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Nigeria and Chelsea star Mikel Obi could not arrive in Lagos on Wednesday for the Glo-CAF award night as originally planned. Instead, the midfielder will arrive in Lagos on Thursday aboard a regular flight but will depart from the country aboard a Chelsea flight specially arranged for him by the Stamford Bridge team. An […]
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With 24 hours to the next Glo CAf Awards, football analysts have been making different permutations with clear-cut justifications on who deserves to wear the crown of African Player of the Year for 2013. Majority of the opinions however favour Nigerian International and Chelsea Midfielder, John Mikel Obi to win the Award. The top
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For the first time in decades, and underlining the tremendous success that year 2013 was for Nigeria football, several Nigerian players and teams are in line for honours on the night. Nigeria’s National Team, winner of the 29th Africa Cup of Nations and first African team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Brazil
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Mikel Obi again played into the hearts of Chelsea and African fans on Sunday when his goal spurred the Stamford Bridge team to victory in the English FA Cup against Derby County. The Nigerian indeed made the Sunday game a very remarkable encounter as he scored wearing the Chelsea captain’s band while making his
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The English Premier League on Thursday released their team of the year for 2013. The collation which was based on fans and their website followers’ votes did not list Mikel Obi of Chelsea but it was a good report for Yaya Toure of Manchester City and Cote d’Ivoire as he made the number. Mikel
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A 14-year-old weightlifter is fast making his mark on the sport – and can already lift more than twice his own weight. Jake Schellenschlager, from Glen Burnie, Maryland (USA), has been setting world records for his weight class – under 123 pounds – after devoting himself to training for the last two-and-a-half years. The
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Despite failing in their interest in Golden Eaglets star, Kelechi Iheanacho, former English champions Manchester City are said to be closing in on a deal for another member of the victorious Nigeria team to the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Chidi Nwakali. Nwakali, a central midfielder who was a key figure in the Nigeria
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As the English premier league enters week 20, the competition is getting even more interesting. The central and most-awaited match last weekend was Sunday’s clash between Chelsea vs Liverpool in London. Samuel Eto’o secured controversial Chelsea victory over Liverpool 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Olivier Giroud gave Arsenal three points in a 1-0 win against Newcastle
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Alvaro Negredo’s ninth goal in nine home games saw Manchester City continue their peerless home form as they beat Liverpool 2-1 in a gripping English Premiership encounter on Thursday. Vincent Kompany and Negredo were City’s goalscorers as they responded to Philippe Coutinho’s opener to maintain the division’s only perfect home record and move their
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The Super Eagles dropped one notch in the monthly FIFA rankings released Thursday by the world football governing body to end the outgoing year in 37th spot. The African champions started 2013 in 52nd position (her lowest all year round) but having conquered Africa at the Nations Cup in South Africa moved up to 30th spot in
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