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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Coach of Syli Nationale of Guinea, Michel Dussuyer and his players, who are currently perfecting their strategies in France, are talking tough ahead of Saturday’s Nations Cup cracker in Abuja. Dussuyer says he is not feeling any pressure playing with the Super Eagles of Nigeria. “It’s a good thing that we are still ahead of […]
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

On his return to the national team for the first time since March, Coach Samson Siasia has given Osaze Odemwingie license to kill when Guinea come calling this weekend for Nations Cup qualifying match in Abuja. Siasia welcomed Odemwingie back to the sqaud just before the team’s first training session, with a charge to pile […]
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011

With Nigeria’s all-important game a matter of days away, former Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Alhaji Sani Toro, has called on the federal government and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to make security for the Guineans a top priority. Toro, said the importance attached to the game made it imperative for Nigeria to ensure that security […]
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Nigeria has been left ‘deeply disappointed’ after CAF poked the country in the eye by handing South Africa the rights to host the 2013 Africa Nations Cup tournament. On Tuesday, CAF’s Executive Committee decided to approve an arrangement between South Africa, host of the 2017 tournament, and Libya, where the North Africans would swap places […]
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Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Where is Mike Obi?His stunning free kick won Heartland their last FA Cup final 23 years ago. Then they were Iwuanyanwu Nationale, a team that dazzled in the Nigerian scene, winning the league in three successive years and also making impact in the continent. Those were the days they were ably led by Prince Lemmy […]
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

SUPER Eagles coach, Samson Siasia is now contemplating recalling Obafemi Martins and Yakubu Aiyegbeni to join the Super Eagles ahead of the must win encounter against Guinea next month. The move comes against the backdrop of the superlative performance of both players for their clubs in the past days. Obafemi scored in Rubin Kazan’s 3-0 […]
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

DESPITE an apology for his revolt against the team’s travelling plan for the tie against Madagascar in Antananarivo early this month, Super Eagles goalie, Vincent Enyeama will not be part of the squad when it confronts Guinea. The Eagles are up against the Syli Nationale in a must win 2012 Nations Cup qualifier billed for […]
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

The decision of the Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Samson Siasia, to exclude Nigeria’s first choice goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, from the list of players to prosecute the crucial Nations Cup tie against the Syli National in Abuja, has put strong line of divide among the members of the executive board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). […]
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

With her 13 points lead in the Nations Cup Group 2 qualifying series, Guinea is not ready to surrender the ticket to Nigeria’s Super Eagles when both sides file out in a make or mar encounter next month in Abuja. According to Nichel Dussuyer, coach of Guinea’s national team, his boys were prepared to die […]
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Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Nigeria are to write to CAF next week seeking a change in kick-off time for their final 2012 African Nations Cup qualifying match against Guinea in Abuja. CAF have fixed the game for 14h00 local time on Saturday March 8 to kick-off simultaneously with the game between Ethiopia and Madagascar in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia […]