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Sunday, October 12th, 2014
A former skipper of the Super Eagles, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, has expressed disappointment with the senior national team, over the 1-0 loss to Sudan in the African Cup of Nations Qualifiers in Khartoum on Saturday. The two-time BBC African Footballer of the Year described the defeat as confirming his worst fears that “football is […]
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Babatunde Michael Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has confirmed attacking midfielder, Babatunde Michael, will not be part of the game against Sudan in Khartoum on Saturday. The Volyn Lutsk player has been ruled out of the crucial 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier after failing to recover on time from the injury he sustained with […]
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Sunday, October 5th, 2014
Arsene Wenger Arsene Wenger has described Arsenal’s 6-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea as ‘horrendous’ but the Frenchman is confident his side can turn the tables when they travel to Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Wenger’s side were humiliated by their rivals on his 1,000th game as Arsenal manager last season. And despite an unbeaten start to the Premier […]
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Sunday, October 5th, 2014
By Tony Ubani Ex-international, Victor Ikpeba was among the galaxy of stars who witnessed Delta FA Chairman Melvin Amaju Pinnick enthroned as the President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Ikpeba was happy with the decision of the delegates to vote a young man who loves challenges, a young man who could bring corporate organisations to support football, a man […]
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Saturday, September 27th, 2014
Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama | credits: liveofofo.com Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama is back to lead the Super Eagles against Sudan in Nigeria’s third game in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers as coach Stephen Keshi named 24 players for the crucial encounter. Enyeama was unavailable, due to familyengagement, for Nigeria’s games against Congo and South Africa earlier this […]
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Saturday, September 20th, 2014
Cameroon, Cote ‘d Ivoire and Guinea were named as future hosts of the Africa Cup of Nations by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) yesterday, by the executive committee meeting of the continent’s soccer ruling body meeting in Addis Abba, Ethiopia. Cameroon will host 2019 finals and 2021 edition will be in Cote ‘d Ivoire. In an […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
After romping to two consecutive wins in the 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign, Congo have boasted that African champions, the Super Eagles cannot catch them again in the race to secure a place in the tournament, slated to hold in Morocco. Nigeria’s forward Peter Odemwingie (3rd-R) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Nigeria national team coach Stephen Keshi says he still believes that John Obi Mikel is a vital cog in the Super Eagles side, despite the midfielder’s lack of game time at his club, Chelsea. Mikel has not been overly influential during Nigeria’s first two 2015 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying games, which have seen the Super Eagles […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Former Super Eagles coach Christian Chukwu has said that it was going to be difficult for the Super Eagles to qualify for next year’s AFCON in Morocco. While expressing disappointment with Nigeria’s 0-0 draw against South Africa in Wednesday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Chukwu said that the Eagles have put themselves in a […]
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Monday, September 8th, 2014
MANCHESTER (AFP) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Monday he wants to start trials on giving coaches the right to “challenge” referee decisions during a match.The system, backed by television monitors, could be tried at the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand next year and Blatter said he would like to find a national league […]
