After scoring two goals in two matches for Heartland, free-kick specialist, Ebere Odiche, is excited with his decision to return to the club from Warri Wolves. Odiche left Heartland for Wolves in 2014, but it turned out to be an unholy romance, which did not go beyond the first round of the
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Former AC Milan midfielder Kaka has named the 11 players who make up his Dream Team, accumulated through his 15-year illustrious career. Six Rossoneri from Kaka’s time with the club make the cut – Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta, Dida, Cafu, Andrea Pirlo, and Ronaldinho, while former Juventus player Zinedine Zidane is the only other player […]
South Africa’s Premier Soccer League side, Ajax Cape Town, is set to test Nigerian U-23 International, Chijioke Omeke. The up-and-coming Omeke was part of the Dream Team squad that played participated in the Super Six pre-season tournament, in Abuja. However, he was left out of the squad that played a goalless draw against Zambia in […]
Financial concerns mean that AC Milan are set to stick with current coach Filippo Inzaghi until the end of the season despite the team’s poor run of form. Inzaghi’s future has been in doubt for sometime with increasing pressure mounting upon the legendary Rossonero who has been unable to lift the struggling giants out […]
Mattia Destro’s future at AC Milan is uncertain with suggestions in Italy that the Rossoneri will not take up their option to buy the player in the summer. The 24-year-old Italian international arrived at Milan in the winter transfer window, on loan with an option to buy him at 16 million Euros. However, according […]
Keisuke Honda, the revelation of the early season for AC Milan, is gone! He hasn’t scored a goal for the Rossoneri since November. No assists, either. Coach Filippo Inzaghi has even played Honda in a more central position his preferred area of the pitch. Nothing has come of it. The mystery started at the Asian […]
Brown Ideye is hopeful of being fit for West Brom’s next Premier League game against QPR on Saturday. The striker missed the 3-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester City last weekend because of a knee injury which also forced him to pull out of Nigeria’s squad. But he was in more positive mood when […]
Diego Costa will return to Chelsea after being ruled out of Spain’s upcoming international matches against Ukraine and Holland with a hamstring injury. The Blues star limped off from their 3-2 win over Hull with 15 minutes remaining, on Sunday. And now, Spain have announced that the 26-year-old will return to his club for treatment […]
Chairperson of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL), Dilichukwu Onyedimma, has assured the teeming followers of women football league in the country that the incoming season would be rewarding for football, even as she disclosed that insecurity in the North Eastern part of the country was the basic problem they faced in the past season. […]
Good things come to those who wait, as Lucas Barrios would surely attest. Fresh from a training session with Montpellier on March 10, the Paraguayan striker answered his telephone for a pre-arranged interview with FIFA.com, only to cut short the conversation. “I’m sorry, but can we speak again in five minutes?” he asked, the joy […]
Enugu Rangers have reported Raja Casablanca to Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the Moroccan club failed to credit their domiciliary account with the transfer fee of Osaguona Ighodaro. The Flying Antelopes agreed to shred the agreement binding them with the attacker in the January transfer window on the proviso that Raja Casablanca will pay […]
The stately Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo, will come alive today, as the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Cranes of Uganda lock horns in a prestigious international friendly match. The last time the venue witnessed elemental explosion of football proportions was when the Super Eagles hosted the Bafana Bafana in a 30th Africa Cup […]
Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba says he is unfazed with the prospect of facing Brazil at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. Nigeria will play in Group E of the U-20 World Cup against heavyweights Brazil, Hungary and North Korea after emerging as winners at the just ended Africa Youth Championship (AYC) […]
John Terry claims Chelsea have passed their biggest test of the season by beating Hull. Jose Mourinho’s side looked to be running out of steam when they crashed out of the Champions League at the hands of Paris St-Germain and were then held to a draw at home to Southampton. And when struggling Hull recovered […]
Major sponsor of Nigerian national teams, Globacom, has declared support for the Super Eagles ahead of the international friendly match between the Eagles and Cranes of Uganda scheduled for Ibom International Stadium today. Globacom, in a press statement in Lagos on Tuesday, stated that the Eagles need maximum support from Nigerians in their quest to […]
Jose Mourinho is counting down the games to when his team is to be crowned champions. The 3-2 win at Hull City, after letting slip a 2-0 lead before Loic Remy notched up the winner gave the manager a huge sigh of relief. “We let the lead go but played fantastic football with the ball,” […]
A former Coach of the Cranes of Uganda, Harrison Okagbue, has advised the Super Eagles to expect a tough match in its friendly with the East Africans in Uyo on Wednesday. Okagbue, who coached the Cranes from 1999 and 2001, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Tuesday that the game would […]
Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom has laughed off comparisons with Thierry Henry. Alexis Sanchez has dubbed the youngster ‘Titi’ after the Gunners legend. “One day in training with the first team I scored a Henry-type goal, cutting inside and finishing,” Akpom told said. “I could see Sanchez jumping, he’s an enthusiastic guy at the best of […]
Wolves imposing Nigerian right back Dominic Iorfa has been invited to the England U-20 side for friendlies against Mexico and the United States of America next week. It is only his debut season as a first-team player and the teenager has successfully forced his way into Kenny Jackets’s squad at the Molineux. After his debut […]
Nigeria U-23 team, Dream Team, must rue missed chances after Zambia on Sunday in Abuja held them to a goalless draw in a qualifying match for the 2015 All Africa Games qualifier. The overall winners after the return leg in Zambia will advance to the football event for the All Africa Games holding in Congo. […]
