Features news coverage of Nigeria and its players, including match reports and general football news.
Nigeria may be forced to quit as hosts of the 2009 Under-17 World Cup, after the country’s government said it cannot afford to provide the money needed to stage the competition.
Written by Soccerlens. 2 comments
The following interview with Nigerian legend and captain of the national team Nwanko Kanu was conducted by African football magazine New African Soccer and reprinted here with their permission. The magazine...
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Following all the speculation about possible owners for Newcastle United, it seems that Mike Ashley is preparing to sell the club to a consortium of wealthy Nigerians. Chris Nathaniel, the chief executive of NVA Management, the company managing the...
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Written by Rob Parker. 8 comments
Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this year in Beijing, salvation came...
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Written by Marco Pantanella. 16 comments
The Olympics are less than a week away, but the football tournament will kick off with the start of the preliminary round on the 6th, two days before the big show starts.
So, similar to the Euro 2008 Best XI that I did several months ago,...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 21 comments
Take a honest account of the sad state of affairs in Nigerian football - corruption, lack of money, the lack of love from the locals, etc. Bring in a “journalist” working under a deadline to produce a catchy, quotable punchline to the story...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 4 comments
Nigeria’s Olympic Football squad for Beijing 2008:
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Olympic Football squads for the 16 teams participating at the 2008 Olympics:
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