Kelechi Iheanacho to make premier league bow on sunday

Nigeria hotshot Kelechi Iheanacho is expected to make his first appearance for English side Manchester City on Sunday. 

18 year old Kelechi is highly rated by under-fire city boss Manuel Pellegrini and reports emanating from the city  indicates that the Chiliean will give the Nigerian his premier League debut against Southampton on Sunday.

Enyeama ranked World's 20th Best keeper

The Lille shot-stopper is the only African on the list and along with PSG's Salvatore Sirigu, are the only pair considered from the French Ligue 1.

Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama, has been ranked the 18th best goalkeeper in the world in 2015 by United Kingdom newspaper, The Telegraph.

In a poll conducted by the media outfit on its website, votes were cast to determine who the best keeper in the world was and the Lille goalkeeper made the list of top 20 goalkeepers in the world.

Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer is in first place followed by Manchester United’s David De Gea and Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois. Joe Hart of Manchester City is fourth while Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus came fifth.

Other goalkeepers in the top 20 are Petr Cech of Chelsea, Keylor Navas and Iker Casilas of Real Madrid, Hugo Lloris of Tottenham Hotspur and Salvatore Sirigu of Paris St. Germain.

Victor Valdes of Manchester United, Pepe Reina of Bayern Munich, Diego Lopez of AC Milan, Samir Handanovic of Inter Milan, Wojciech Scezceny of Arsenal, Rene Adler of Hamburg, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen and Claudio Bravo of Barcelona and

Southampton’s Fraser Forster complete the list.

Enyeama has had an astounding season in the Ligue 1 with English giants Liverpool reportedly scouting the Nigerian keeper ahead of a £3m deal at the end of the season.

The Reds’ scouts have been impressed with the 32-year-old’s performances after watching him in action.

Enyeama became only the second Nigerian footballer to attain the 100-cap mark, when he featured for the Eagles in the 1-0 defeat to Uganda in an international friendly in Uyo in March.

Meanwhile, Enyeama has said he is not disappointed by his club’s inability to win any trophy in the outgoing season.

Lille are eighth in the French Ligue 1 table thereby missing out on the chance to play in next season’s UEFA Europa League but the goalkeeper, who also missed out on the Best African Player in the French League, told footballlive.com that he was already preparing for next season.

“I didn’t win any championship or trophy but I want to thank God, it was an amazing year for me as a player,” he said.

“The planning for the next championship has to start now and I think that we are ready to start preparation for the forthcoming season.”

Enyeama has kept 16 clean sheets for Lille this season but has conceded 40 goals in 37 games. 

During the 2013/14 season, Enyeama kept 11 consecutive clean sheets, only conceding a goal after 1,062 minutes, which made him 114 minutes shy of equalling Gaëtan Huard’s Ligue 1 goalkeeping record of 1,176 minutes of clean sheets set in 1993.

Isaac Success 2013 and now- Check out his new look

A saying in a local language spoken in Nigeria says "when Johnbull mature, who no know go know."

This is the tale of  Flying Eagles striker, Isaac Success who seem to have changed all of a sudden just in a twinkle of an eye. Did I just hear some one say how?

Iheanacho on rampage, scores and assist in Man City rout

Flying Eagles teen star Kelechi Iheanacho led City Elite Development revenge mission on Tuesday as they hammered Southampton under-21s at St Mary’s on Tuesday night 4-0.

Three days on from their 2-0 defeat to Saints at the Academy Stadium on Saturday, Patrick Vieira’s side ran out emphatic 4-0 winners in their penultimate Barclays u21 Premier League game of the season.

Falcons fly off to Canada

Nigeria!!! Our darling Super Falcons 11pm yesterday tuesday departed Nigeria for Toronto ahead of their pre-World Cup training tour.

Our girls flew out of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, aboard an Air France aircraft last night, and arrived in Paris this morning. They are expected to connect another flight to Toronto, Canada where the competition will take place. 

Nike ready to dish out red card to Nigeria- Threatens To walk away as NFF become jittery

General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federa­tion (NFF), Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, on monday disclosed that a series of negative and false publications by a section of the sporting media on the recent kitting deal the federation entered into with NIKE, may force the American sportswear manufacturer to pull-out.

Hand over: Nigeria Premier League to go on break

#teamA9F can report that the Glo Premier League will proceed on a break after the conclusion of match day 10 matches on Wednesday.  

This is the second time the league will go on a break after the first break was observed due to the general elections.

As a result, all Week 11 matches earlier slated for Sunday, May 24 will be rescheduled.

President cup Rages on!! Kano dispatches Kaduna

The round-of-16 of the inaugural edition of the President’s Cup commenced yesterday in Abuja, with Kano State U-18 football team beating their Kaduna State counterparts 2-1 in the opening match of the competition.

After a scoreless first half in the entertaining game, Jersecy Francis gave Kaduna an early lead in the second half with fantastic volley, but the team could hardly hold on to its lead. In no time, Halifa Lawal equalised to level up for Kano. Some constant posession and good foot work yielded a second goal through the efforts of Joshua Dua, doubling the lead for Kano.

Astonishing Facts About The Flying Eagles

As the 2015 FIFA U20 World Cup draws closer, we bring you some exciting facts and stats about the Nigerian contigent to the Football Fiesta in New Zealand.

Violence: Gunshots at Nigeria stadia!!

There was pandemonium at the National Stadium in the Surulere area of Lagos on Sunday as armed policemen shot to disperse some youths who were protesting against being shut out of the stadium.

Reports reaching All9jafootball indicates that the youths, who blocked roads with objects, alleged that policemen from the Area C Command prevented them from entering the facility for their training.

We gathered that apart from the gridlock caused by the incident, some vehicles were damaged during the commotion which lasted for nearly an hour.

Report: Enyimba sink Dolphins away from home

Enyimba International yesterday got the better of Dolphins FC 2-1 in one of the Week Nine matches of the Glo Nigeria Professional Football League at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt.

FIFA U-20 World Cup: Manu Garba names strong Nigeria squad

Flying Eagles Coach, Manu Garba, on Friday released his 21- man squad for the FIFA U-20 World Cup starting this month in New Zealand.

BENJAMIN ODEJE: Meet the first ever black player to represent England

 "I remember standing in the tunnel, and the band was still playing, My knees were knocking and if you'd given me the choice to forget it I probably would have, I was so nervous." Odeje recalls.

Taraba united chairman denies report linking Daniel Amokachi to the club

Taraba united chairman Tijani Babangida has denied reports linking Super Eagles assistant coach Dan the Bull Amokachi to his club.

 Daniel Amokachi was in the stands to watch Taraba united play out a 3 all home draw with Gabros Int'l.

 When quizzed by reporters after the game Babangida said "No, he's not here because we want to hire him, he's just here to enjoy his football, we have no intention of changing our coach now, believe me". 

 Taraba united lie a lowly 14th in the Nigeria premier League with 9 points from 8 games winning only 2 games so far this term.

Emmanuel Adebayo's unending family drama: Exposes thieving brother

Togolese Footballer, Emmanuel Adebayor is not done with his Family Feud Revelation as yesterday he took to his facebook page again to shed more light on his rocky relationship with one of his brothers, Rotimi Adebayor pictured with him above. The story is a long one so have to grab a sit for this one. 

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Here is another part of the story I have kept inside since. Today I feel the constant need to let it out. If I share my stories, it is because I believe every story comes with a lesson. And the lesson is for anyone that is reading this.