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World/Nations Cup qualifiers: Keshi drops Aiyegbeni

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, May 25th, 2012

Date: Thu, 05/17/2012 – 12:16 Relegated Blackburn Rovers’ striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, might not be a part of the foreign-based players expected to make the list of the Super Eagles’ team that would prosecute the World and Nations Cup qualifiers against Namibia and Rwanda billed for next month at the U.J Esuene Stadium, Calabar. Sources at […]

Drogba gets World Player of the Week award

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

UEFA Champions League hero, Chelsea’s Didier Drogba, has been named Goal.com’s 157th World Player of the Week. It seemed that it was written in the stars. Drogba is one of the most decorated players in Chelsea’s history, scoring arguably the club’s most important goal ever. The English side won the Champions League for the first […]

Champions League win my greatest moment — Mikel

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, May 21st, 2012

Mikel Obi has said Saturday’s Champions League win was the greatest moment of his life as he became the third Nigerian to record the feat. Mikel’s Chelsea beat favourites Bayern Munich in front of their home fans on penalties to win their first-ever Champions League trophy. The Nigerian star was in the thick […]

Drug bust on Iberia flight prevent Eagles from flying out to Peru

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, May 21st, 2012

It was like a soap opera on Saturday night when the Super Eagles’ much publicised trip to Lima, Peru, for an interrnational friendly was halted by the arrest of a drug suspect by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), aboard an Iberia Airline in Lagos. The Eagles led by Head Coach Stephen Keshi flew […]

Yobo to miss Eagles’ matches

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Yobo Injured Super Eagles skipper, Joseph Yobo has been ruled out of next month World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers. “Yobo has been ruled out of the all the June matches as his club has confirmed he will be sidelined for at least a month,” team spokesman Ben Alaiya confirmed to MTNFootball.com Eagles coach Stephen […]

London 2012 Olympics’ Torch arrives Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Saturday, May 19th, 2012

The Olympics’ Torch has arrived Nigeria as part of the countdown to the London 2012 Games. Speaking at the event in Abuja, the Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Giles Lever, said the torch represented peace wherever it goes. He said it symbolised the power of sports to overcome divisions between countries and religions […]

Keshi drops Mikel, lists injured Yobo

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, May 18th, 2012

May 18, 2012 by Kazeem Busari 15 Comments Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has unexpectedly left out Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi and other English Premier League players, except for Wigan’s Victor Moses, out of the team that will face Namibia, Malawi and Rwanda in the 2014 World Cup and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers […]

World/Nations Cup qualifiers – Keshi drops Aiyegbeni

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Aiyegbeni Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Relegated Blackburn Rovers’ striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, might not be a part of the foreign-based players expected to make the list of the Super Eagles’ team that would prosecute the World and Nations Cup qualifiers against Namibia and Rwanda billed for next month at the U.J […]

NFF earmarks N100m for FA Cup

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

In its determination to rebrand football in the country, the Nigerian soccer governing body, NFF, has raised the level of sponsorship of the FA Cup competition, earmarking a whopping N100 million to prosecute this year’s tournament and perhaps return the glamour associated with the oldest football competition in Nigeria. Daily Sunsports scooped that the staggering […]

Abdul-Rashid Omo Yekini: An ‘Own’ Goal – By Prince Charles Dickson

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson, Soccer, Sports Monday, May 14th, 2012

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies–Elie Wiesel I have waited for all to pour in the tributes, lamentations, all the ‘had I know’, ifs and how come. Plenty lies, praise, buck-passing and as usual the good morning at night of government and its officials. All the half-truths, propaganda and truth that we […]