Football star Thierry Henry quits professional soccer

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French soccer star Thierry Henry has announced his retirement from professional football after 20 years of playing for top clubs like Barcelona, Arsenal & France. He announced this on his Facebook page and said he will be returning to London to join Sky Sports as a football expert and ambassador.

“After 20 years in the game I have decided to retire from professional football. It has been an incredible journey and I would like to thank all the fans, team mates and individuals involved with AS Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona, the New York Red Bulls and of course the French national team that have made my time in the game so special. It is now time for a different career path and I am pleased to say that I will be returning to London and joining Sky Sports. I will hopefully share some of the insights, observations and experiences I have learnt over the years with you guys. I have had some amazing memories (mostly good!) and a wonderful experience. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.”

Henry remains France’s all-time top scorer with 51 goals from 123 appearances. During his time at Arsenal, he became one of the most feared strikers in the world, leading the team to two Premier League titles and three FA Cups. The multi-award winning Henry joined Barcelona and over four seasons there, he won two La Liga titles, a Copa Del Rey, the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA World Club Cup.




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Naija football legends pictured together ( see photos)

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From left Kanu Nwankwo, Austin Okocha, Celestine Babayaro, Victor Ikpeba, Vincent Enyeama and the last guy is who?

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Okocha, Western Union tell fans to ‘Pass For School’

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Nigerian legend Jay-Jay Okocha has teamed up with UEFA Europa League Global Part­ner Western Union to call on fans to go back to their school days and share their own childhood sports photos.

Every old sports photograph of themselves that fans share via Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #Pass­ForSchool before the end of the day on 21 November 2014 will automatically contribute a pass to the Western Union PASS initiative. In collaboration with UNICEF, the campaign converts every pass into funding for better secondary education for disadvantaged children around the world – and raises awareness for global education is­sues. All the photos, including those from Western Union ambassadors Okocha, Patrick Vieira and Tim Howard can be seen on http://ift.tt/1F1OaXK.

“The Western Union PASS initiative is a great cause and the #PassForSchool campaign is a fun way of allow­ing fans to be involved. But most importantly it high­lights to everyone how the funds are supporting better education in Nigeria and around the world”, said Oko­cha, who moved from Nigeria to Germany to play for Borussia Neunkirchen at the age of 17.

“I have great memories of playing on the streets of Lagos and at school in Nigeria when I was growing up. Moving to Germany to pursue my career was a tough decision, but my parents always encouraged me and sup­ported my decisions. When the opportunity came along, I didn’t hesitate. But not everyone has the chance to play football for a living so ensuring children have access to the best possible education is crucial. PASS can really make a difference.”

PASS has been turning every successful pass made during the Group and Knock Out Stages of the 2012/13 and 2013/14 UEFA Europa Leagues into better education for young people as part of the global payment service company’s commitment to deliver one million days of education during its three-year sponsorship of the com­petition. “Moving money for better is at the heart of what we do and our focus on education is an important part of that,” explained Marc Audrit, Head of Brand, Western Union. “The response from both the players and those within the game in general to PASS over the last two seasons has been extremely supportive, so this season we wanted to give fans the opportunity to start getting more involved and play their part.” “For many fans, the old photos they have of themselves playing football or other sports during their school days are a very positive reminder of the opportunities they enjoyed through edu­cation. Sport is also at the heart of many communities around the world and we’re calling on fans of every sport to contribute a pass by sharing their photos from when they were young.”.


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Lucky Escape : 3 fans cheat death in Uyo

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No fewer than three fans yes­terday cheated death in the struggle to buy the ticket to gain entrance into the mag­nificent Akwa-Ibom international Stadium for the Super Eagles Africa Nations Cup qualifier against visit­ing Bafana Bafana of South Africa.



An eye witness who narrated how the inci­dence occurred to Daily Sunsports said that the fans had stormed the old stadium in search of the limited number of match tickets and were strug­gling like thousands of others when the wall of the shops caved and fell on them.

It was very hectic for the Uyo fans who strug­gled to buy the match tickets hijacked by the black marketers and sold at a very exorbitant rate as they also spend hours on the long line at the entrance gate to gain en­trance into the stadium.

A source had while speaking to Daily Sun­sports attributed the problems of the scarce tickets on the handiwork of the fraudsters who printed many fake ones and put into circulation, adding that the state gov­ernment acted promptly to ensure that only the tickets with security numbers were accepted.

Speaking on the near tragic incidence, the eye witness noted that for the prompt intervention of the state officials who quickly rushed the vic­tims to St Luke Hospital, they would have been sent to their early grave.

“As I speak with you now, three of the vic­tims have been admit­ted in a nearby hospital, St Luke’s Hospital. It was such a serious issue because the wall of the shops caved in because of the large crowd surg­ing to buy the match tickets. The incidence happened at the old sta­dium,” he narrated



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Tunisia, South Africa, Cameroon qualify

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Tunisia, South Africa and Cameroon have secured their places at the 2015 CAF Africa Cup of Nations.

The Carthage Eagles 0-0 draw against Bostwana moved them to 11 points in Group G and ensured them of a top-two finish and quali­fication for the 17 January-8 February finals in Equatorial Guinea.

South Africa joined the AFCON 2015 train with a 2-1 win over Sudan in Durban.

Saturday’s quali­fier took place in the hometown of the late Senzo Meyiwa, the Bafana Bafana goalkeeper who was tragically killed last month, and the vic­tory allowed the Group A leaders to join already-qualified Algeria, Cape Verde and Tunisia.

Equatorial Guinea, named as hosts in place of Morocco on Friday, qualify au­tomatically for the 17 Janu­ary-8 February event.

Côte d’Ivoire boosted their chances of reaching the biennial African foot­ball showcase by thrashing Sierra Leone 5-1 in Group D at Stade Felix Houphouet- Boigny in Abidjan. Former Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou bagged a brace and Liverpool defender Kolo Toure, Max-Alain Gradel and Gervinho also scored for the Elephants.

A mid-first-half Musta­pha Bangura goal levelled the score after Toure — older brother of reigning African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure — struck on seven minutes. The second half was one-way traffic toward the goalmouth of the Leone Stars.

Côte d’Ivoire are second with nine points, one behind Cameroon and three ahead of Congo DR, who play in Yaounde Saturday. There are 12 qualifiers scheduled for Saturday with defending champions Nigeria need­ing a victory in Congo Brazzaville to have a realistic chance of qualifying. Algeria and Cape Verde Islands booked places at the three-week tournament last month.

Cameroon also made sure of a place in the African Cup finals in Equatorial Guinea with a 1-0 win over Congo. Ghana lost 1-0 in Ugan­da and Mali fell 2-0 in Malawi to keep them waiting until the final round of qualifying games next week.


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Love in The Air : Mikel Obi and girlfriend loved up in new photo

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Suspect freed : South Africa footballer Senzo Meyiwa murder case

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A South African court has withdrawn murder charges against a man arrested in connection with the killing of national football captain Senzo Meyiwa.

Zanokuhle Mbatha was arrested by a special police task team last month after a nationwide manhunt.

The magistrate ordered that he be released because that there was not enough evidence for him to stand trial.

Meyiwa was killed in a robbery at his girlfriend’s home in the township of Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg.

Two men allegedly entered Kelly Khumalo’s home on 26 October and demanded mobile phones before shooting Meyiwa during a scuffle.

The BBC’s Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg says the goalkeeper’s death caused a nationwide outcry with calls for stricter gun laws in a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world.

The day after the attack, police offered a reward of $23,000 (£14,000) for information about it and released images of two men suspected of killing Meyiwa, who also played for Soweto team Orlando Pirates.

Police placed a barricade of barbed wire around the court in Boksburg to help manage crowds ahead of Tuesday’s hearing and checked all cars entering the vicinity, reports South Africa’s Eyewitness News.

But Mr Mbatha, 25, also from Vosloorus, was not present in court.

“From the submissions made by prosecutor Getrude Market, the court has accepted that as of now there is not sufficient evidence to put Mr Mbatha to trial,” Magistrate Daniel Thulare Thulare said.

It is not clear if the Mr Mbatha will still form part of ongoing investigations.

But the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has conceded that it does not currently have enough evidence to prosecute him.

“When we were presented with the docket when the accused first appeared at the time we were of the view that we had sufficient evidence to place the matter on the court roll,” NPA spokesperson Nathi Ncube told the BBC.

“The accused had been identified in identity parade by two people but more information came to light and the information that was contained in the docket was inconsistent with the identification parade,” he said.

Our reporter says South Africa’s police have a reputation for bungling investigations and a successful arrest and prosecution would go some way to restoring the public’s faith in the law enforcement agencies.

(BBC )

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CAF drops Morocco as host of 2015 African Cup of Nations, throws out Morrocan team

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The Confederation of African Football CAF today dropped Morocco as host of the 2015 African Cup of Nations which is billed to start from Jan 17th-Feb 9th 2015 .

At an executive committee meeting which held this morning in Cairo Egypt, CAF's leadership said the decision to drop Morocco was as a result of the Moroccan authority's request to postpone the competition due to Ebola fears.



CAF leadership says they cannot postpone the competition and have withdrawn the rights of Morroco to host it. The Morrocan national team was also flung out of the competition. Find the statement from CAF as posted on their website after the cut...







At its meeting on 11th November 2014 in Cairo, the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has taken note of the response of the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Kingdom of Morocco in a letter dated 8 November 2014 requesting the postponement of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations in 2015.



This response clearly indicates that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation reiterated its refusal to hold the competition on the dates indicated (January 17-February 8, 2015). Therefore, having firmly and unanimously notified on 3 November its decision to keep the competition on the dates indicated, the Executive Committee confirmed that the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 will not take place in Morocco.



The Organising Committee of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations will later apply the statutory provisions that are required due to a breach of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation regulatory and contractual provisions, including those set out in the Host Association Agreement signed between CAF and the Royal Moroccan Football Federation in April 2014.



The Executive Committee took note of receipt by 10 November, 2014 of some applications of national associations confirming their desire to host the 2015 competition on the dates agreed. These applications are currently under review, and the Executive Committee will finalize the selection of the successful National Association shortly and confirm the place and date of the draw of the final tournament at the same time.



The Executive Committee confirms the continuation of qualifiers match-days 5 & 6, which will be held during the month (14/15 November and 19 November), paving the way for the qualification of the 15 teams that will be joining the team of the host country. Accordingly, and following the refusal of the Moroccan party, the Executive Committee has decided that the national team of Morocco is automatically disqualified and will not take part in the 30th edition of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations in 2015.


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Mikel Obi Celebrates Girlfriend’s Birthday With Friends As They Enjoy Dinner ( See Photos )

Mikel Obi’s celebrated his girlfriend’s birthday with a few friends as she turned a year older.

 Olga Diyachenko and Mikel were joined by their friends as they celebrated with her and enjoyed dinner.

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Enyeama, Musa, Toure, Adebayor nominated for CAF African player of the year

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Super Eagles players Ahmed Musa who plays for CSKA Moscow, Vincent Enyeama of Lille, France, Yaya Toure of Manchester City/Ivory Coast, Asamoah Gyang of Ghana and Emmanuel Adebayor of Togo have been nominated for the 2014 CAF African Player of the Year, while Ejike Uzoenyi of Rangers International, Enugu, is the only Nigerian shortlisted in the 20-man list of Africa-based Player of the Year.

Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the nominees in Cairo on November 6th. The Awards Gala will take place on 8 January 2015 in Lagos. Hope Enyeama wins..

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We’ll play Enyimba like champions – Pillars

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Kano Pillars have sounded a note of warning to Enyimba Inter­national not to expect an easy game in tomorrow’s last fixture of the season invoving both sides at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba.

Enyimba currently second on the Glo Premier League log behind Pillars, needs victory to secure the position for a ticket to campaign in the lucrative CAF Cham­pions League next year; but win or lose tomorrow, Pillars will be crowned cham­pions for the third consecutive season.

However, Media Officer of the Kano side, Idris Mailikawa, told League Unlim­ited that his team is not in Aba for a tea party, stressing that Enyimba should not expect to get the Champions League ticket on a platter of gold.

“For the avoidance of doubt, if Enyimba do not take time, the second position and a Champions League ticket may elude them,” Mailikawa warned.

“I can assure you that Kano Pillars will play like true champions in Aba to prove why we have won the league for three consecutive seasons. It might interest you to note that we resumed training imme­diately after our match against Nembe City which we won 4-0.That tells you that we’re taking the game against Enyimba seriously,” he disclosed.

Interestingly, tomorrow’s clash will pitch two former Africa Coach of the Year; Kadiri Ikhana (MON) and Okey Emordi, against each other. Both veteran tacticians won the CAF Champions League with Enyimba International in 2003 and 2004 respectively.

Both coaches boast of enough qual­ity players in their respective squads. While Ikhana has the trio of new Nigeria League goal king, Mfon Udoh, defender, Bright Esieme and midfielder Sokari fresh from the Super Eagles’ squad that played

against Ghana on Friday in Uyo, Emordi equally has the home-based Super Eagles’ trio of Goalkeeper Theophilus Afelokhia, midfielder Rabiu Ali and defender Umar Zango.

Pillars, under the tutelage of Moham­med Babaganaru, lost their last league games in the last two seasons despite emerging champions. In 2011/2012, the Kano side lost 2-1 to Sunshine Stars of Akure at the Ijebu Ode Stadium on the last day of the season while Lobi Stars beat them 2-0 last season at the Emmanuel Atongo Stadium in Katsina-Ala.

Will Emordi change the story tomor­row?.


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Keshi begged for his back-room staff ( Says Pinnick )

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President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has debunked reports that Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi over ruled back-room appointments made by the NFF.

The board of the NFF upon sacking Keshi appointed new back-room staff for the Eagles, but Keshi’s dramatic return to his post nullified all employments.

Those affected by the change effected by the return of Keshi include the media officer Toyin Ibitoye and team coordinator Garba Lawal.

Keshi’s coming also nullified the appointments of Salisu Yusuf and Gbenga Ogunbote as assistants as the big boss choose to work with his trusted allies.

He also brought back Sylvanus Okpalla who was fired by the past board after the Nations cup triumph as one of his assistant. Pinnick insist the changes were allowed by the NFF because Keshi pleaded to have his familiar team behind him due to the crucial nature of the remaining two games.

“It’s not correct for anyone to say Keshi over-ruled the NFF, his employers, that’s a misnomer,” he said in Abuja.

“The truth is Keshi appealed to me to allow him have the complement of his usual staff for the remaining two games.

“I thought over it and agreed, there is no way he could have over-ruled the board.”



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West Ham Utd football stars strip for FeelEmFriday ( See Photos )

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see West Ham United football players stripped completely nude as they practiced their ball skills yesterday – to launch The UK Sun Newspaper ‘Feel ’em Friday’ campaign to get men checking themselves for testicular cancer

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FIFA writes Pinnick, congratulates Kano Pillars

LATEST UPDATE: FIFA writes Pinnick, congratulates Kano Pillars



World football –governing body, FIFA has kept its pledge of monitoring intensely events in Nigeria football, as the body on Thursday congratulated newly –crowned Nigeria Premier League champions, Kano Pillars.

In a letter addressed to NFF President, Mr. Amaju Pinnick and personally signed by FIFA President, Mr. Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA commended the entire Kano Pillars family for a job well done and also highlighted the capacity of football to transform societies.

“I know that behind this success are the belief and effort of everyone involved. This is a true team victory, and all of you deserve to share in the accolades: the players and coach of course, but also the technical and medical staff, and not least, the loyal fans. The dynamism and commitment of the Kano Pillars team have enabled them to win this title for the 3rd time in succession.

“Football is proving more than ever that it can transcend traditional boundaries to become a real driver of development. It enables players at all levels to develop their individual skills, tactical understanding and personal dynamism, all the while strengthening team spirit.

“Football is truly a school for life and I am convinced that everyone, and in particular the young people of today, can benefit from playing football on both a social and personal level. That is why I urge them all in Kano Pillars to continue their work, leading the way on this path of success. Football is helping to build a better future and I wish to thank Kano Pillars for playing a part in this.”

Pillars earned their third straight Nigerian title, with one game to play, after defeating Nembe City 4-0 in Kano last weekend.

Meanwhile, To allow for protests arising from some of the season’s fixtures to be conclusively disposed of, the League Management Company (LMC) has announced the postponement of Match Day 38 games of the 2013/14 Glo Premier League to Sunday, November 16.

The season was heading to an end on Sunday, November 9 but the Chief Operating Officer of LMC, Salihu Abubakar said a decision has been reached to shift the end games by another week.

“Some of the protests will affect the final declaration of position of clubs on the log and we are aware that Confederation of African Football (CAF) has issued a November 30 deadline for return of entries for representatives of member federations seeking to play in any of the continental club championships”, Abubakar explained.

“The LMC is committed to protecting the integrity of all match results and will therefore await pronouncement of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) relevant committees on the outstanding protests in the coming days. This way there won’t be any spill over games after the final day of matches”, Abubakar further clarified.

He said the LMC regrets any inconveniences arising from this but insisted it was the right decision to have taken in the circumstance


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Musa’s CSKA run excites Amokachi

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Ahmed Musa’s exciting displays in the colors of Russian side, CSKA Moscow, have been a source of inspiration to the Super Eagles and their coaching crew ahead of the two important Nations Cup qualifiers against Congo Brazzaville and Bafana Bafana of South Africa.

Assistant Coach Dan ‘the Bull’ Amokachi, declared after lunch in Uyo Thursday, that watching Musa show class in the Champions League encounter against English side Manchester City on Wednesday night made him happy. Musa’s CSKA secured a 2-1 away win in Manchester with Musa putting up a five star performance.

“I m happy with what I saw Musa do on Wednesday. With the form of our players, we will get the results we need against Congo and South Africa,” Amokachi declared.


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Moses: I’m still good enough for Chelsea

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Nigeria international and Stoke City for­ward Victor Moses has told Jose Mourinho that he is still good enough to be in Chelsea colours after his stint with Stoke City stressing that he is not willing to push for a permanent place in the City side.

Moses told Stoke Senti­nel that though he would be giving his best to City but would be looking forward to returning to the Chelsea first team at the end of the season when his loan spell would have ended.

The 23-year-old forward who has been in blistering form for the Potters since moving to the Britannia Stadium from the Chelsea said his aim is to ensure Stoke City finish well on the league table before thinking about his future.

“I’m still a Chelsea play­er. I am here to help Stoke as a club to make sure they are in the right position in the Premier League,” Mo­ses told Stoke Sentinel.

“And I will keep work­ing hard and trying to help the team as long as I am here.

Moses also made known his innocence following an attack from Swansea manager Gary Monk that he dived to win a penalty against them in an English Premier League encounter.

“If you look at the pic­ture, there was contact. To be honest, he (Monk) shouldn’t have said that. That’s the mistake he made.

“It was a clear penalty. My conscience is clear, I got a penalty and now we move on.

“That really meant a lot to me, everyone support­ing me. The chairman in the paper, everyone was behind me and I was very pleased with that.”

He says Stoke support­ers seem to have embraced him from day one and that has helped him settle after an unproductive campaign on loan at Anfield last sea­son.

“The fans have been fan­tastic for me so far. Singing my name really helps me to go out determined to work even harder to help keep the club in a good position and to keep the fans happy.

“I just want to play foot­ball and obviously the manager has given me the opportunity. I’m starting to enjoy my football again.”

Moses has started eight of Stoke’s 10 Premier League games and he scored his first league goal for the club in his side’s 2-2 draw with West Ham.

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NSA: Oshoala battles Oparanozie for Woman Footballer of the Year Award

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As the countdown begins for the third edition of the Nige­rian Sports Award sched­uled to hold on November 13, 2014 in Lagos, two members of the Nigerian Women Football team -Super Falcons, Asi­sat Oshoala and Desire Oparanozie are set to bat­tle for the Footballer of the Year (women) award.

The duo who were mem­bers of the African con­quering Super Falcons that won the just concluded African Women Champion­ship (AWC) in Namibia are nominated for the category alongside Courtney Dike who was part of the Fal­conets team to the last FIFA U-20 Women World Cup in Canada.

Both Asisat and Oparanozie proved their mettle at the African Women Championship to lay claim to the presti­gious award. While Asi­sat Oshoala emerged the tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP), Oparanozie claimed the Golden Boot Award as the highest goal scorer in the tournament.

Oshoala also won the Most Valuable Player (Golden Ball) and the high­est goal scorer (Golden Boot) awards at the FIFA U-20 Women World Cup in Canada early in the year.

Beyond the Footballer of the Year (Women) award category, Asisat Oshoala is also nominated in the Sportswoman of the Year award category in which she will compete with Nige­rian tracks and field queen, Blessing Okagbare.

Speaking on the forth­coming event, the General Manager, Unmissable In­centives Limited, organizers of the award, Kayode Idowu revealed that the stake are high for the third edition of the award as the award promises to be better than the two previous editions.

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Ready for Action : Ghana sends 27-man delegation

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The Ghana Football Association has dispatched a list of 18 players and nine officials of that country’s Olympic team, Black Meteors, to the NFF for Friday’s international friendly to commission the brand –new Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo.

The Leader of Delegation is Kweku Abaka Eyiah, a member of the GFA. Wahab Rahaman and Charles Kojo Ntim, members of the Management team, are also in the delegation.

The 18 –man playing squad includes Richard Ofori, Eric Ofori Antwi, Emmanuel Nti Mensah, Benjamin Agyari, Lawrence Lartey, Vincent Attinga, Kwasi Quansah, Richard Yamoah, Kojo Poku, Kennedy Ashia, David Osei Opoku, Isaac Oppong Osae, Abedel Latif Amadu, Enoch Kumi Frimpong, Samuel Afful, Noah Martey, Abdul Ganiyu Ismael and Elvis Opoku.

The Head Coach is Alhaji Malik Jabir, with Abdul Karim Zito as Assistant Coach and Andrew Ayim as Doctor. The physiotherapist is Albert Kwadwo Evedzi, Adjei Adjettey is Masseur and Kwabena Agyemang Agyin is Equipment Manager.

Officials have suggested Nigeria’s FIFA and CAF Match Commissioner, Etubom Paul Bassey as Match Commissioner for Friday’s game.



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Adejube faults NFF on Keshi’s sack

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Former board member of the Nigeria Football As­sociation, Elder Dickson Adejube, has faulted the recent celebrated sack of the Stephen Keshi-led Super Eagles’ technical crew by the newly elected executive board of the Nigeria Football Federa­tion.

Although the Alhaji Aminu Maigari-led immediate past board of the NFF recently shocked Nigerians when it revealed that Keshi had no written contract with it as the head coach of the national team, Keshi told news­men in Ilorin, at the weekend, that his contract with the nation’s football governing body ended after the 2014 World Cup in Bra­zil, hence, he couldn’t have been sacked when his contract had not been renewed.

In a telephone chat with Daily Sunsports, Adejube noted that it was inconsistent for the NFF to sack Keshi, having admitted that he did not have a valid contract with it.

“We were told that Keshi did not have a written contract with the NFF. So how do you sack somebody you did not employ,” Adejube wondered?

Although he made no bones with the removal of the embattled erstwhile Eagles’ gaffer, Adejube, however, said it would have been better to give Keshi soft-landing by simply refusing to renew or offer him a fresh contract. That, according to him, would have given some respect to Keshi in appreciation of what he was able to achieve with Super Eagles.

“I think the NFF were not fair to Keshi. They should have re­lief him of his duty simply by not offering him a new contract. What they have done by sacking him is to dent his record. It shows that they don’t appreciate what he was able to achieve with the Su­per Eagles.

“It’s only Nigeria that can treat somebody the way Keshi was treated. It’s very unfortunate” Adejube regretted.


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Why Keshi Won't Drop Mikel Obi : His Professionalism

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Nigeria's coach Stephen Keshi has praised Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel for his spiritedness despite calls from many quarters claiming national team coaches are afraid to bench the player. 

Keshi has not dropped or substituted the player even in the face of dwindling performances with both club and country and has now spoken glowingly of the midfielder.



“Mikel brings a lot of professionalism to the team,” Keshi told SuperSport.com. “He’s a fighter. He hates losing with a passion. “In training sessions, it’s the same – always professional and always serious minded.”



“I hate to say this but it seems some Nigerians don’t like thinking about the past because the Mikel that is criticized so much today is the same Mikel that was praised by almost all Nigerians during the 2013 Afcon in South Africa,” said Keshi.



“Has he suddenly become a bad footballer? I think we need to understand that no human being can perform at the same level everyday.



“We must learn to be patient with our players and coaches. I don’t have any problems with Mikel or any of my players,” he said.



Keshi also dismissed side talk that he was afraid of benching the Chelsea midfielder even though he is regularly placed on the sidelines by Blues manager Jose Mourinho.



“That is not true. I left Mikel out of the team for seven months before I recalled him,” the 52-year-old said.



“Nobody is bigger than the team. If you are not giving one hundred and ten percent, you will have no place in the team.

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