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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.

The footballers are winners of...
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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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At Last, A Presidential Initiative To Save Grassroots Sports

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Play-1AT the Presidential Retreat for Sports organized by the Federal Government last November, virtually everybody at the forum admitted that the neglect of grassroots sports development had taken its toll on Nigerian Sports. The occasion afforded...
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Harambee Stars Versus Super Eagles – The Jinx Lives On!

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No Nigerian expected a different result. No Nigerian entertained even the faintest possibility of an upset in Nairobi. Many warned but very few expected anything but the defeat that the Super Eagles handed their Kenyan opponents last Wednesday in...
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Warri Wolves Accuses Akwa United Of Foul Play, Wants LMC’s Intervention

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THE Vice Chairman of Warri Wolves FC, Kenneth Nwomucha, has called on the League Management Company (LMC) to invoke the relevant rules governing the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on Akwa United following an alleged attack on the...
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Skye Bank, Barcelona Fans’ Club Partner On Sports Development

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IN what looks like a departure from the usual fanfare associated with fans club, Skye Bank and FC Barcelona Fans Club has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on sports development and community-based programmes.

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Victor Ikpeba: ‘Monaco Prince’ raised on Sapele fields

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VICTOR-1-31-05-13Super Eagles former winger cum striker, Victor Nosa Ikpeba, belongs to the golden and nostalgic era of Nigerian football when the national teams were a force to reckon with in African football. Fondly called the ‘Prince of Monaco’ by his...
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Jonathan launches Rhythm ‘N’ Play, reaffirms commitment to grassroots development

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PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has, once again, reaffirmed his commitment to grassroots sports development in the country, saying getting the talents early would help Nigeria to build world champions.

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Globacom hails Eagles’ performance against Kenya

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS operator, Globacom has congratulated the Super Eagles for recording an important away win against the Harambee Stars of Kenya in the World Cup Qualifying match played on Wednesday in Nairobi.

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Three U.S.-based athletes to strengthen Team Nigeria squad

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THREE junior athletes based in the United States of America are expected to hit Team Nigeria’s camp in Port Harcourt by June 18 to join others in preparing for the fast approaching 11th Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) Africa Junior...
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It’s not over yet, Musa warns Eagles

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ahmed-musa• Palmgren plans to upset Nigeria

SUPER Eagles hero in Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Harambee Stars in Nairobi, Ahmed Musa, says it would be foolhardy to underrate Namibia when both teams meet in a World Cup qualifier next...
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Nigeria beats Kenya, moves closer to Brazil 2014 World Cup

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AHMED-MUSA-SCORES-06-06-13CSKA Moscow star, Ahmed Musa, was the hero Wednesday in Kasarani, Nairobi, where the Super Eagles defied all the antics of the Harambee Stars to emerge 1-0 winners in the Group F Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier.

Musa, a double winner in the...
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