Alex Iwobi Joins Growing List Of Injured Super Eagles Players, Suffers Hamstring Problem
Published: April 29, 2018
Alex Iwobi has joined the growing list of injured Super Eagles players, with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirming post-match that the winger suffered a hamstring problem in their 2-1 loss to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday evening.As everyone saw, the Hale End Academy product played through the pain bar...
Wilfred Ndidi Undergoes Scan, Leicester City In Touch With Nigerian Federation
Published: April 29, 2018
Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has undergone a scan after suffering a serious injury in his team's 5-0 loss to Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday, and is now awaiting the results of the medical examination.The Foxes medical team has contacted the Nigeria Football Federation and informed them that...
Crotone's Simy Sets New Record: Scores In Three Consecutive Games For Three Different Clubs
Published: April 29, 2018
Crotone's Simeon Tochukwu Nwankwo is playing his way into Nigeria's 35-man provisional World Cup roster set to be announced in the coming days after netting for the third successive game in his team's 4-1 win over Sassuolo on Sunday afternoon.Before today's meeting at Stadio Ezio Scida (Crotone), the lanky striker had ...
Argentina Take A Page Out Of NFF's Book; Sampaoli Visits Manchester Based Stars
Published: April 29, 2018
Nigeria's World Cup rivals Argentina will no longer face Nicaragua in an international friendly before leaving for Barcelona, where they will hold a training camp ahead of the mundial.Ole Diario Deportivo writes that due to the anti-government protests in Nicaragua, the two-time world champions are likely to face Haiti...
Penalty-Box Predator Odion Ighalo Does It Again, Takes Tally To 6 Goals In 2 Games
Published: April 29, 2018
Former Watford striker Odion Ighalo is firing on all cylinders six weeks before the start of the 2018 World Cup after netting a brace in Changchun Yatai's 2-1 win against Shanghai SIPG FC on Sunday afternoon local time.The Nigeria international bagged four goals in his team's 5-2 rout of Guizhou Zhicheng in the Chinese...
Nigeria's Long-Shot Specialist Oliseh On That World Cup Goal Vs Spain: It Was Special
Published: April 29, 2018
When the Super Eagles faced Spain in their first group match of the 1998 World Cup, it took a moment of brilliance to end Spanish resistance with Sunday Oliseh's bolt from the blue giving the Nigerians a 3-2 win. Oliseh admitted that the Nigerian national team were low on confidence heading into the tournament in Franc...
Super Eagles Injury Update: Onazi Makes Comeback, Rohr Gets Good News On Ebuehi
Published: April 29, 2018
Dutch Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag have been without Tyronne Ebuehi for three of their last five matches, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, with the right-back set to make his comeback against champions PSV on Sunday.Speaking pre-match, ADO Den Haag manager Alfons Groenendijk more or less confirmed that the ...
Nigerian Exports: King Of Assists Olayinka, K. Nwakali, Osayi-Samuel, Delfouneso Strike
Published: April 28, 2018
Allnigeriasoccer.com's roundup on the Nigerian players that were on target for their respective foreign clubs in league matches on Saturday, April 28.Bright Osayi-Samuel will certainly be delighted after netting his first-ever goal in the EFL Championship as Queens Park Rangers claimed a 3-1 win at home to Birmingham C...
Nigeria Prays As Key Player Ndidi Suffers Hamstring Injury, Leicester Hope He's OK For World Cup
Published: April 28, 2018
There is concern for Nigerians and manager Gernot Rohr over the fitness of Wilfred Ndidi ahead of the 2018 World Cup, with news that the Leicester City midfielder is headed for the treatment room.The former Racing Genk starlet started the Foxes 5-0 loss to Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon but had to sub out five mi...
World Cup Countdown: Top Five Latest Goals Scored By Nigeria
Published: April 28, 2018
Legendary Italian striker, Alessandro Del Piero shares the honour of netting the latest ever World Cup goal which came in after 121st minute with Algerian midfielder, Abdelmoumene Djabou, the former scoring in the 2-0 win over Germany in the 2006 edition while the latter achieved that feat in the 2014 tournament yet ag...
Journalist Claims KAA Gent Winger Moses Simon Forged Passport, Played In Niger For Three Years
Published: April 28, 2018
Mohammed Suleiman of Liberty Radio 91.7 FM Kaduna claims KAA Gent winger Moses Simon falsified documents to get a fresh Nigerian passport before his transfer to Europe in 2014.Suleiman has asserted that the Super Eagles star represented a club based in the Republic of Niger for three years and was certainly not eightee...
Udeze Counters Oliseh On Argentina, Speaks On Eagles Top Striker Crisis
Published: April 28, 2018
Former Super Eagles defender Ifeanyi Udeze believes Nigeria's group opponents at the 2018 World Cup, Argentina. will be one of the teams likely to reach the semifinals of the mundial.Udeze was reacting to the opinion of former Eagles midfield maestro Sunday Oliseh who reckons that The Albiceleste will not be one of the...
Ex-Nigeria Coach Raises Red Flag: Super Eagles Players Will Be Tired Before The World Cup
Published: April 28, 2018
Ex-Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has warned of a potential danger ahead of the 2018 World Cup as he reckons that most of the key players in the squad will be fatigued heading into the tournament.Important squad members such as Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi, Brian Idowu, Victor Moses and Abdullahi Shehu have played at le...
Oliseh Backs Rohr On Super Eagles Bad Display In March Friendlies: He Has To Try Players, Tactics
Published: April 28, 2018
Former Nigeria international Sunday Oliseh has refused to criticize the Super Eagles unimpressive display in last month's international friendlies, especially against Serbia in London, saying manager Gernot Rohr used both matches to perfect his tactics ahead of the 2018 World Cup.Oliseh is on the same page as Super Eag...
World Cup Countdown: Top Five Fastest Goals Scored By Nigeria World Cup
Published: April 27, 2018
Turkey's Hakan Sukur popped up with the fastest goal ever recorded in a world cup match, scoring 10.89 seconds into the 2002 third-place playoff against hosts, South Korea — a game which ended 3-2 in four of the Turkish team.While that feat is a remarkable one, it took Nigeria four minutes to score her fastest goal i...