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Friday, August 29th, 2014
Nigeria Football Federation is again courting the wrath of the Federation of International Football Associations as it has again flouted the decision of the world football governing body as regards the present crisis which has engulfed the secretariat. The world football governing body on Friday rejected the controversial election of August 26. FIFA said in […]
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
Babatunde Michael bids war torn Ukraine goodbye 0 BY OUR REPORTER ON AUGUST 27, 2014 ·SPORTS African Football.com can exclusively reveal Nigeria’s World Cup star, Babatunde Michael is now finally on his way out of Ukrainian club, Volyn.Babatunde had been a summer transfer target for several top European clubs and he had not been registered by his club […]
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Monday, August 25th, 2014
Germany has won the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup for a record-equalling third time after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Nigeria at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, Canada. Lena Petermann scored the title-winning goal eight minutes into extra time to settle a match that, like the semi-final against France, had seen the Germans outplayed for long stretches. […]
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
The win sends Peter Dedevbo’s side into the final in Montreal on Sunday, while Korea DPR will also make the trip west to compete in the play-off for third place. The North Koreans managed to keep the match within reach throughout the first half, despite Dike’s early strike, before the Nigerians ran away with the […]
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Monday, August 18th, 2014
The Guinea Football Federation has announced that it will play its 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo in Morocco. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) ordered the match to be played at a neutral venue due to the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Guinea. The Group E tie will be played […]
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Monday, August 18th, 2014
By MONICA IHEAKAM on August 18, 2014 · Sports The Confederation of African Football (CAF), Sunday announced the disqualification of Rwanda from the Morocco 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches. Rwanda was in Group A along with South Africa, Nigeria and Sudan, but will now be replaced by Congo, which it had defeated in […]
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Friday, August 15th, 2014
Nigeria has moved up a spot from the 32nd position they occupied last month to the 33 rd position in the latest rankings released by FIFA yesterday. The Super Eagles have 673 ranking points, nine points from last month’s 664 points, to move up one step in the table despite not playing any match since […]
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Friday, August 15th, 2014
World soccer governing body, FIFA has again ordered the return of the impeached president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari. FIFA in a letter ad- dressed to NFF scribe (which Daily Sunsports is in possession of) stated that the sacked NFF boss must preside over the August 26 congress. While regretting the […]
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
By MONICA IHEAKAM on August 12, 2014 · Sports Ahead of their August 13 last group game against England, Nigeria’s Falconets on Monday arrived Edmonton, one of the cities hosting the Canada 2014 FIFA U-20 women’s world Cup. The team, which flew aboard a Canada North Airline, is camped at the Delta Edmonton South Hotels […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 31, 2014 – Just before the World Cup began, most Nigerians, including my humble self, never believed that the national team, the Super Eagles, would advance beyond the group stage. The team was, however, ousted in the second round of 16. Their ouster from the tournament notwithstanding, […]
