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Westerhof blasts Oliseh, says he cant take Nigeria to World Cup

Former Nigeria head coach Clemens Westerhof has said Sunday Oliseh can’t take the national team to the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia. Westerhof, who won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations title with the Super Eagles in Tunisia, made his stance known after Nigeria beat Swaziland 2-0 on Friday. ...

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Golden Eaglets win FIFA u-17 World cup again

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have won the 2015 U17 World championship. They beat Mali 2-0 at the finals which was played in Chile in the early hours of Monday morning. The Cup triumph means that the Nigerians have successfully defended the title they won two years ago in the UAE. Congrats ...

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Yaya Toure blasts African football players

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure says some African footballers need to show more desire to make it to the very top of the game. Toure, 30, is in the running to win the African Footballer of the Year award for a fifth time after the list of nominees was cut ...

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I Believe I’m Better Than Messi � Cristiano Ronaldo

One of the most decorated footballers ever, Cristiano Roanldo, has lashed out at his closest rival when it comes to modern day football, Lionel Messi, by saying he believes he is better than him. Roanldo said this while speaking to top Spanish newspaper El Pais during an interview held back ...

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John Fashanu: “I paid my brother Justin �75,000 to prevent him coming out as gay”

John Fashanu has shamefully revealed how he responded to his brother becoming the first British football star to come out as gay � by paying him �75,000 to keep quiet. The former Super Eagles striker made the shock admission a week after it emerged two top footballers including an England ...

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Emenike’s retirement a big shocker for me-Oliseh

Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh, has said he was shocked when he heard of the sudden retirement of Emmanuel Emenike from the Nigerian national team. Oliseh told Sports Radio Brila FM on Wednesday. �It was a big shocker for us and a big shocker for me personally… ...

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Quitting Super Eagles was not an easy decision but…-Emenike

Super Eagles striker, Emmanuel Emenike has opened up on his decision to quit the Super Eagles. The 28 year old told BBC Sport �It was not an easy decision. I didn’t think my international career would come to a sudden end, but that is life,” �Sometimes it’s better to remove ...

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Vincent Enyeama, Ahmed Musa make CAF Player of the Year list

Super Eagles’players, Ahmed Musa and Vincent Enyeama have made the Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2015 African Player of the Year Glo-CAF award list. The list was released yesterday from the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Other players listed for the African Player of the Year Award includes England-based stars ...

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NFF may ban social media use in Super Eagles camp

Enyeama announced on social media that he was quitting Super Eagles before he even informed his coach or the NFF of his decision and this has prompted the Nigerian football governing body to consider putting a restriction on use of social media in Super Eagles camp henceforth. NFF president Amaju ...

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Enyeama returns to Eagles

Super Eagles keeper and captain, Vincent Enyeama, who Thursday, October 8 announced his retirement from the team has agreed to return. Enyeama’s decision to return was taken yesterday in Belgium after a three- hour meeting with the presi�dent of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick. Pinnick told Sunday Sunsports exclusively ...

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‘I’m 100% convinced Enyeama will return to Super Eagles’ – NFF chairman

NFF chairman Amaju Pinnick said he is convinced Nigeria’s number one goal keeper, Vincent Enyeama, who quit last week, will return to Super Eagles. “I had a good conversation with him yesterday and I am 100% convinced he will come back to the Super Eagles. He spoke to Oliseh on ...

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Photo of Enyeama after a closed door meeting with NFF leaders in Belgium

Enyeama was in Belgium yesterday to speak with the leadership of NFF about his faceoff with Sunday Oliseh. There are plans for him to come back and train with the Super Eagles at the camp. Enyeama is pictured above with NFF President Amaju Pinnick and other officials.

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Vincent Enyeama Apologises to Nigerians in New Instagram Post

Vincent Enyeama resigned from being captain/player of the Super Eagles two days ago. He’s still got a lot on his mind to say about what happened but he wants us all to know what he did was in Nigerians’ best interest.

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Sunday Oliseh finally speaks on his face-off with Vincent Enyeama

Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has finally told his own side of story regarding the issues he had with goal keeper, Vincent Enyeama, which saw Enyeama leaving the camp in Belgium yesterday Oct. 8th and quitting the team. In an interview with NFF’s media officer, Oluwatoyin Ibitoye, Oliseh said “Its ...

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We will not beg Enyeama � NFF

Following Vincent Enyeama’s retirement from the Super Eagles team,the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has insisted they will not talk to Vincent Enyeama, about returning to the Super Eagles.According to the News Agency of Nigeria, spokesman for the NFF Ademola Olajire, was quoted as sayin �We heard about his quitting the ...

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Enyeama confirms he was thrown out of Eagles camp by security

Super Eagles goal keepers took to his Instagram page to confirm yesterday’s reports that he was thrown out of the Eagles camp by security. He wrote; “After 13years of national service, having this smiles on my face and this passion in my heart. through the billows, the waves of the ...

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Sunday Oliseh makes Ahmed Musa Super Eagles captain

In an interview with Brilla FM this morning, Super Eagles Coach, Sunday Oliseh announced his decision to make Ahmed Musa the captain of Super Eagles. His announcement comes after he and goal keeper and Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama had a faceoff in their camp in Belgium yesterday. “There is no ...

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger splits from wife

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has split from his wife.The Gunners chief and long term lover Annie, 59, are said to have agreed a financial package and divided up their assets. The couple, who have an 18-year-old daughter have not been pictured together since 2013. He has previously admitted that his ...

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Taribo West Admits He Used Juju During His Footballing Career

Former Super Eagles defender Taribo west in a recent interview with Punch admitted he did consulted Babalawo and Mallams for traditional charms popularly called Juju. When asked if he was involved in juju usage, he said �Of course yes (I was involved). I don’t know why people decline to talk ...

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Segun Odegbami declares interest to run for FIFA presidency

One of Nigeria’s greatest footballers, Segun Odegbami has declared his interest to run for FIFA’s president. An election will hold in Zurich Switzerland on February 26th 2016 to determine who will be the next President of the World Football governing body. A statement from 63 year old Segun Odegbami today ...

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