24 year old Danish midfielder Philip Billing has voiced his frustration at missing out of the Danish team for the Euros despite the fine season he had at Bournemouth.

Billing has only played once for Denmark but he was hoping he will make the squad for the European Championship particularly after his decision to snub a chance to switch nationality to Nigeria.

He is eligible for Nigeria through his father who is from the West African country but after an exclusive by this portal , he denied approaching the Nigerian team for a call up claiming he is 100% Danish.

However few months later, coach of the Nigerian team Rohr revealed the player’s agent contacted him and they had talks about playing for Nigeria as reported by Owngoalnigeria.com. Billing this time around didn’t refute it.

Speaking on the backdrop of his failure to make the Danish team for the Euros, he said he feels disappointed by the snub and revealed that he is now considering making a u-turn on his decision to play for Denmark ahead of Nigeria.

“I have talked to the coach several times, so it is something I have thought more about after I have not been selected for the European Championships, says Billing to bt.dk.

“ There will also soon be a World Cup that I will have to think about. I am almost 25 years old and I have only played one international match. I also have something I would like to achieve in my career.

Billing played just 72 minutes in his only senior game for Denmark which was a friendly game won 4-0 against Faroe Island in October 2020 making him eligible to switch to Nigeria. A switch which he said he will consider with the World Cup fast approaching.

Despite Bournemouth missing out on promotion, Billing was one of their stars playing a total of 36 games where he scored 8 goals and also had six assists.

I have seen so much with DBU and the national team in recent years, so I did not expect to come to the European Championships, but I was hoping for that. It’s the European Championships, and it’s huge. And then right in Denmark. It’s a boy’s dream, says Billing.

Fresh from becoming the first African woman to win the UEFA Women’s Champions League Asisat Oshoala has jumped in on the men’s final which will take place this Saturday between Manchester City and Chelsea.

Oshoala was a part of the Barcelona Femenino who blew Chelsea 4-0 to lift the Women’s Champions League on the 17th of May. The 26 year old played as a second half substitute in the game.

Yesterday she sent her words of congratulations to Samuel Chukwueze who lifted the UEFA Europa League following Villarreal’s 11-10 win over Manchester United on penalties after both teams stayed locked at 1-1 after extra time.

“ I’d like City to beat Chelsea in UCL final but it’s a season to support our brothers and sisters. Go Tammy”, a follower with the name Anijah Augustine posted under her congratulatory message to Chukwueze.

“ Let’s be guided ooo….Tammy deny us ooo🙄🙄🙄”, She replied referring to the decision of the Chelsea striker to snub Nigeria for England despite the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announcing that he has agreed to play for Nigeria.

A comment which as expected generated a lot of reactions from Nigerians who are fans of both teams ahead of the Saturday showpiece.

23 year old Nigerian Theophilus Ugwu has been sentenced to death in Vietnam for attempting to smuggle drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam.

He was arrested in March last year when he was found transporting 12 bags containing meth from Cambodia to Vietnam in Tay Ninh’s Ben Cau District. The meth weighed around 5.92KG.

Speaking after the arrest he confessed that he came to Cambodia last year February to start his professional footballer career but in March he got close to another African, who promised to help him play for a top club in Cambodia.

The said African gave him a bag to deliver in Vietnam using a route that is less travelled but he was busted by the police and in court he admitted that he got $1,000 to transport the bag but didn’t know that it contained drugs.

Those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or cocaine or over 2.5 kg of methamphetamine could face capital punishment. Production or sale of 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of any other illegal substance is also punishable by death.

Former assistant coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Daniel Amokachi has hit back at claims made by former Super Eagles midfielder Raheem Lawal on why he was dropped from the team that won AFCON 2013.

The former Osmanlispor midfielder alleged that head coach Stephen Keshi wanted to take him to the tournament but it was Amokachi who blocked it in favour of players he has interest in.

Lawal in a series of rant of social media accused the coach of masterminding his axing from the squad in favour of players that he want to use the tournament as an avenue to trade.

Amokachi who was very influential as assistant to Keshi refuted the allegations saying Lawal who was then based in Turkey lack the discipline the team need to progress at a tournament like that.

“ I showed the news to Amokachi and he laughed over it before telling me that Lawal is being economical with the truth. He said the main reason was indiscipline. Everyone who knows him can testify”, a source close to the coach told Owngoalnigeria.com.

“ Same Lawal played for the team for two years after the tournament with Amokachi as assistant. He knows he is not saying the truth. That team was built on discipline, unity of purpose and togetherness. He lacked all three.

“ It’s not in Amokachi’s style to hit back at spurious and unfounded allegations. Lawal played for Nigeria in 2016, three years after the AFCON triumph and same issue of indiscipline restricted him to just 47 minutes in the friendly games against Mali and Luxembourg respectively. He never got a look in since then”, he concluded.

Coach of Villarreal Unai Emery has dropped Nigeria international winger Samuel Chukwueze from his squad for tomorrow’s Europa League final against Manchester United.

Chukwueze picked up an injury in their second leg semi final clash against Arsenal putting his participation in the final in doubt, he however returned to training a lot earlier than expected.

Despite his return he was in a race against time to be fit for the game and it appears he has fallen short of the time he need to be properly fit for the game as he wasn’t included in their squad list for the game tomorrow.

He will travel with the rest of the team to Gdańsk, the venue of the final but he will watch on from the stand as his team aim to pick up their first silverware under Emery who was appointed in the summer.

Nigeria international Paul Onuachu has been voted the player of the year in Belgium after scoring 33 goals in the recently concluded season.

The 26 year old Nigerian beat the duo of Nao Long of champions Club Brugge and Raphael Holzhauser of Beerschot to the award which was voted for by players, coaches and club directors of all the top flight team in Belgium.

Onuachu is still the favorite to cart home the Ebony Shoe award which is reserved for the best player of African origin in the league. An award he is expected to add to his golden boot after emerging as top scorer.

Widely expected to depart the team before the close of the summer transfer window owing to interest from teams playing in top European league. He has pegged his salary demand to €4 million.

The coach of the senior national teams of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has officially released the name of the eight players dropped dropped from his initial squad of 31 players called up for the friendly game against Cameroon next month.

Ahead of the game in Austria, the coach via a press release by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed that only 23 players will make the trip to Austria for the two legged friendly game against Cameroon.

Few hours ago he made the list officially and went a step further by including the duo of Frank Onyeka of FC Midtjylland and Valentine Ozornwafor of Galatasary. Both players were not in the initially 31 man provisional list released by the coach.

Dropped Players:

Kevin Akpoguma
Ikechukwu Ezenwa
Samuel Chukwueze
Semi Ajayi
Kenneth Omeruo
Zaidu Sanusi
Joe Aribo
Sadiq Umar

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Coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has dropped eight players from his provisional list of 31 players called up for the international friendly game against Cameroon in Austria.

Ahead of the June 4th clash, the coach in the unveiling of the squad by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed that eight players will be dropped from the squad before the game.

After the conclusion of the major European Leagues yesterday, the coach has picked the players who won’t be available for the game but three more players still need to be dropped from the team.

Already Sadiq Umar, Kenneth Omeruo and Moses Simon won’t be available as they will be involved in promotion playoffs for their team with the Spanish based duo pushing for promotion. Simon will be involved in relegation playoff with Nantes.

As for the local players two in Anayo Iwuala and goalkeeper John Noble both of Enyimba were in Abuja to process their visa to Austria earlier today. Noble’s visit to the Austria embassy could mean that Ikechukwu Ezenwa won’t be in the party.

Other players expected to miss out in the list include Henry Onyekuru who didn’t have the best of time at Turkish side Galatasary and Paul Onuachu who will likely be getting married around that time.

One of the duo of Samuel Chukwueze and Peter Olayinka is expected to miss out with doubts surrounding the availability of the recuperating Chukwueze which we gathered was why Olayinka was called up in the first place.

Former Chelsea full back Celestine Babayaro says Wilfred Ndidi should push for a move away from Leicester City if he receives offer from a team in the UEFA Champions League.

Ndidi has stamped his authority as one of the most respected defensive midfielders in the English Premier League for the past three seasons but it hasn’t been okay for Leicester to play in the UEFA Champions League.

Speaking to Owngoalnigeria.com, Babayaro said the 24 year old should be looking for an exit this summer as he deserve to play for a top team playing in Europe premier club tournament.

“ Ndidi has grown the past two years. He is at his peak and the time to move is now. When he gets to 25 and above most clubs won’t see the need to invest heavily on him as his resale value would have dropped”, he said.

“ If an offer comes in from a top team. I will advice him to take it up and move to a new challenge. If Leicester see his willingness to leave they won’t stop him. He should hand in a transfer request if need be”.

Highly respected scout of Italian Serie A side Roma Miriam Peruzzi is among 11 scouts in Abuja for the DN10 in collaboration with TBC sponsored scouting tournament.

Sighted at the venue of the tournament which is the Aguiyi Ironsi cantonment, the soft spoken lady explained her mission to Nigeria and why she picked the West Africa country as her destination for talent scouting.

“ Nigeria is by far one of the best countries when it comes to producing footballers with their population of over a 100 million. It’s only normal that we have talented footballers in that number”, she told Owngoalnigeria.com.

“ So far we have seen some talented players but we hope to see more who we can take to teams around Europe because we cover Spain, France and Germany as well not just Italy”, she concluded.

She praised the Nigerian agent Babawo Mohammed who is behind the initiative as one of the most hard working in the continent who has for seven years kept the tournament running.You can find the list of licensed and provably fair Bitcoin Casino sites at Bitpunter.io.