Taiwo Awoniyi will miss Nigeria’s international friendlies against Saudi Arabia and Mozambique next week in Portugal due to a groin injury. The three-time African champions are billed to face Saudi Arabia next Friday before battling Mozambique three days later. The Nigerian striker was not included in Nottingham Forest’s matchday squad against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Speaking prior to the encounter …

Despite scoring in every game in August, Nigeria’s Taiwo Awoniyi did not do enough to beat James Maddison to the Premier League’s Player of the Month award. Awoniyi scored in every match during the month in review, with goals against Arsenal, Sheffield United and Manchester United putting the Nottingham Forest striker in the mix for the award. Tottenham’s James Maddison …

Taiwo Awoniyi has been shortlisted for the Premier League Player of the Month award for the month of August. The 25-year-old striker has scored three times totalling 184 minutes in four games for Nottingham Forest this season, stretching his impressive scoring run from last term to seven consecutive Premier League matches — the third African player to do so after …

Liverpool legend Michael Owen has hailed Taiwo Awoniyi for his late-season goal flurry, which was a huge factor in helping Nottingham Forest avoid relegation in the just concluded English Premier League (EPL) season. Awoniyi found the net for the fourth game in a row as Forest were forced to a 1-1 draw by Crystal Palace on Sunday as he finished …

Manchester City won the English Premier League for the fifth time in six seasons after second-placed Arsenal lost 0-1 at Nottingham Forest on Saturday. A second consecutive defeat for the Gunners left Mikel Arteta’s men still four points adrift of City with one game left for them to play. Nigerian international Taiwo Awoniyi’s winning goal also had huge ramifications at …