player In WCQ Vs Algeria, Lose 3-0 & Fined N2.2M By Fifa
Published: December 12, 2017
The governing body of association football, Fifa, has sanctioned the Nigeria Football Federation for fielding an ineligible player in the Super Eagles final World Cup qualifier against Algeria at Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Constantine on November 10, 2017.Fifa has started that Anorthosis Famagusta defender Abdullahi Shehu...
42,000 Capacity Municipal Stadium Wroclaw Likely To Host Poland-Nigeria Friendly
Published: December 12, 2017
The pre-World Cup friendly between Poland and Nigeria is likely to be staged in the city of Wroclaw, according to reports.On Monday, the Media Officer of the Polish Football Association (PZPN), Jakub Kwiatkowski, confirmed that the Poles will face the Super Eagles in a friendly on March 23, 2018 but stressed that t...
Anderlecht Advised To Buy Another Striker: Onyekuru Belongs To Everton
Published: December 12, 2017
Belgian First Division A champs Anderlecht have been advised to scour the transfer market for an alternative to Henry Onyekuru as the Nigeria international could return to his parent club Everton in the next six months or even in January.Even though Onyekuru has often been criticized by manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck for ...
Fifa To NFF, Rohr: You Must Decide On World Cup Base By January 31
Published: December 12, 2017
The general secretary of the Local Organizing Committee Russia 2018 World Cup Alexey Sorokin has stated that all the 32 participating teams, including Nigeria, must decide on their World Cup bases by January 31.Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr revealed last week that the Nigerian national team have chosen to stay in So...
Chelsea Wish Victor Moses Happy Birthday, Announce He'll Reach Milestone If.....
Published: December 12, 2017
Premier League champions Chelsea have wished Nigeria international Victor Moses a Happy Birthday, ahead of Tuesday night's clash vs Huddersfield at the John Smith's Stadium.Born December 22, 1990 in Nigeria, Moses is celebrating his twenty-seventh birthday today.In their birthday tribute to the Super Eagles star, Chels...
2017 MLS Expansion Draft : List Of Protected & Unprotected Nigerian Players
Published: December 12, 2017
Major League Soccer clubs have announced the protected and unprotected list ahead of Tuesday’s 2017 MLS Expansion Draft. Ten Nigerian players have been unprotected, including three Super Eagles stars in the shape of Nosa Igiebor (Vancouver Whitecaps),  Sunday Stephen (Real Salt Lake) and Gbenga Arokoyo (Portland Tim...
Croatia Coach : Nigeria Not A Typical African Team, They Have Mikel
Published: December 12, 2017
Croatia national team coach Zlatko Dalić has admitted that their opening game against Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup is the most important match for them in Group D.Zlatko Dalic was appointed Croatia coach following the sacking of Ante Cacic ahead of their crunch World Cup qualifier against Ukraine in October.''Nigeria...
Liverpool's Croatia Defender : Nigeria Certainly A Good Team, We Are Not Afraid Of Them
Published: December 11, 2017
Liverpool central defender Dejan Lovren is confident that the Croatian national team will advance to the last sixteen of the 2018 World Cup despite the presence of Argentina and Nigeria in their group.Lovren argued that the Croatian squad is littered with top stars representing big European clubs, the likes of Ivan Per...
Liverpool's Egypt Sensation Beats Victor Moses To Win BBC AFOTY
Published: December 11, 2017
Egypt international Mohamed Salah has been crowned 2017 BBC African Footballer of the Year after a blistering start to his career with Liverpool, whom he joined in the summer transfer window.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund and Gabon), Naby Keïta (RB Leipzig and Guinea), Sadio Mané (Liverpool F.C. and S...
South Africa Hero McCarthy : Why Okocha, Kanu Were Snubbed World Player Of The Year
Published: December 11, 2017
South Africa legend Benni McCarthy has sensationally claimed that several African stars, including Nwankwo Kanu and Austin Okocha, have been snubbed for the World Player of the Year award because they are not cash cows.Former AC Milan, PSG and Chelsea striker George Weah is the only African to scoop the Ballon d'Or sin...
Eagles Coach Rohr : We Want To Win 2019 African Cup of Nations
Published: December 11, 2017
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is aiming to win the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon after extending his contract with the Nigeria Football Federation for two more years.Three-time champions Nigeria missed out on the 2015 and 2017 edition of the African Cup of Nations, and trail leaders Libya and South Africa by...