Nigerian Odion Ighalo returned to action for his Chinese team, Shanghai Shenhua after suffering hamstring injury in July 18, 2019. Ighalo made his first appearance after his injury, he joined his side flop to a 3-0 home defeat to Tianjin Teda. The homers needed a saviour and the fans casting hopes on that the Nigerian […]
Former Super Eagles forward Odion Ighalo continued his recovery from a hamstring injury with a session in the gym on Tuesday. Ighalo, 30, picked up the injury in the Super Eagles’ AFCON 2019 Third-Place match against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in Cairo. The striker posted a short video of himself on Twitter doing a […]
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr insists there is “no shame” in losing to a tough Algerian side in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-final on Sunday. Odion Ighalo’s penalty cancelled out William Troost-Ekong’s own goal, with the two heavyweights locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes. The game was then won when Riyad Mahrez curled home […]
Odion Ighalo believes the Super Eagles were unlucky to lose their semifinal clash at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt to the Desert Foxes of Algeria. The Super Eagles hopes of winning a fourth continental was dashed following a 2-1 defeat to the North Africans in the semifinal clash at the Cairo International […]
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, alongside his 2nd Vice President, Shehu Dikko and General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, were on Monday at the Le Meridien Cairo Airport hotel camp of the Super Eagles to ginger the players ahead of Wednesday’s third place match against Tunisia. A last-gasp goal by Riyad […]
2019 Africa Cup of Nations leading scorer Odion Ighalo got his Shanghai Shenhua debut on a winning note in the Chinese Super League at the weekend. The former Changchun Yatai striker who joined the Chinese side for 15 million euros was on for Shenhua in a pre season game as they thrashed Dalian Yifang 3-0 […]
Former Super Eagles’star Victor Ikpeba has thumbed up Odion Ighalo following his new found form with the national team. Ikpeba said: “Football is full of ups and downs, nobody could have predicted Ighalo to score a hat trick and score in Tunisia. For me, it is very good for him. I think Ighalo deserves all […]
A hat trick from Odion Ighalo and one goal from Samuel Kalu gave Nigeria’s Super Eagles a 4-0 win over Libya in a 2019 AFCON Qualifier in Uyo. The victory moved the Eagles into second place in Group E, behind leaders South Africa. The Eagles now have six points from three matches, one point behind […]
Former Watford striker Odion Ighalo has been pleasantly surprised by the quality of football in China and says that he would encourage other players to make the move to the Chinese league The 28-year-old left the Hornets in January 2017 to join Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai for £20m. The Nigeria forward bagged 15 goals […]
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have opened camp for Friday’s World Cup Qualifying game against Cameroon in Uyo. 16 players are already camped, including John Mikel Obi, captain of the team. Other early arrivals include Daniel Akpeyi, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Dele Alampasu, Ola Aina, and Mikel Agu. The rest are Ahmed Musa, Ogenyi Onazi, Odion Ighalo, Tyron Ebuehi, […]