Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama and his national team mate, Ahmed Musa made the top five list when the Confederation of African Football released the names in Cairo on Sunday for the 2014 African Footballer of the Year awards. The Nigerians were shortlisted from a pot of 25 players who were earlier nominated for the
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Standings # Team GP W D L GF GA GD PTS 1 Chelsea 13 10 3 0 30 11 19 33 2 Man City 13 8 3 2 27 13 14 27 3 Southampton 13 8 2 3 24 9 15 26 4 Man United 13 6 4 3 22 15 7 22 5 West
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Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has confirmed that winger Victor Moses has returned to parent club Chelsea after suffering a thigh injury. Assistant manager Mark Bowen had earlier revealed that he thought Moses would be out for between six to eight weeks and now in his press conference before the game against Liverpool Hughes has
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Despite Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria remained on the 42nd spot in FIFA world ranking released on Thursday. Super Eagles retained the ninth position among African teams. The Eagles had dropped five places to 42nd on the previous FIFA ranking for the month which was released on October
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s first half tap-in proved the difference as Real Madrid helped Liverpool with a 1-0 win in Basle. The Portuguese could not go close to matching the hat-trick heroics of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi on Tuesday but reduced the margin between the pair in the Champions League all-time scorer race to three as he went
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Liverpool conceded a late equaliser at Bulgarian champions Ludogorets – but are still just a win away from reaching the Champions League last 16. The hosts led when Dani Abalo pounced on Reds keeper Simon Mignolet’s error, but Rickie Lambert headed in his first Champions League goal to equalise. Jordan Henderson steered Liverpool ahead at
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Yaya Sanogo scored his first goal for Arsenal as they defeated Borussia Dortmund and ensured their passage into the Champions League knockout stage. The 21-year-old netted after 19 appearances without a goal when he finished off a one-two with Santi Cazorla with a low shot early on. Alexis Sanchez made it 2-0 after the break
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The leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation have admitted that their hands are tied where Stephen Keshi’s tenure as coach of the Eagles is concerned. Nigerians are calling for the resignation of Keshi following his failure to qualify Nigeria for next year’s AFCON defence of the title he won in 2013. But the Edo born
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Arsene Wenger celebrated his 65th birthday with a vital Champions League win as Arsenal scored twice in the final two minutes to beat Anderlecht. After a dire first half, the Belgian champions looked set to ruin Wenger’s day when Honduras winger Andy Najar headed in Dennis Praet’s cross. But left-back Kieran Gibbs’s volley at the
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Nigeria’s Super Falcons yesterday booked a place in the semi-final of the African Women Championship with a convincing 6-0 win over their Zambian counterparts. The Nigerian women set the tone for their male counterparts, the Super Eagles who play Sudan in a must win reverse match of the Nations Cup qualifiers after slumping 1-0 to
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