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My advice to Keshi -Owolabi

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, July 1st, 2013

By EMMA NJOKU Ex-international, Felix Owolabi (MON), has advised Coach Stephen Keshi to go and study the tapes of Nigeria’s match against Ivory Coast and Mali at the last Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, insisting that the Super Eagles’ gaffer should pick his best squad from the players that featured in those two […]

Thompson Oliha’s widow reveals husband’s unfulfilled wish

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, July 1st, 2013

llorin – The wife of the late Thompson Oliha, Iris, said her husband had wished to live in the house promised the winning 1994 class of the Super Eagles. The bereaved wife in Ilorin in tears said that her late husband wished that he would be alive to take possession of the house promised the […]

Football fans urge Eagles to learn from Brazil’s humiliation of Spain

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, July 1st, 2013

Abakaliki – Football fans in Ebonyi have called on the Super Eagles to learn from the lessons of Brazil’s humiliation of Spain in the finals at the just-concluded FIFA Confederations Cup. The fans were reacting to the team’s 3-0 spanking of Spain in the match played on Sunday, which has made Brazil the favourite for […]

Forget Yobo, Osaze, Kojo tells Keshi

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, June 30th, 2013

By Tony Ubani Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi’s olive branch to out of favour Osaze Odemwingie and captain Joseph Yobo to rejoin the national team has hit a sour note with former chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Kojo Williams telling him to drop the idea. Keshi should forget about recalling Osaze and Yobo. […]

Eagles need a foreign coach – Kojo

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

BY JOHN EGBOKHAN Kojo Williams, a former chairman of the Nigeria Football association (NFA) has blamed the Super Eagles technical crew headed by Stephen Keshi for the ouster of the national team from the ongoing FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil. The African champions, defeated Tahiti 6-1 in their opening match but went on to suffer […]

Eagles go for Tahiti’s jugular

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, June 16th, 2013

Today in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, African champions, the Super Eagles will begin their Confederations Cup chase with a Group B match against Tahiti, who are the champions of Oceania. Sixty three years ago, the Brazilian city was the location for one of the biggest upsets in footballing history, USA’s win over England […]

We’ll shock Eagles in Nigeria – Malawi

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, June 14th, 2013

Malawi coach Eddington Ng’onamo insists the Flames have not given up hope of claiming a place in the final round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers despite the South-East African country trailing Nigeria in Group F by two points with one game to go. Ng’onamo said on Friday the Flames will do everything possible to […]

Eagles can stop Spain, Uruguay – Lawal (Just as you stopped small Namibia)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, June 14th, 2013

Atlanta ’96 Olympic Games gold medallist Garba Lawal says Nigeria should not be written off as FIFA Confederations Cup title contenders, insisting the Super Eagles can pull off a surprise performance at the tournament. The competition at tagged Festival of Champions kicks off in Brazil on Saturday with the 2014 World Cup hosts taking on […]

Drama as Eagles reject $5,000 bonus

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, June 9th, 2013

There was drama in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday, when the Super Eagles of Nigeria sounded a notice that they were not going to accept the revised winning bonus of $5000 as amended by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Speaking through their captain, Vincent Enyeama, the players claimed that they had not been officially informed and […]

Nigeria beat Kenya in World Cup qualifier

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Nigeria’s Super Eagles Wednesday beat hosts Kenya 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier return match in Nairobi. The eagerly awaited at the Moi International Sports Complex (MISC), in Nairobi, saw the Kenyans stand up to the African champions till the 85th minute when they succumbed to the lone goal. The cleverly executed goal was scored […]