Alex Iwobi has left out fellow Super Eagles star and “my brother” Calvin Bassey from his Fulham All-Time Best 5. In a Sky Sports TV special, Iwobi picked former USA star Clint Dempsey, Brazilian star William, Dimitar Berbatov and Paul Konchesky to play alongside in his Fulham Best 5. Iwobi said his London club are … Read more
Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of Victor Osimhen ahead of the new season. According to Caughtoffside, the Premier League club are set to meet with representatives of the 26-year-old striker in respect of a transfer in the summer. The talks will be on Osimhen’s personal terms, which include his hefty salary of 12 Million … Read more
SCORENigeria can exclusively report that at least three NPFL players will make the Super Eagles final squad for the must-win 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe. This is based on the fact that the contract coach Eric Chelle signed with the NFF in January clearly stipulated that he calls up at least three … Read more
Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has been described as “another Westerhof” who can lift the country’s football team to greater heights. Dutch coach Clemens Westerhof led the Super Eagles to win the 1994 AFCON in Tunisia and made history when he qualified the country to their first-ever World Cup same year. The Comptroller-General of Nigerian … Read more
Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has identified as many as 28 strikers who could play for Nigeria, while also expressing his excitement with how Genk striker Tolu Arokodare has shot his way to the top of Belgium. The legendary Segun ‘Mathematical’ Odegbami made disclosure today during his weekly programme ’90 Minutes with Mathematical’ on Eagle … Read more
When his name was first announced as that of the new manager of the Super Eagles, the national football team of Nigeria, I was one of the first persons to ask the question: Eric who? I wondered if ‘Eric Sekou Chelle’ was the name of a person, a place or a thing. As extensive as … Read more
Genk coach has disclosed that former Flying Eagles winger Yira Sor has fully recovered from injury and now pushing to make his matchday squad. “Sor is also training fully again, I just have to see if I’ll include him in the squad against Dender (later tonight) or Union (Saturday, March 15),” Genk coach Thorsten Fink … Read more
Manchester United plan a swap deal that will involve striker Rasmus Hojlund for them to sign Victor Osimhen in the summer from Napoli. The Premier League giants want to give Napoli Hojlund and cash of 40 Million Euros for Osimhen to move in the opposite direction. It has now emerged that United are working on … Read more
SCORENigeria can exclusively report that several clubs in the German Bundesliga and Ligue 1 in France are jostling to sign box-to-box midfielder Anthony Dennis, who has made the recent Super Eagles provisional squad for must-win 2026 World Cup qualifiers later this month. A top source told SCORENigeria: “Stuttgart and another club in the Bundesliga as … Read more
The National Sports Commission (NSC) will assist the NFF to get Arsenal sensational teenager Ethan Nwaneri to play for the Super Eagles. The Guardian quoted NSC director-general Bukola Olopade as saying they will help in whatever way for Nwaneri to play for Nigeria and not England. This is part of the policy of the NSC … Read more
Odion Ighalo scored his fifth goal of the season for his Saudi Arabian club Al Wehda to beat fellow relegation strugglers Al Raed 3-1. The 35-year-old striker scored in the 76th minute to make it 2-1 in favour of the home team. It was only their fourth win of the league season. Al Wehda have … Read more
Rafiu Durosunmi has continued his rich vein of form in front goal after he netted his fourth goal in five games for Viktoria Plzen in the UEFA Conference League. The giant striker (he is 6 feet 4 inches tall) has bounced back in style after a major injury setback that denied him a big transfer … Read more
Cyriel Dessers, who is on the Super Eagles provisional squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers, scored a goal and made an assist as Rangers stunned hosts Fenerbache in a UEFA Europa League Round of 16 tie tonight. Dessers got Rangers going as early as the sixth minute, before he gave his fourth assists of the … Read more
Super Eagles defender Bright Osayi-Samuel will miss tonight’s UEFA Europa League Round of 16 tie at home against Rangers due to suspension. Osayi-Samuel got his second booking in the competition in the away game at Anderlecht. The Super Eagles interest in this match in Istanbul will therefore be represented by striker Cyriel Dessers and Leon … Read more
Emmanuel Ekong has said he is up to the task after new club Malmo signed another striker ahead of the big kick-off in Sweden. Malmo have added 25-year-old striker Arnor Sigurdsson from English club Blackburn Rovers soon after the signed Ekong from Serie A club Empoli. The son of former Super Eagles star Prince Ikpe … Read more
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru will not make his comeback from injury tonight after the Super Eagles midfielder was not listed by Lazio in the matchday squad for a UEFA Europa League Round of 16 tie at Czech club Vitoria Plzen. Dele Bashiru injured his ankle in a Serie A clash against Venezia last month, but he was … Read more
Abia Warriors striker Sunday Megwo has shot himself to top reckoning in the race for the Goal King prize of the NPFL. CHAN Eagles striker Megwo is now one of four players to have so far netted eight goals each in the NPFL. The other players on eight goals apiece are Shola Adelani (Ikorodu City), … Read more
Victor Osimhen and Samu of FC Porto, whose parents are Nigerian, are among the leading scorers in this season’s UEFA Europa League. Osimhen and Samu have scored six goals each in the competition. Unfortunately, both strikers cannot improve their tally as their respective teams have been booted out of the competition. Ayoub El Kaabi of … Read more
Manchester United, PSG and Arsenal are among the top clubs who hope to sign Victor Osimhen in the summer with Juventus now said to be the interested team who face the most hectic time to get the Super Eagles striker. Napoli have placed a release clause of around 75 Million Euros for Osimhen, but that … Read more
Rwanda will play a test game against a local team Saturday as part of their build-up to a decisive 2026 World Cup qualifier against the Super Eagles later this month. New coach Adel Amarouche said the home-based Amavubi will use this test game to stake a claim for places in the final squad for the … Read more
It has been reported that Bright Osayi-Samuel will not extend his contract with Fenerbahce and he will instead join Nottingham Forest as a direct replacement for Ola Aina, who will also not renew with the Premier League club. According to Takvim, Osayi-Samuel could not agree a new contract with Fenerbache despite three meetings. He has … Read more
The Super Eagles now have a new coach, new ways of doing things and hopefully a couple of new players to challenge the status quo as the qualifying tournament for the 2026 World Cup resumes later this month. New coach Eric Chelle has already shown he will go about his business a little differently with … Read more
Zimbabwe coach Michael Nees has boasted his team can cause a big upset by beating the Super Eagles in Uyo when both teams clash in a crucial 2026 World Cup qualifier later this month. Bottom team in Group C Zimbabwe will be guests of Nigeria on March 25 in Uyo in continuation of the 2026 … Read more
The long-awaited squad list for must-win 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe is finally out and as expected it has attracted good, bad and even damning comments from the millions of ‘football coaches’ in Nigeria. One of the highlights of this selection that for the first time in a very long time Nigerians … Read more
Sevilla striker Jerome Akor, Cyriel Dessers of Scottish giants Rangers as well as Nathan Tella from Bayer Lverkusen have been included on a provisional squad for the Super Eagles must-win 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Zimbabwe later this month. This will be the first matches of new coach Eric Chelle.