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Thursday, September 4th, 2014
World soccer governing body FIFA, has given Nigeria until Monday, 8 September to solve all controversies concerning the country’s football federation or risk being suspended afterwards. In a letter sent to the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, FIFA Emergency Committee stated that Nigeria will be suspended with immediate effect if anybody claiming to have been elected […]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Ganiyu Nasirudeen The world Football governing body – FIFA is not hiding its opposition to the wranglings in, and present leadership composition of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as it Wednesday gave the country till September 8, 2014 to abide by its rules or slammed with another suspension from participating in its future tournaments. The […]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Danny Welbeck says he made the right decision by leaving Manchester United for Arsenal on transfer deadline day. The Gunners sealed a dramatic last-ditch £16m swoop for the England forward just minutes before Monday night’s 11pm deadline. Welbeck signed a five-year contract at The Emirates and brought manager Arsene Wenger’s frantic search for a new […]
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Robin van Persie has rubbished claims that his knee problems prompted Manchester United to sign Radamel Falcao, and insists he is looking forward to working with the striker. It was reported that manager Louis van Gaal was concerned about the Dutchman’s fitness, so much so that he would have required surgery. A lengthy lay off […]
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Friday, August 29th, 2014
…For insisting they will not play Sierra Leone in Abidjan over Ebola scare Ivory Coast will be disqualified from the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations if they forfeit their qualifier against Sierra Leone because of fears over Ebola. The Ivorian government will not allow the match, which is scheduled for 6 September in Abidjan, to […]
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2014
Eden Hazard has suggested that Diego Costa could be lying about his age as the Chelsea star believes his new teammate looks much older than 25. Costa is one of several new faces at Stamford Bridge this season after agreeing a £32 million transfer from Atletico Madrid earlier this summer. At 25-years-old, he is expected […]
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
Manchester United have broken British transfer record by signing Angel Di Maria on a five-year deal for £59.7m from Real Madrid. Posting the news on Twitter, the club revealed: “Manchester United is delighted to announce that Angel Di Maria has completed his transfer for a British record fee of £59.7million. Angel joins on a five-year […]
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
By Ayo Balogun The congress of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) scheduled for Abuja today could not hold afterall as the embattled glass house President, Aminu Maigari was quizzed by the security operatives. Today’s exercise was originally an election, scheduled to hold in Warri and put in place by new helmsman, but was on Sunday changed in an […]
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
Operatives of the Federal Fire Service have confirmed that that the report on the inferno that gutted the Abuja Secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation will be made available to authorities this week. In a chat with journalists at the scene, Assistant Controller General of the Service, Toyo Peter Adeoye, who made this known said […]
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Monday, August 25th, 2014
After weeks of delay, Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi and Sports Minister, Tamuno Danagogo have agreed on Monday to maintain “pre-contract talks”, while the former Green Eagles Skipper, remains in his current capacity. The new arrangement which implies Keshi will be fully in charge of the 2015 AFCON Eagles qualifier matches in September is also […]
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Monday, August 25th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the Nigeria’s under-20 women’s football team, the Falconets on their outstanding performance and for winning silver medal at the just concluded FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup tournament in Canada. The President in a statement Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, assured the team that […]
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Monday, August 25th, 2014
Lena Petermann scored in the eighth minute of extra time to lead Germany to a 1-0 victory over Nigeria to claim the under-20 Women’s World Cup at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday. The game finished tied 0-0 after 90 minutes. The victory is Germany’s third at this competition, after winning the event in 2004 and […]
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2014
Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi has opened up on his dragging renewed contract with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), complaining the glass house is prolonging the negotiation. Keshi who insists on monthly pay of N15 Million complained of delay and declared he would leave the country for a new coaching career, if the present situation […]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2014
Mario Balotelli has arrived at Liverpool’s Melwood training base after the Reds agreed a fee with AC Milan for the striker and is now set to put the finishing touches to his return to the Premier League. Liverpool officials agreed terms on Balotelli’s contract with his agent Mino Raiola Friday morning to give the green […]
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Thursday, August 21st, 2014
FIFA will move ahead with holding the Club World Cup competition in Morocco despite the Ebola outbreak currently plaguing parts of the continent. The world soccer governing body said on Thursday that there is no reason to relocate the Club World Cup from Morocco as it has not been hit by the Ebola outbreak currently […]
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
Asisat Oshoala was on fire, scoring four times as Nigeria made another history after hammering Korea DPR 6-2 in the highest-scoring semi-final ever seen at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Courtney Dike continued Nigeria’s habit of scoring early goals at the tournament, when the USA based forward hit the back of the net a […]
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Stoke City boss Mark Hughes insists new signing Victor Moses was not to blame for his unfortunate season at Liverpool. The Super Eagles forward has joined the Potters on a season-long loan from Chelsea and could make his debut against Hull on Sunday. Moses arrives with a point to prove after flopping while on loan […]
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Monday, August 18th, 2014
Nigeria has qualified for the final tournament of the Orange African Youth Championship – Senegal 2015, after Lesotho was declared losers for failure to show up for the third round first leg clash scheduled for Saturday, 16 August 2014 in Kaduna. CAF Secretary General, Hicham El Amrani in a letter addressed to the Lesotho Football […]
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Monday, August 18th, 2014
As Nigeria heeded the World Football governing body – FIFA to reinstate the sacked President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari, the embattled glass house resumed on Monday but not without mild drama. Report coming from African Examiner’s FCT Correspondent indicated that Maigari had expected to resume, with his office vacated by […]
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Saturday, August 16th, 2014
Either of Super Eagles midfielder John Obi Mikel or goalkeeper Petr Cech is likely to be axed by Chelsea in order to free up space for new signing Mehdi Benatia. For this reason, one of Petr Cech and John Obi Mikel look certain to be leaving Stamford Bridge this summer. The Blues are thought to […]
