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Frustrate Namibia’s game plan, Okoku charges Eagles

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EAGLES-21_03_13AS Nigeria’s Super Eagles file out against their Namibia counterpart in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers Wednesday in Windhoek, Flying Eagles former star, Paul Okoku, has charged the team to diffuse the game plan of the Namibians.

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Mba, Bassey get World Cup duties

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•As Glo charges Eagles to go for victory

AS the Super Eagles battle Namibia Wednesday for a place in the next round of the World Cup Qualifiers in the Africa zone, FIFA has also appointed Nigerians in various capacities to handle matches across...
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Namibia’s camp in disarray, as coach quits over threat to life

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PalmgrenNAMIBIA Coach, Roger Palmgren, has quit his position barely 48 hours to the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier against the Super Eagles, saying he fears for the safety of his family after receiving death threats.

“The President of the Namibia...
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Jamaican, British athletes arrive for Warri CAA Grand Prix

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AS top athletes from Great Britain, Jamaica and the United States (U.S.) arrive in Warri, Delta State Tuesday ahead of Friday’s CAA Golden Grand Prix, the government and people of Delta State have promised to make the visit a memorable one for...
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Tragedy hits Warri Wolves, as player dies in car crash

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FEW hours after beating visiting 3SC of Ibadan 2-0 in their Week 17 League game at the Warri City Stadium on Sunday, players and officials of Warri Wolves were thrown into mourning following the death of their defender, Solomon Oboh.

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FG wants EFCC to prosecute match-fixers

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AS part of its efforts to reposition the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), the Federal Government says it is talking with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute league managers found guilty of match...
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Oyedeji, Diogu lead D’Tigers to Stankovich Continental Cup in China

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CAPTAIN of the national men’s basketball team,  D’Tigers, Olumide Oyedeji, and his assistant, Ike Diogu, will lead 13 others to the ninth FIBA Stankovich? Continental Champions’ Cup slated for China later this month.

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Quadri inches closer to Portuguese league title

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THE three years search for title by Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri in the Portuguese table tennis league may be getting closer after the former African champion inspired GD Toledos to a 4-1 win over defending champion, Sporting Club in the first leg of...
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Auden Kangimi wins Access Bank/UNICEF Polo Charity Shield

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NEW comers, Auden Kangimi, at the weekend defeated ambitious Keffi Ponys in a tense final at the Fifth Chukker field, Kaduna, to win their first ever Access Bank/UNICEF International Polo Tournament’s Charity Shield.

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NFF sure of Eagles’ victory in Windhoek, denies rift with players

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AMADUTHE Super Eagles are primed to defeat Namibia when they clash in a Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier on Wednesday, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has assured.

The NFF, which at the weekend denied reports that there were rifts between the...
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NCF plans London training tour for Team Nigeria

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THE Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has revealed that the national team would soon begin a tour of London to train and play some exhibition games in preparation for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cricket League (WCL) Division Six...
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Relays/CAA Golden Prix fever grips Warri

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JUST a few weeks after hosting the maiden Africa Youth Athletics Championship, Warri will once again draw the world’s attention when it hosts the 2013 Relays/Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Golden Grand Prix.

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Be good ambassadors, MTN tells US, Canada-bound footballers

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ASIDE reading their books for good grades in their new schools, telecommunications outfit, MTN, has also charged the young footballers going to United States and Canadian schools to be good ambassadors of Nigeria.

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Don’t Lose Focus, Maigari Charges Eagles

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Maigari• Team Arrives Windhoek

AFTER scooping the maximum points against Kenya in Nairobi on Wednesday, President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari has charged the Super Eagles not to lose focus of the three points at stake when they...
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Keshi Picks Nine New Players, Seven Home-Based Stars, Brazil Unveils Squad

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KeshiCOACH Stephen Keshi Friday released the names of players he will use for the forthcoming Brazil 2013 Confederations Cup, with nine of the boys, who played at the last African Nations Cup missing from the team.

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