The duo of Nigerian of Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho were in action for their English premier league side Leicester City on Friday.   Both players however failed to rescue the Foxes from defeat against relegation threatened Norwich City at Carrow road on the night.   While Iheanacho started and lasted the entire duration of […] The post Iheanacho and Ndidi fail to lift Leicester City at Carrow road appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.

The last encounter between the two sides in Chennai ended in a seven-goal thriller in favour of the Goans

The Spanish coach wants to go match-by-match in order to achieve their objective of winning the I-League trophy…

The Blaugrana captain is, at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, set to become the club’s all-time leading appearance maker in meetings with Real Madrid

Nigerian table tennis star Aruna Quadri is facing a big battle in order to book qualification for next summer ‘s Olympic games in Tokyo. The world number 18 suffered double blow in the qualifiers when he was stunned by Ibrahima Diaw of Senegal in a 4-2 (11-7,11-8,11-8,6-11,11-13,11-7) in the second group game played on Friday. […] The post Aruna Quadri Olympic qualification in jeopardy, Oshonaike, Edem qualifies appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.

The Nigerian youngster has been tipped for greatness since winning the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup with the Golden Eaglets. Former Real Madrid defender, Raul Albiol admits that Samuel Chukwueze has the talents to become a great player but that the kid wonder needs to make adjustments both on and off the pitch to fulfil […]

England premier league side, Crystal Palace football club has given nod to come into Nigeria and support on coaches education. They equally told NLO to arrange a mini tournament around June for their scouts and managers to have a look at best talents in the NLO.   Crystal Palace FC Head of Education has assured […] The post THE NLO BIG DEAL IS HERE appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.

45 year-old Nigerian Tennis legend Olufunke Oshonaike has officially QUALIFIED for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics becoming the first ever African female athlete to do so on seven occasions in Table tennis or in any other sport. Oshonaike started her Olympics career at the Atlanta 1996 and since then she has been representing Nigeria at the […] The post Olufunke Oshonaike has joined the 7th club of Olympians appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.

Horoya AC of Guinea Nigerian striker Bolaji Sakin has stated that he will reveal his little knowledge of Enyimba to his Guinean teammates ahead of this Sunday’s CAF Confederation cup quarter final first leg between both side at the Enyimba stadium on Sunday. Sakin speaking in a chat with  brila.net said he is aware that Enyimba […] The post Sakin vows to reveal Enyimba knowledge to Horoya appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.

Rivers Hoopers Basketball club player Ikechukwu Benjamin has expressed his excitement ahead of the commencement of hostilities of the inaugural edition of the Africa Basketball league. The league begins next month on the 13th of March 2020 for the Sahara and 20th March for the Nile Conference where Rivers Hoopers are housed. Benjamin speaking in […] The post Benjamin excited with Africa Basketball league opportunities appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.

Enyimba FC shot stopper Theophilus Afelokhai has dismissed the threat from Horoya AC Nigerian striker Bolaji Sakin ahead of Sunday’s CAF Confederation cup first leg quarter final tie between Nigeria Professional football league reigning champion Enyimba FC and Guinea Lig Un side Horoya AC.  Afelokhai speaking in a chat with  brila.net said the Nigerian striker is […] The post Afelokhai dismisses Sakin’s Horoya threat appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.

The official explains why their focus is not on their archrivals but on the next two matches before the derby meeting

Tampines Rovers will be looking to kick off their SPL campaign with a win over Balestier Khalsa, but Sunday's encounter will not be a walk in the park

The Europa League draws took place earlier today and the Round of 16 fixtures were released as listed below Istanbul Basaksehir vs FC Copenhagen Olympiakos vs Wolves Rangers vs Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg vs Shakhtar Donetsk Inter Milan vs Getafe Sevilla vs Roma Frankfurt/Red Bull Salzburg vs Basel LASK vs Manchester United If the Gunners had […] The post Just Another Day After a Europa League Exit appeared first on Gooner Daily.

Former Celtic and Arsenal striker Charlie Nicholas reserved special praise for Nigeria-eligible starlet Bukayo Saka as he revealed the names of four good young attack-minded players at the Gunners. Saka was in the Arsenal team that suffered a disappointing 2-1 loss to Olympiakos as they crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday night. Predominantly a left-winger, the England U19 interna

Brendan Rodgers' Leicester City continued their poor form on Friday night, losing 1-0 to relegation candidates Norwich City in a Premier League game at Carrow Road. The Foxes have accumulated just four points from their last seven matches in the top-flight and are six points above fourth placed Chelsea, who have a game in hand, while Manchester United are nine points behind the King Power Stadiu

Two Nigeria international internationals in the shape of Josh Maja and Samuel Kalu will be hoping to show off their qualities to a plethora of European clubs when Bordeaux face off with OGC Nice in the French Ligue 1 on Saturday evening, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The official website of Bordeaux has confirmed that English Premier League trio Manchester United, Everton and Newcastle United t

Ike Ugbo's most successful season in terms of goalscoring since turning professional continued on Friday night as he got on the scoresheet for Roda JC in a comprehensive 5-0 victory over Dordrecht at Parkstad Limburg Stadion (Kerkrade), allnigeriasoccer.com reports. In doing so, the Nigerian frontman took his haul for the season to 13 goals in the Dutch Eerste Divisie, that's more than triple h

Kelechi Iheanacho's disallowed goal early in the second half was clearly the turning point in the game as Leicester City suffered a 1-0 loss to bottom club Norwich City in the Premier League on Friday night. The Nigeria international thought he had given the Foxes the lead on 49 minutes when he found space on the edge of the box and fired a shot into the bottom corner, only for the goal to be can

The UEFA Europa League round of 16 draw was done on Friday and the Nigerian contingent in Europe’s second tier competition know their next opponents. Odion Ighalo scored in Manchester United’s 5-0 rout of Club Brugge, ending the run of his compatriots David Okereke and Dennis Bonaventure.   The victory saw the 2017 winners progress […] The post Four Nigerian Europa League Campaigners know R16 Opponents appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.

Dear Completesports.com reader, my media tour of Spain, courtesy of La Liga, has loads of interesting sights and sounds to share with you. Here are more images from our (the press corp) visit to Samuel Chukwuwze’s club Villarreal CF on Wednesday, February 26 2020. This time, see me and my colleagues through the lens of […] The post Laliga Tour PHOTOS: Complete Sports’ Visit to Chukwueze’s Villarreal CF appeared first on Complete Sports.

An Italy-based Nigerian footballer named King Paul Akpan Udoh has reportedly emerged as the first footballer to be diagnosed with the deadly corona-virus. The entire world has been thrown into serious panic since the outbreak of the deadly disease which emanated from China in which hundreds are currently battling for survival.   Until he was […] The post Italy-based Nigerian footballer Udoh tests positive to Corona Virus appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.

While Orlando Pirates Manager Josef Zinnbauer appears calm and ready for his debut Soweto Derby appearance, his opposite number Ernst Middendorp is on tenterhook. The pressure of the Soweto Derby is weighing heavily on Middendorp among other reasons because of the title race implications.   As at December, Chiefs were running away with the title […] The post Soweto Derby: Kaizer Chiefs Boss Middendorp Almost Certain to Drop Akpeyi for Khune appeared first on Latest Sports News In Nigeria.