Emmanuel Amuneke Reveals The Reason He Turned Down The NFF
Published: December 12, 2020
Former Nigerian winger Emmanuel Amuneke took to the media to reveal the reason turned down an offer to become Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical director saying he was still involved with a club. The 49-year-old is still currently still under a contract with Egyptian club El Makkasa having joined the club a...
Chinedu Obasi: The Super Eagles Needs To Be Strengthened
Published: December 12, 2020
Former Nigeria international Chinedu Obasi took to the media to advise Nigeria national team head coach Gernot Rohr to strengthen the Super Eagles with players with lots of experience on their CV. The Nigeria national team ended their 2020 as they finished the 35th best team in the world despite being unable to secu...
Nigeria Pitch Award Set To Hold On December 22
Published: December 12, 2020
Organizers of the prolific Nigeria Pitch Awards have announced to the public that the seventh edition of the award will be taking place on the 22nd of December in Lagos. The award, which is Nigeria's longest-running football awards, was formerly set for March due to the lockdown brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic ...
Chelsea-Owned Striker With Caps For England Youth Commits International Future To Nigeria
Published: December 12, 2020
Allnigeriasoccer.com can exclusively report that the Super Eagles are in line to welcome a new addition to their team in the coming months with Chelsea-owned striker Ike Ugbo committing his international future to Nigeria. As previously reported by this website more than two years ago, the Nigerian Federation are a...
Three Nigerian Stars Help Glasgow Rangers Set New Scottish Record In European Competitions
Published: December 11, 2020
Glasgow Rangers rounded off their UEFA Europa League group stage with a 2-0 win over Lech Poznan at the INEA stadion on Thursday evening, with three players of Nigerian descent involved for the Light Blues. Manager Steven Gerrard handed starts to Leon Balogun and Joe Aribo while exciting left-back Calvin Bassey e...
Nigeria Target Akinola Scores On Full Debut For USA; Why Orlando City's Dike Was Left Out
Published: December 10, 2020
United States Men's National Team closed the year with a 6-0 demolition of El Salvador at Inter Miami CF Stadium on Wednesday, December 9. While Orlando City's Daryl Dike, the younger brother of former Super Eagles striker Bright Dike, picked up a minor injury in camp and did not dress for the game, another attack-m...
FIFA Year-End Rankings See Super Eagles Unchanged In World, Confederation Rankings
Published: December 10, 2020
Football governing body, Fifa, on Thursday, December 10 published its year-end rankings of national teams, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The Super Eagles finished 2020 as the 35th best team in the world and they are joint-fourth in the confederation ranking along with Morocco, with both countries accumulating 1,474 ...
'We Conceded The First Goal After 60th Minute' - Odemwingie On Lokomotiv's Defeat To Bayern
Published: December 10, 2020
Former Nigeria international Peter Odemwingie has insisted that Lokomotiv Moscow did not do badly despite losing 2-0 to current champions Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night. The Railwaymen had a decent Champions League campaign, holding Spanish giants Atletico Madrid to two draws and got ...
U20 AFCON Qualifier : Four Things We Noticed From Nigeria's 1-0 Loss To Ghana
Published: December 09, 2020
Nigeria's U20 national team, the Flying Eagles on Wednesday were defeated 1-0 by Ghana's Black Satellites in their second match of the regional WAFU U20 tournament which serves as qualifiers to the CAF U20 Nations Cup in 2021. Izuchukwu Okosi looks at the takeaways from the game in Porto Novo.  1. Unlucky EaglesTh...
Super Falcons Star Oshoala Finds The Net As Barcelona Thrash PSV Eindhoven In Champions League
Published: December 09, 2020
Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala was among the scorers as Barcelona thrashed Dutch club PSV 4-1 in a round of 32 UEFA Women's Champions League clash at the Sportcomplex De Herdgang (Eindhoven) on Wednesday evening. The former Arsenal and Liverpool striker started for the Spanish powerhouse and was in action for 67...
Ghana 1 Nigeria 0: Flying Eagles' U20 AFCON Hopes Out Of Their Hands After Conceding Late Goal
Published: December 09, 2020
Nigeria's Flying Eagles' chances of progressing to the 2021 Africa U20 Nations Cup took a big hit on Wednesday as they were defeated 1-0 by the Black Satellites of Ghana in the WAFU Zone B Championship in Porto Novo, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.The only goal of the game came in the 83rd minute when Precious Boah stepp...
'We Know That We Must Win' - Flying Eagles Captain Ahead Of Showdown Vs Ghana
Published: December 09, 2020
Nigeria U20s captain Mike Zaruma is aware that victory against bitter rivals Ghana on Wednesday would put them in a good position to advance to the knockout rounds of the WAFU-UFOA Zone B qualifiers for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. Zaruma and his teammates are hoping to make amends after surrendering a one-goal ...
NFF Chief Ducks Question On Claims Super Eagles Medics Made Osimhen's Shoulder Injury Worse
Published: December 09, 2020
Reports in the Italian media late last week had claimed that Super Eagles medical team made Victor Osimhen's shoulder injury worse while attempting to put it back in place during the national team's 4-4 draw with Sierra Leone at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on November 13. The report added that the Napoli striker wa...
Impossible-Looking UCL Record Of Ex-Chelsea, Anderlecht Star Babayaro Broken After 26 Years
Published: December 08, 2020
The impossible-looking UEFA Champions League set by former Chelsea and Anderlecht left-back Celestine Babayaro has finally been broken after twenty six years, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The former Nigeria international was the youngest player to feature in the Champions League when he made his debut wearing the ...
Confirmed : No Europa League Action For Villarreal's Chukwueze On Thursday
Published: December 08, 2020
Nigeria national teamer Samuel Chukwueze won't be involved in UEFA Europa League action on Thursday, December 10. The matchday six fixture between Villarreal and Qarabag FK scheduled to hold at the Estadio de la Cerámica in Spain has been postponed because the Azerbaijani champions do not have the minimum number of...