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Falcons to play in Abuja Against Namibia

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 21st, 2011

Assistant General Secretary (Competitions) of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi said on Monday that the Federation had already communicated the venue and date of match to world football governing body, Fifa. “The match is an Olympics qualifier and we had to communicate early enough to the world football –governing body on date […]

Pillars sour continental weekend

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 21st, 2011

Kano Pillars were beaten 2-0 late on Sunday night to take the gloss off what should have been a fine weekend for Nigerian clubs in continental competition. The Nigeria runners-up were beaten 2-0 away to Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca and now face an uphil battle to progress in the CAF Champions League. But it was better […]

Enyeama has been ruled out of this weekend’s 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 21st, 2011

Enyeama played no part in Hapoel Tel Aviv’s match on Sunday night after picking up an injury. “He is out for two weeks,” assistant coach Simon Kalika confirmed, but said there will be no replacement, with Dele Aiyenugba and Rotimi Sunday available. But a replacement has been called up in midfield, where Obiorah Nwankwo has […]

Enyimba, Sunshine battle for honours

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, March 19th, 2011

Two Nigerian club sides, Enyimba International of Aba and Sunshine Stars of Akure, are primed for action in today’s Orange CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup respectively, seeking for tickets to compete in next stages of those championships. Whereas Enyimba takes on Union Sportive of Bitam, Gabon in an away fixture in the Champions League, […]

Obagoal leads Birmingham’s assault against Wigan

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, March 18th, 2011

Birmingham looks up to Super Eagles’ ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’, Obafemi Martins, to bury Wigan Athletic and further dash the team’s hope of maintaining a grip on the English elite division. Blues, as the Birmingham side is fondly called, could have been well above the relegation mark, but for the 2-3 loss it suffered in […]

Eagles must qualify for Nations Cup –Enyeama

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Nigeria’s Footballer of the Year, Vincent Enyeama, is already looking forward to the Super Eagles qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations championship to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea after receiving his AIT Award on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. Elated Enyeama who, arrived late to the venue, Hotel Presidential, for the award […]

NFF begs Rivers, Taraba govts to fund F/Eagles’ camping

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is relying on state governors to bankroll the extended camping for the Flying Eagles players and officials, following the indefinite extension of the African Youth Championship (AYC) formerly billed to hold in the crisis-hit Libya. Disclosing this to Daily Sunsports in Abuja, the chief media official of the FA, Ademola Olajire, […]

Martins returns to Eagles

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Obafemi Martins’ cup-winning feat with Birmingham City has been promptly rewarded with a recall by coach Samson Siasia. Martins has been overlooked by the Super Eagles since a disastrous outing at last year’s World Cup in South Africa, but a top team source has now revealed that ‘Obagoal’ will be picked for this month’s Nations […]

Give me another chance, Kaita begs Siasia

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 7th, 2011

Nigeria international Sani Kaita has again rued “the worst mistake of my life” when he was sent off at last year’s World Cup and has revealed he looks forward to a Super Eagles recall to show how sorry he is to his country. kaita In an interview with MTNFootball.com, the midfielder asked Eagles coach Samson […]

Nigeria/Ethiopia clash: NFF may throw open stadium

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 7th, 2011

The nation’s soccer governing body, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may throw open the National Stadium, Abuja to give the Super Eagles total support in the March 27 Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia. The federation’s first vice president, Chief Mike Umeh, in an exclusive chat with Daily Sunsports said since Abuja had been chosen as the […]