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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Following what they termed political commitments, Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has pulled out of the U-23 Olympic team camping sponsorship arrangement with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for the return leg of the All Africa Games qualifier encounter against Liberia. The head of technical of the federation, Emmanuel Ikpeme, disclosing this to Daily Sunsports […]
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

An executive member of Ghana Football Association and head of the team’s delegation, Jordan Anagblah, has ruled out Nigeria from the possible winners of the AYC. The Flying Eagles defeated the Black Satellites of Ghana 2-1 on Thursday but Anagblah was not convinced Nigeria’s performance was better than that of Mali and Cameroon, who have […]
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

AS Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia cris-crosses the entire Europe scouting for young Nigerian-born players for the team, Eagles forward Osaze Odemwingie has said even though he was born outside the country, playing for Nigeria was not negotiable. In an interview with fifa.com, the West Brom player said he had no other option other than […]
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

The late footballer, Olufemi Adebayo’s mother, Mrs. Titilayo Adefemi, yesterday, lamented that it was a long time she saw her son even before his sudden death on Monday. Mrs. Adefemi, speaking at the family home in Ikorodu, Lagos, regretted that she would not see her son alive again. She revealed that she had not set […]
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

The Cubs of Cameroon will be clashing with group leaders, the Flying Eagles of Nigeria today in a game pundits have dubbed the final before the finale in the 2011 CAF Orange African Youth Championship tournament. Nigeria and Cameroon, two African giants, will be seeking their second victory after beating Ghana and Gambia respectively in […]
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Monday, April 18th, 2011

Holders Ghana got off to a bad start at the African Youth Championship (AYC) when they were defeated 2-1 by arch rivals Nigeria on Monday. Innocent Uche Nwafor scored both goals for the Flying Eagles in Group B to secure their first ever win over the Black Satellites. The Enugu Rangers attacker put Nigeria in […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

John Mikel Obi is confident he will reclaim his place in the Chelsea midfield ‘with hard work’. The Nigerian has lost his place in the Chelsea starting lineup and is now behind Michael Essien and Brazilian Ramires in the pecking order for the holding midfield role. But as the Blues get ready to face Manchester […]
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Friday, April 8th, 2011

Super Eagles starlet Ahmed Musa has been named in Nigeria’s 21-man squad to compete at the 17th African Youth Championship later this month. Musa is one of seven players who play football outside the country. Head coach John Obuh has named a squad that includes three goalkeepers, seven defenders, four midfielders and seven strikers. […]
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Friday, April 8th, 2011

Osaze Odemwingie has apologized to Samson Siasia for last week’s headline-grabbing twitter rant. The WBA forward angered the Nigeria coach when he left camp a day after playing an African Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia, and just before a friendly against Kenya. Hearing of Siasia’s displeasure, the striker responded with a withering barb on his […]
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Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Under-23 Olympic Dream Team’s Chief Coach, Austin Eguavoen, has invited six foreign-based and 14 home-based players for the second leg of the All Africa Games and 2012 England Olympic Games qualifiers against Equatorial Guinea billed for Malabo this weekend. According to the the media officer of the team, Arafat Aliu, PSV Eindhoven’s midfielder, Rabiu Ibrahim, […]