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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
The 2013 African U17 qualifier between Nigeria and Guinea in Calabar will now kick off on Sunday by 2 pm local time. The match was shifted forward from the usual 4 pm kick-off to 2 pm at the instance of the Guinean delegation who wish to return to Lagos immediately after the match on Sunday […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
*Liberian coach boasts *Says: we’ve no respect for your Eagles Liberian coach, Smith Kaetu declared yesterday that they have no respect for the big name players in the Eagles squad. He added that Liberia was here to get the desired result and qualify for the 2013 Nations Cup in South Africa. The Lone Star coach […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Nigerian legend Nwankwo Kanu, was the surprise presence at the Super Eagles closed door training session on Thursday evening at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar. Spotting his trade mark African plaited hairdo, Kanu was in company of his younger brother Ogbonna, and took time off to shake all the players before and after the […]
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Monday, October 8th, 2012
Nigeria have qualified for the 19th African Youth Championship to be hosted in Algeria next year following the Flying Eagles 3-1 victory over Amajita of South Africa in Ilorin, Kwara State on Sunday. Nigeria, the defending champions and six-time winners of the tournament, picked the ticket to Algeria 4-2 on aggregate. The Flying Eagles took […]
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Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Nigeria again failed to advance beyond the quarter-final of the U-17 Women’s World Cup after falling to France 5-4 on penalties at the competition in Azerbaijan on Thursday. At the last edition held in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010, Nigeria were stopped by Korea Republic in the quarter-finals. The team have never made it to […]
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
When the Super Eagles take on the Lone Star of Liberia in the final round of 2013 AFCONqualifier on October 13 in Calabar, the Nigerians will be facing a highly motivated side. The Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who is the chief Patron of the Lone Star has approved a $150,000 US Dollars (N23.7m) bonus for […]
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Sunday, September 30th, 2012
By Solomon Nwoke THE hope of Liberia’s Lone Star launching the Manchester City striker Alex Nimely in the crunch duel against the Super Eagles on October 13, in the final round, second leg clash of the 2013 AFCON qualifier in Calabar hit the rocks Friday as the Liberian FA was unable to establish contact with […]
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Friday, September 28th, 2012
SUPER Eagles’ head coach, Stephen Keshi, says he includes Chelsea midfielder, Mikel Obi in his 38-man list for the decisive Nations Cup second leg qualifier against the Lone Star of Liberia because the player is prepared to defend the national colour. Mikel has never played for Nigeria under Stephen Keshi due to one excuse or […]
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Friday, September 28th, 2012
NIGERIA’S U-17 Women football team, the Flamingoes will swoop on Colombia in today’s fnal Group A match of the ongoing FIFA Women U-17 World Cup in Azerbaijan which is very crucial to both countries. With four points acrued from their first two matches against Canada and host Azerbaijan, the Nigerians must avoid losing to the […]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
LAGOS – Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has been recalled for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at home against Liberia. Mikel opted out of the 2-2 draw in the first leg in Monrovia earlier this month but he has been recalled for the October 13 return game to be played in Calabar. Mikel […]