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Sunday, August 25th, 2013

Malawi coach Tom Saintfiet is to report Stephen Keshi to Fifa after the Nigeria coach called him “a white dude who should go back to Belgium”. The pair have been arguing since Malawi asked Fifa to move next month’s crucial World Cup qualifier from Calabar for safety reasons. Saintfiet told BBC Sport: “It is unacceptable […]
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Sunday, August 25th, 2013

Super Eagles players celebrating | credits: File copy Some Super Eagles players have accused one of the coaches of the national team of extorting money from players through his wristwatch business. Our correspondent learnt that the coach would buy the wristwatches at cheap prices in Europe, only to sell them at ridiculous rates for the […]
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

The committee set up by the Minister of Sports Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi to investigate the bonus disagreement in Windhoek, Namibia between the Super Eagles and the Nigeria Football Federation has blamed the players; their coach Stephen Keshi and the NFF officials. The panel headed by a former Presidential spokesman and Chairman of Thisday Editorial Board, […]
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Tuesday, August 20th, 2013

Lagos – The Nigeria Football Supporters Club says it will mobilise fans across the country to cheer the Super Eagles to victory during the World Cup qualifying match in Calabar. The Eagles are scheduled to take on the Flames of Malawi on Sept. 7 at the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar in a World Cup qualifier. […]
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Thursday, August 15th, 2013

In a spate of six months, Nigeria lifted a second trophy on South African soil after the Super Eagles defeated hosts Bafana Bafana 2-0 in the 2013 Nelson Mandela Challenge on Wednesday night. The first trophy was won in February when they grabbed the African Nations Cup under the same coach, Stephen Keshi. The first […]
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Friday, August 9th, 2013

Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike and Chelsea’s Kenneth Omeruo have dropped out of Wednesday’s Mandela Challenge match against South Africa in Durban. Super Eagles team official, Dayo Enebi Achor, said, “He (Emenike) may have been at the club before but he is highly valued in Turkey and he has requested that he be allowed to settle […]
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2013

SUPER Eagles hitman, Emmanuel Emenike will earn 2.4 million Euros a year as a Fenerbahçe player. Both Russian club Spartak Moscow and Fenerbache have agreed a transfer fee of 13 million Euros for the 2013 AFCON top scorer. The former Karabukspor of Turkey forward will be unveiled today. He is returning to the Turkish club […]
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Sunday, August 4th, 2013

The build up to the August 14 Mandela Challenge prestige clash between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and South Africa’s Bafana Bafana has started to reach the real actors of the game, with Chelsea of England’s Victor Moses, declaring that he has missed his colleagues in the national team and cannot wait for the Mandale […]
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Saturday, August 3rd, 2013

By Oluwashina Okeleji BBC Sport, Lagos Nigerian club Sunshine Stars say English Premier League side Arsenal have never asked them to take Godfrey Oboabona on trial. Media speculation last week suggested not only did the Nigeria defender turn down the offer of a trial and but he criticised manager Arsene Wenger too. “I never said […]
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Friday, August 2nd, 2013

Nigeria international, Vincent Enyeama, has been declared first choice goalkeeper at French Ligue 1 side, Lille Metropole for the 2013/14 season. According to L’Equipe, Lille manager, Rene Girard, has decided to put Enyeama ahead of Frenchman, Steeve Elana in the pecking order of goalkeepers at the club. “Vincent Enyeama (30 years) will be the number […]