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Monday, August 31st, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates the national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, on their victory over Angola in yesterday’s final of the FIBA Africa Basketball Championship in Tunisia. President Buhari joins other sports-loving Nigerians in applauding D’Tigers’ exhilarating 74-65 victory over their Angolan opponents which also secured Nigeria’s qualification for the men’s basketball event at next […]
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Sunday, August 30th, 2015
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Nigeria National League side Plateau United Football Club of Jos, are only 90 minutes to gaining promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football league. The Jos base side beat Kogi United 1-0, on Saturday evening at the Rwang Pam Township stadium in Jos, with the goal scored by John Kim, as early as […]
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Saturday, August 29th, 2015
Chelsea’s poor start to the season continued as they lost 2-1 at home toCrystal Palace. The Premier League champions had won just one of their opening three games and they struggled to create clear chances in the first half against Alan Pardew’s Palace. The Eagles grew in confidence in the second half and took the […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun – Barcelona striker, Lionel Messi has won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. Messi defeated two other contenders, including Luis Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo to clinch the prestigious prize. Prolific goal striker, Messi finished level on goals with Real Madrid star, Ronaldo and a team mate, Neymar in Europe in 2014/15. The […]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – Irked by the perpetual abysmal performance of the Rangers International FC of Enugu, its supporters club, Tuesday took to the street to express their feelings about the development. They called for the immediate dissolution of the club’s management so as to make the Flying Antelopes a force to reckon with […]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
Liverpool maintained their unbeaten start to the Premier League season as they played out a thrilling goalless draw with Arsenal at Emirates Stadium. In a game littered with chances, brilliant goalkeeping and defensive mistakes, it was almost beyond belief that neither side could carve out a victory and deliver an early psychological blow among the […]
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2015
Usain Bolt produced perhaps his greatest performance of all as he put a troubled build-up behind him to beat favourite Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title. The controversial Gatlin came into the final on a 28-race unbeaten run and apparently relishing his role as the sport’s bad guy. But at the same Bird’s […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2015
Manchester City laid down a significant early marker in the Premier League title race with a commanding dismissal of champions Chelsea at Etihad Stadium. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s turbulent week – shaped by the controversy surrounding the demotion of medical staff Eva Carneiro and Jon Fearn – ended in misery as he saw his side […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The two million naira cash gift given to Rangers International FC of Enugu on Friday by the state governor, Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi has torn the club apart over sharing formula. AFRICAN EXAMINER Sports reports that some officials of the Enugu club side, had on Friday morning after their training at […]
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The board of Nigeria Premier League (NPL) defending champions, Kano Pillars, has sacked its coach, Okey Emordi, for poor performance. The club slide in a statement signed by its media officer, Idris Malikawa, said the new board headed by Kabiru Baita approved Emordi’s dismissal. According to the statement made available […]
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Saturday, July 18th, 2015
The Super Falcons on Saturday in Abuja struggled to a 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea in the first leg match of their 2016 Olympic Games qualifying fixture. In the match played at the National Stadium’s main bowl, the Falcons really struggled to stamp their authority and put the match under control. With the visitors threatening […]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2015
Former Super Eagles’ captain Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh resumed life as Head Coach of the team on Wednesday, with a clear message to the generality of Nigerians: “I come to serve my country, not to wage a war.” There were several questions and insinuations at Wednesday’s colourful official presentation ceremony bothering on Oliseh’s perceived ‘stubborness,’ but […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
The League Management Company has named the yet-to-be-unveiled Highest Goal Scorer trophy for the Nigeria Professional Football League after Super Eagles legend Rashidi Yekini. LMC Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, said in a statement that the decision to name the trophy after the late striker was made by the board in order to immortalise the player […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2015
Sunday Oliseh is in advanced talks with the Nigerian Football Federation over becoming the new Super Eagles coach. The 40-year-old former midfielder, who captained Nigeria and won 63 caps, is set to be appointed in the coming days. The NFF have acted quickly to fill the vacancy following the sacking of Stephen Keshi on Saturday. […]
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Sunday, July 5th, 2015
Stephen Keshi’s contract as head coach of the Super Eagles has been terminated, the Nigeria Football Federation has announced. The 53-year-old who was re-appointed as the country’s senior national team coach in April was kicked out on Saturday evening, with assistant Salisu Yusuf and the Technical Directorate of the NFF led by Amodu Shuaibu to […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2015
By Adebiyi Adeseye – Apart from the popular Sports and Movie academies which are meant to discover and train the young and upcoming stars, another “catch them young” sports concept has been conceived and unveiled in Lagos. Referred to as Kiddies Olympic, the sport initiative was hatched by some Lagos based Creative arts experts with […]
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Sunday, June 28th, 2015
AfricanFootball.com can exclusively reveal that ambitious Portuguese side, CD Aves has tabled offers for Flying Eagles stars, Akinjide Idowu and Zaharadeen Bello. Defensive midfielder Idowu and central defender Bello featured at the recent FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. A source informed AfricanFootball.com that Bello’s club Dabo Babes of Kano was studying the offer […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
Fifa.com – Departing Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has pin-pointed his omission against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League as the moment he decided it was time to leave. The 35-year-old had already been told by manager Brendan Rodgers his game-time would be managed, but the midfielder was desperate to play against the defending European […]
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Saturday, June 13th, 2015
NIGERIAN defender David Faramola Oniya on Saturday collapsed on the pitch and died after playing a few minutes at a local friendly match in Malaysia. Oniya, 30, went down about three minutes into the game for T-Team and was pronounced dead at hospital around half-an-hour later, the club`s chief executive told the media. “There was […]
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Thursday, June 11th, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi – The Nigerian Flying Eagles have crashed out of the ongoing U-20 World Cup Football tournament, in New Zealand. Nigerian side was defeated early Thursday morning by their Germans’ counterpart with a lone goal in the 15th minute of the first half of the match, in which the Nigerian side lost so […]
