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Edovie retains FHA tennis title 

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DEFENDING champion, Lucky Edovie retained his FHA Tennis Championship singles title after beating last year losing finalist Charles Didimakon 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 to win his fifth crown.

Backed by spectators, which included the President Okey Agu, the...
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Fans hail Dubic as Enyimba, 3SC clash

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FOOTBALL fans, who trooped to the Enyimba International Stadium, Aba, to watch their team against 3SC of Ibadan, went home fulfilled as Dubic Lager beer thrilled them with lot of fun and entertainment during the star match on Sunday.

Dubic, which...
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Kenya pegs back Nigeria, as Namibia maintains unbeaten run

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THE Nigerian national Under-19 team, which defeated Sierra Leone by four wickets at the on-going Pepsi ICC-Africa U-19 World Cup qualifying series in Uganda, suffered another setback yesterday when they lost to Kenya in their third match by 142...
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Keshi drops five Eagles ahead Mexico friendly

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MOSES-MIKEL• Team departs for U.S. Tuesday

SUPER Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi is expected to drop about five players as the team prepares to depart Frankfurt today for the international friendly match against Mexico in Miami, Florida...
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Del Bosque wary of Nigeria, Mexico, names provisional squad

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SPAIN Coach, Vicente del Bosque has warned his players to be ready for the battles of their lives if they hoped to add the Confederations Cup to the World Cup and European Championship’s titles in their custody.

Spain is drawn in the same group...
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NBBF invites 12 players for Afrobasketball Championship

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TWELVE home-based players started camping yesterday in Abuja ahead of the African Nations Cup Afrobasketball for men.

The players invited from Savannah Conference are Stanley Gumut of Markmentors, Ohiero Michael (Markmentors), Abubakar Usman...
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Ahmedu, zonal reps fault NBBF election procedure, threaten legal action

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STILL baffled by the way the federations’ elections were conducted, Proprietor of Dodan Warriors Basketball Club, Sam Ahmedu, and the zonal representatives have vowed to use all means available to correct the anomaly during the election.

Ahmedu...
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Moses, Torres, others counsel youths at Samsung’s Dream the Blues

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SUPER Eagles star, Victor Moses and his Chelsea team-mates, Fernando Torres, Oscar and Juan Mata have described the Samsung Dream the Blues Campaign has a worthwhile experience for kids.

The quartet, who are Dream the Blues ambassadors were...
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17 clubs ready rumble as Access Bank/UNICEF Charity Shield Polo tourney gallops off

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THE Fifth Chukker Polo Club, Kaduna, now wears a new look waiting for the arrival of horses and players billed to feature in this year’s Access Bank/UNICEF Charity Shield polo tournament, the organisers have said.

The competition is in its...
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NSC, stakeholders fault NFF bill

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Abdullahi-PTHE National Sports Commission (NSC) and some stakeholders in Nigerian football during the Senate Committee on Sports’ public hearing at the weekend kicked against the passage of the bill seeking full autonomy for the Nigeria Football Federation...
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Eaglets’ Success set for record Udinese move

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UDINESE have signed Golden Eaglets striker, Isaac Success on a record-breaking four-year deal worth 1.4 million Euros, MTNFootball.com has scooped.

A top source, who was part of the deal, told MTNFootball.com, “Udinese have signed Success on a...
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NBBF opens men’s camp, reappoints Bakare national team coach

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AHEAD the Afrobasketball Championship scheduled for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on August, the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Sunday opened the men’s training camp, which is expected to run till May 30.

In the camp are 12 players from...
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Weightlifting boss sets agenda for Elegbeleye

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WEIGHTLIFTING Federation President, Chibudum Nwuche has thrown his weight behind new Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Gbenga Elegbeleye, but he wants the former lawmaker to prove his critics wrong by lifting reposition...
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For New Federations’ Boards An Agenda From Stakeholders

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Ndanusa-PMinister of Sports/Chairman, National Sports Commission,  Bolaji Abdullahi, penultimate week inaugurated the boards of 20 federations in Abuja with a charge to them to work towards realising the task of winning five gold medals at the next...
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I Will Be There For You, Mikel Assures Keshi

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mikel-2-pg-back-ok-26-5-2013CHELSEA midfielder, John Obi Mikel, has told Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, that he would be available for next month’s Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Kenya and Namibia, as well as the Confederations Cup scheduled for...
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