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Anderlecht Striker Ezekiel Imoh Under Consideration For Next Year’s Olympic

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:38:49 +0000

Nigeria’s U-23 coach Samson Siasia may be considering Anderlecht striker Ezekiel Imoh for next year’s Olympic. Siasia has made clear his intention to beef up the Nigeria U-23 side’s forward line with prolific scorers from the European Leagues. The coach was furious about his strikers’ performance at the recently concluded All-Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville, where they won bronze, [...]

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#Football > Nigeria’s U-23 Coach Samson Siasia Blasts Goal-Shy Dream Team after Burkina Faso Defeat

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:05:25 +0000

Nigeria U-23 national team coach Samson Siasia has attributed his side’s defeat to Burkina Faso in the semi-final of the All-Africa Games to lack of firepower and focus in attack and defense respectively. Nigeria will now contest the bronze medal match with hosts Congo, after suffering a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Burkina Faso [...]

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#Football > Nigeria’s Dream Team VI Beat Ghana To Advance Into AAG Semi-Finals

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:40:42 +0000

Goals from Junior Ajayi and Kingsley Sokari secured an opening 2-0 win for Nigeria’s Men Under-23 against Ghana in the Football Tournaments of the 2015 All-Africa Games on Wednesday. The Dream Team VI, whose initial opener against Egypt was canceled after the young Pharaohs withdrew from the tournament, have now progressed into the semi-final stage [...]

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#Athletics > Blessing Okagbare Banned From Rio Olympics

Wale Adebayo — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 20:38:54 +0000

Following her decision to skip the 2015 All Africa Games, the National Sports Commission and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria have placed a ban on sprinter, Blessing Okagbare; excluding her from representing the country, at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. Okagbare, had a dismal outing at the IAAF World championships in Beijing, China. [...]

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#Sport > Nigeria’s Falcons Drub Hosts Congo In AAG Opener

Wale Adebayo — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:40:04 +0000

Nigeria senior women’s national team defeated hosts Congo-Brazaville 5-1 in their opening Group A game of the Football Tournament of the 2015 All-Africa Games on Sunday. Desire Oparanozie struck four times, with Chinaza Uchendu grabbing the Super Falcons’ fifth goal at the Stade Massamba Debat. The win took the reigning African champions to the summit [...]

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Belgian Club KV Oestende Refuse to Release Nigerian Striker Godwin Saviour | #Sports

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:42:13 +0000

Nigeria will be without Dream Team’s Godwin Saviour at next month’s All-Africa Games (AAG) after his Belgian club KV Oestende turned down the country’s request for the player. The 19-year-old striker, who recently penned a three-year deal with KV Oestende informed that he would not be available for the AAG. “I would have loved to [...]

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