Sporting Kansas Whiz Selbol Tipped To Shine In 2016 By Major League Soccer
Published: March 24, 2016
Former Golden Eaglets trainee Nansel Selbol has been tipped by Major League Soccer to be one of the breakout players in the United Soccer League ahead of the start of the new season on Friday.The attacking midfielder was snapped up by Swope Park Rangers, a club owned by Sporting Kansas City, in January 2016 after displ...
Egypt Hero El-Hadary: Egypt Will Beat Nigeria If.....
Published: March 24, 2016
Egyptian legend Essam El-Hadary has declared that the national team will defeat Nigeria on Friday if they are intelligent and have the desire to play.The seven-time African champions will almost seal qualification for the 2017 tournament in Gabon if they can pick up four points from their two back-to-back fixtures agai...
Chelsea Star Mikel, Arsenal Midfielder Iwobi Reckon Fans Will Be The 12th Man Vs Egypt
Published: March 24, 2016
Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel had nothing but praise for the Kaduna fans who witnessed the Super Eagles training session on Wednesday and reckons that their support will assist the team beat Egypt on Friday evening.The supporters cheered every move of the national team players and chanted the names of the coaches a...
Brighton & Hove Join Leicester City In Race For Manchester City Young Star Oseni
Published: March 24, 2016
Manchester City defender Nathaniel Oseni is undergoing trials with Brighton & Hove Albion with a view to a transfer in the near future.The 19-year-old was in action for the Under-21 team of Brighton in their 1-1 draw with Newcastle United in the U21 Premier League Division 2 on Wednesday night and lasted the distan...
Nigeria Poster Girl Oshoala Marks Arsenal Debut With Goal
Published: March 24, 2016
Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala hit target on her competitive debut for Arsenal Ladies in their 3-1 victory over Reading Ladies in the first round of the Women’s Super League on Wednesday.The Gunners took the lead in the 34th minute before Oshoala doubled the advantage one minute out of intermission .The Niger...
Rivers United Eguma Gets Three-Match Ultimatum
Published: March 24, 2016
Rivers United technical manager, Stanley Eguma faces the sack unless results improve swiftly for the club in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) in the next three matches.The Port Harcourt club currently sit in 11th place in the NPFL standings with 10 points from a possible 24 and have failed to amass even ...
Nigerian Exports : Chibuzor Chilaka Nets Wonder Goal; Olarenwaju Kayode Scores In Vain
Published: March 24, 2016
Catch up on the performances of players of Nigerian descent in Europe on Wednesday. Due to the international break, only few matches and some friendlies were held. Chibuzor Chilaka scored his 12th goal in the National League North as Bradford PA defeated Chorley 1-0. He netted the game-winner ten minutes out of intermi...
Sunshine Stars Hold Rivers United
Published: March 23, 2016
Rivers United fired blanks in a drab Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) contest against Sunshine Stars that ended 0-0 at the Yakubu Gowon (former Port Harcourt Liberation) Stadium on Wednesday.The big news before kickoff, was the omission from the match day squad of Obomate Frederick from the Rivers United wit...
Iwobi Says Playing With Arsenal Stars Ozil, Alexis Has Made Him A Better Footballer
Published: March 23, 2016
Nigeria national-teamer Alex Iwobi is delighted with the progress he has made at Arsenal and admitted that he thought he was going to be farmed out on loan before the start of the 2015-16 season.The attacking midfielder has declared that playing with the stars in the Gunners ranks such as Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil ...
Birmingham City Winger Viv Solomon-Otabor Backing Nigeria To Beat Brazil
Published: March 23, 2016
Birmingham City winger Viv Solomon-Otabor has predicted that the Dream Team VI will beat their Brazilian counterparts on Thursday night at Kleber Andrade Stadium.The 20-year-old trained with the Nigeria U23s last summer after he was recommended to manager Samson Siasia and was called up for a training camp ahead of the...
Nigeria Representative At Beach Soccer Tourney Know Opponents
Published: March 23, 2016
Kogi Confluence Beach Soccer will face Havedzi Warriors, Teshie United in Group A of the preliminary round of the 2016 Ghana’s Beta Beach Soccer Cup. The draw ceremony which was made at 2.30 pm (Nigeria time) in Ghana saw the Adamu Audu’s side handed an tough pairing and they would kick off their campaign a...
Team News : Obomate To Miss Rivers United Clash Against Sunshine Stars
Published: March 23, 2016
Rivers United will prosecute Wednesday’s match day eight Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) game against Sunshine Stars without inspirational midfielder, Obomate Frederick.Obomate has been outstanding and was voted as the first winner of the LBA player of the month award this season following his sparkli...
Mainz Reveal Injured Leon Balogun Will Not Travel To Nigeria
Published: March 23, 2016
Mainz defender Leon Balogun has started his individual recovery plan after picking up a muscular injury days leading up to the clash against Werder Bremen.According to the Bundesliga club’s official webpage, the stopper trained on Tuesday with Yoshinori Muto and athletics coach Jonas Grünewald.The Nigeria Fo...
Super Eagles Training Session Partially Open To The Media, Fans
Published: March 23, 2016
The Super Eagles training session on Wednesday evening will be partially open to the media and supporters of the national team, according to the Nigeria Football Federation.Media outlets, journalists and supporters have been given the opportunity to watch the first fifteen minutes of the training session before the tea...
Daniel Set To Resume Training; Barca Full Back Ekpolo & Tottenham Winger Oduwa Impress
Published: March 23, 2016
Enugu Rangers glovesman Emmanuel Daniel is expected to resume training with the Nigeria U23s on Wednesday night after he failed to complete Tuesday evening’s session due to an undisclosed ailment. The shot-stopper was involved in full training with the squad on Tuesday morning and was training with the team in th...