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Keshi Ponders New Players Ahead World Cup Qualifier

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KeshiCOACH Stephen Keshi may invite new players to replace those, who have withdrawn from the Super Eagles’ games in June due to injury, an official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has disclosed.

The Eagles, who play a friendly against...
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Onazi Eyes Italian Cup

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SUPER Eagles star, Ogenyi Onazi, has told MTNFootball.com he hopes to win the cup in Italy tomorrow at the expense of local rivals, Roma.

Lazio will tackle Roma Sunday and Onazi, who has shrugged off an injury to be in the squad for the final...
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Our Boys, Their Scorecard In England

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Mikel-25_5_13Over the years since John Chiedozie made his name with Tottenham Hotspur in the 1980s, Nigeria has been aptly represented in the major European football leagues. From the pioneer steps of Stephen Keshi in the Belgian League to last season when two...
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Akpoborie, Iroha, Eguavoen Set For Heineken Planet

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THE UEFA Champions League 2012/13 season comes to a glorious denouement Saturday at the Heineken Champions Planet with the final match of the competition between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.

Over a span of three months, visitors to...
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Elegbeleye – New DG Of The NSC – A Ray Of Hope? 

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Elegbeleye-25-05-13IT is Thursday night. I have never been more depressed with the state of my country than I am at the present. These past couple of months I have observed unprecedented developments in the Nigerian political landscape that continue to assume...
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Delta Agog As Students Vie For Governor’s Cup

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SAPELE was a beehive of activities yesterday when Dom Domingo clashed with Edjekota Secondary School in the third place match of the 2013 Delta State Governor’s Cup. But officials of the state’s sports council say Tuesday’s final game in...
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SuperSport Rolls Out Programme For Action Packed Weekend

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IT'S going to be an all-out war for control of the remote this weekend as SuperSport jampacks just about everyone’s favourite sport into two days of viewing.

Football fans will get to see 10 grueling months of the football season come to a...
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Ojelabi Foundation Donates Table Tennis Equipment, As Omoluabi Tourney Ends

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THE biennial table tennis championship for secondary schools in Ojo, Iba and Awori Local Councils of Lagos tagged “Omoluabi Talent Hunt” has been concluded with outstanding schools getting sports equipment.

The three-day championship was...
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Jonathan to launch NASCOM’s Rhythm ‘N’ Play June 6

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AS part of its nationwide grassroots sports development campaign, National Academicals Sports Committee (NASCOM) will on June 6 gets the Presidency backing for its noble initiative, when President Goodluck Jonathan launches Rhythm N’ Play in...
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Obuh drops Ajagun, others from Toulon tourney squad

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FLYING Eagles Coach, John Obuh has dropped several key players, including skipper, Abduljaleel Ajagun and striker, Umar Aminu, from the squad billed to participate in next week’s Toulon Tournament.

Others dropped are goalkeeper, Jonah Usman...
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Damilola Taylor FC, three others vie for MRS U-12 football trophies

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ON Monday May 27, the Children’s Day, the Campos mini stadium will come alive when four teams battle in the final games of the maiden edition of the MRS Under-12 Kids soccer competition.

For the top prize, Damilola Tailor FC of Mainland will...
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MasterCard unveils UEFA Champions League final ticket winners

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FOR making use of their MasterCard debit card in transactions, the company has rewarded four cardholders with an all-expense-paid trip to Wembley, England, to watch this year’s UEFA Champions League final match between FC Bayern Munich and...
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Adopt-A-Talent  athletes excited over presidential reward

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TWO athletes from Lagos State’s Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme were part of the athletes that received monetary rewards from President Ebele Goodluck Jonathan for making Nigeria proud at the recently held African U-18 Athletics Championship in...
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Asaba agog as Easy Starter five-aside fiesta hits town

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IT was time for music, dance and unbridled fun in Asaba, Delta State when the third edition of Etisalat’s Easy Starter fiesta, which featured a five-aside football competition, berthed at the St Patrick’s School Complex recently.

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3SC coach vows to win continental ticket

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HAKEEM Busari, who was confirmed Thursday as 3SC’s head coach, has promised a continental ticket for the Oluyole Warriors.

“We hope this year to win a continental ticket, which we have been craving for a long time,” said Busari, who has...
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