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KESHI SNUBS MIKEL, OSAZE, YAKUBU

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Super Eagles' Head Coach, Stephen Keshi yesterday named Skipper Joseph Yobo and 10 other overseas-based professionals for the three 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches coming up next month.

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BUSY SCHEDULE KEEPS KESHI OUT OF ODEMWINGIE’S WEDDING

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Keshi
Super Eagles' Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, has emphatically said that he would not attend Nigerian international, Peter Osaze Odemwingie's forthcoming high-profile wedding billed for England.

Big Boss said tight schedule for the preparation of Eagles for various matches would not allow him to honour such an invitation if it had been extended to him.

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WORLD/NATIONS CUP QUALIFIERS

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Aiyegbeni
Relegated Blackburn Rovers' striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, might not be a part of the foreign-based players expected to make the list of the Super Eagles' team that would prosecute the World and Nations Cup qualifiers against Namibia and Rwanda billed for next month at the U.J

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CONFEDERATION CUP: HEARTLAND LOST TO CAF NOT LEOPARDS - IMO SPORTS COMMISSIONER

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Action during the soccer event at the recently concluded Enugu State Zonal Sports Meet at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium.

Imo State Sports Commissioner, Hon. Ken Emelu, is blaming the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for Heartland's exit from the CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday in Congo.

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NFF EARMARKS N100M FOR FA CUP

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

In its determination to rebrand football in the country, the Nigerian soccer governing body, NFF, has raised the level of sponsorship of the FA Cup competition, earmarking a whopping N100 million to prosecute this year's tournament and perhaps return the glamour associated with the oldest football competition in Nigeria.

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STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT PITCHES, LAWAL TELLS KESHI, PLAYERS

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Ex-international, Garba Lawal, has argued that considering the playing career experience of most Nigerian footballers, the hullabaloo about artificial pitches in most Nigerian stadia ought not be an issue of serious concern, reminding the Super Eagles players and the head coach, Stephen Keshi, that they were products of street football.

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CONFEDERATION CUP: LEOPARDS DEVOUR HEARTLAND, WOLVES

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Two Nigerian club sides, Heartland FC of Owerri and Warri Wolves have been bundled out of the Confederation Cup, ending the nation's aspirations to have a representative to win the CAF Confederation trophy.

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HAWKES, ODEGBAMI, SLOW POISON, BOAMAH MOURN APPIAH

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Former coach of IICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan from 1974-79, Mr Alan Hawkes and some members of the 1976 squad that won the first continental trophy for Nigeria, have reacted to the death of the team's former player, Mr Joseph Appiah, who died in a private hospital on Saturday morning in Ibadan.

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NFF RAISES SECURITY ALARM OVER FA CUP

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said that Boko Haram insurgency and the general security concern in the country posed serious challenges to the venues for this year's FA Cup competition, assuring that the federation will not prosecute any match in any unsafe stadium.

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Manchester City Win Barclays Premier League Title

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

MANCHESTER CITY WON THE BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE FOR THE FIRST TIME

...Roberto Mancini's side pip neighbours United on afternoon of astonishing drama

Manchester City were crowned champions of the Barclays Premier League after an afternoon of astonishing drama at the Etihad Stadium.

Roberto

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Premier League Season Reaches Judgement Day

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

MANCHESTER CITY'S VINCENT KOMPANY (L) AND CARLOS TEVEZ (C) CHALLENGE MANCHESTER UNITED'S PARK JI-SUNG DURING THEIR ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER MATCH AT THE ETIHAD STADIUM IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND APRIL 30, 2012.

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ANOTHER SHOOTING STAR PLAYER, JOE APPIAH, DIES

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Tragedy has again befallen the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), Ibadan, as another former player, Joe Appiah, died Saturday morning, the same day that the eighth day fidau of another former ace of the club, the late Rashidi Yekini, held.

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DESIRE TO SCORE, SHAKE NET FOR YEKINI

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Oparanozie
Desire Oparanozie wears jersey No. 9 in the Falconets, the same jersey number the late Nigeria's all-time goal king, Rashidi Yekini, who passed on penultimate Friday in his hometown, Ira in Kwara State, wore in his playing days in the Super Eagles.

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DAY RANCHERS FANS ALMOST KILLED ME -LINUS MBA

Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:28

Linus Mba
The name, Linus Mbah, is now synonymous with refereeing. He is in every consideration a father figure in the Nigerian referee family after paying the price and meticulously climbing through the ranks.

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