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koice:
The Affair.

Excuse me bro! Re u RAYmcBLUE? U write lik him. I respect dat dude

joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Exclusive: Awoniyi Speaks with FIFA.com, Sets Sight on a Daring Double[/size]

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“I have six A's, two B's and a C at O-levels. My best result was in physics. I hope at some point in my life I will major in mechanical engineering.”

Unusual words to read on a football site, but Nigeria's Taiwo Awoniyi is a special young player. Stereotypically, footballers are not considered to be particularly academically inclined, focusing on the pursuit of a sporting dream rather than scholarly achievements. Awoniyi is trying to juggle both, and it seems probable that his studies will have to be placed on the back burner as his footballing career is likely to take off.

Although still a few months short of his 18th birthday, Awoniyi is already a world champion - having played in all seven games as Nigeria won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 - and this year he helped the Nigerians to a continental title at the CAF U-20 Championship. Later this month, he will be in New Zealand as a member of the Flying Eagles squad that is hoping to win a first-ever global title at this age group for the west African country.

Good performances at every step of the way have put him on the radar of a number of big clubs, both in Europe and north Africa, but it is not something that he is focused on at the moment. “I am focusing on the task ahead," he said. "I’m still a free player, but I hope my future will be decided before the World Cup.”

High expectations
Awoniyi started playing at school before joining the United Academy in Kwara State. He later moved to Imperial Soccer Academy and thereafter joined the Nigeria U-15, then U-17 and now the U-20 team, with whom he will be playing at the World Cup. “With the preparations we have put in, we want to be world champions in New Zealand. Every game will be a cup final for us,” he says.

The Flying Eagles have been drawn into a tough group with five-time champions Brazil, Hungary and Korea DPR. Awoniyi said the players did not know much about the teams they would be facing. “We are yet to watch any videos of our opponents, but our coaches have concentrated fully on preparing us for whatever challenges we will come across. We are ready.”

Surprisingly, the striker, who is considered a predator with an eye for goal, says that their greatest strength is not what they are capable of on the field. “Our biggest strength is outside the pitch of play. It is the unity among the players. We are a big, happy family. On a personal level, scoring goals comes naturally to me. I also hold the ball up-front and try and bring my team-mates into the attack. I play for the team as well.”

Nigeria has won the FIFA U-17 World Cup more often than any other country (four times), but has fallen short at the U-20 level, twice losing the final and once finishing third. “I think that is because we need continuity in the various national teams," said Awoniyi. "I believe if there is continuity, as is the case with us now, from U-17s to U-20s, we can change all that. We are very hopeful that we will be able to change it this year.”

Winning the U-17 World Cup has been the highlight of Awoniyi's career thus far. “It changed the lives of most of us, many got clubs abroad and changed the lives of our families. I was able to build a house for myself, like most of the other players in the team.”

Awoniyi is, of course, hoping for another life-changing experience in New Zealand, but failing there is not something which worries him greatly. “Football is unpredictable. We are African champions and we want to prove ourselves again at the World Cup. I don’t want to think of failure in New Zealand because I believe in this team.” [/b]

Chei!!! Awoniyi has built a house at dat age? Football is anoda kind of money rituals. He's an outstanding person to combine both academics nd sports,I once tried dat in my 100L days and my CGPA lamented

daveP:
Lets her our girl snatch this since its an open ballot.

Cc: Cfcfan, safarigirl, Havilah93, Jigsawkillah, bigblangston, arsetalks.......

That she won 2 individual awards at world cup is enough for her. Spread also

Hi dave!!! Never knew u re also into football too.I will definitely vote for d girl

koice:
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Downlink links for Monday Nights Raw. Zippyshare direct links are highly recommended.

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koice:
Some of my predictions came true.

-Undertaker bowed out in grand style with his iconic tombstone in full effect.
-John Cena crushed Rusev with a backbreaking FU.
-Triple H usurped Sting with the help of a certain Sledge hammer.
-Randy Orton pinned Seth Rollins.

All this came to pass just like I said it would, but what I didn't see coming was Seth cashing in his Money in the bank when both Roman and Lesnar were all but spent, and outrightly stealing the spotlight from both main eventers. Wow! Just wow! What a sneaky way to become a champion. The kind of opportunistic move the R rated superstar, Edge immortalized more than ones in his prime.

-Wasn't particularly interested in the Divas match, but I was glad that the duo of AJ Lee and Paige won those talentless Bella twins. This is one match I was glad I got the prediction wrong.
-Daniel Bryan is now the new Intercontinental Champion. Unfortunately, I missed the ladder match due to some technical issues, but it's all good.
-Big Show dominated the Battle Royal from start to finish. Cesaro tried to eliminate him and failed, Ryback tried and failed, Big E tried and failed, Kofi Kingston tried and failed, Mizdow tried and failed. The big guy refused to get eliminated and eventually won all with authority. Well deserved too.
-Cesaro and Tyson Kidd successfully retained their titles in the kickoff event, a fatal 4 way World Tag Team Championship.

All in all, it was spectacular affair. Wrestlemania 31 was a resounding Success.

Still can't get it out of my mind dat undertaker undefeated streak was ended by brock last year, I watch wrestlemania because of d streak...... Bad for business

daveP:
bigB!!! Im good o.


Seems The Undertaker enjoyed his visit to the dubai sheiks. He has a large followership there. So also Cena. Not to happy that Triple H and not the "Deadman", is fighting Sting. Its simple, Wyatt is losing.

Cena vs Rusev. If Cena loses this match, then i think his era is over and wwe would lose its taste. He's been losing wrestlemania matches asif its no big deal.


Reigns vs Lesnar- hmm. Aerially, i give it to Reigns. Lesnar is weak from aerial attacks. But equally reigns would chop 3 F-5s at least. Unless he has a good counter-plan.


Personally, i want Swagger back to full focus. And Cesaro can equally be showered the same.

The ladies' own is dead. No more Natalya or The Glamazon(i love that lady, a pity Edge is enjoying her as wife)

AJ Lee, Paige is trying, but..... Its jst dry. Need new real and maybe stop the script acting for a month to revive the women's part.

Where's RaphaellaDD and vosquare?

Raphaella has gone d way undertaker went after I destroyed and ended her winning streak here, probably still working on her comeback..... Vosquare still dey.

daveP:
"itssss wreeeeeestttttllllleemmmmmmaannnnnnnnniiii"


"You can smeellllllllllllllllll....."


crowd: What The Rock is cookkkinggggg!!


Im tempted to create a thread for this.....

Cant wait for wrestlemania

hello dave!!!

YES!YES!!YES!!!

VickyRotex:
Amen... You welcome

Pls kindly send a copy of d application and Cover letter to me too so I may understand also....Thanks in advance....arsenal_4luv@yahoo.com
God Bless

cao:
I'm very sure you're not really human or possibly never raised by humans. Now that might sound harsh, but that's how silly your assumption sounded to me. NL shall never cease to amaze me, now my tv watching doesn't make me Nigerian enough. Chei! Chineke Biko save me from NL-o.

alrite,thanks for insulting me. I thought I was kinda complimentin u on hw knowledgeable u r wit tv shows nt knowin u r gonna take it d wrong way, nw dat u ve thrown aspersions at me I hope u r satisfied. Sorry for quotin u in d first place and do ve a gud nite rest. Take care

cao:
Too tired to read through everything. The CW is the combination of The WB & UPN. Reba, Smallville & Supernatural came from The WB & All of Us, Girlfriends, Veronica Mars, Everybody Hates Chris & The Game (a spinoff of Girlfriends) came from UPN. The CW messed up Girlfriends by abruptly stopping its production during its first CW season and then promptly cancelled it for no reason and then renewed the sub-par The Game, then dealt with it later. I'll not even attempt to explain the 419-ness that made them drop a fantastic show like Veronica Mars and pick up the questionable All of Us.

Smallville lost all its umph and became the show that would never end. Supernatural is still brilliant, it still brings in the ladies and it does not take itself seriously. Although, its creator wanted the show to end at season 5 (he originally had a vision for three seasons, but extended it to 5), but The CW had other plans. Fortunately for The CW, the writers who work on the show understand the characters, hence why it's still able to thrive without its creator's hands (he merely consults for the show now). The problem with The CW is they have this set demo in their head and they'll keep pandering to it. It's why when they've got decent shows like Nikita, it will be advertised as an aesthetically pleasing show, instead of an actually compelling spy-fi action show.

Unlike the other networks, The CW has no original programming for Sunday, so they tried to create one with a company called Media Rights Capital (MRC), well that one failed spectacularly, I was a fan of Valentine though - I'm a fan of Greek myth & Jaime Murray (she always looks like she's enjoying herself no matter what role she plays). If I remember correctly the CW messed up with advertising the MRC shows.

Reaper is another show that had so much potential, but apparently no one wanted to watch it on The CW. A show about a slacker, who discovers on his 21st birthday that his parents sold his soul to the devil (played with relish by Ray Wise), he now had to catch souls that have escaped from hell. Plus, the local DMV really is a portal to hell (apparently Americans believe the DMV actually is hell).
Don't even get me started on how they messed up Aliens in America, this was another show with so much potential, they killed the heck out of it. It was too good a show for The CW, it would have thrived in ABC Family.

The thing is folks hear something is on The CW their instinct is to run away very quickly in the other direction. Although, the show sometimes doesn't help itself, I ploughed through Beauty & the Beast until it finally got interesting. Seriously, the narration alone almost put me off, I used to skip that shtako with the quickness. Maybe I'm just easy to please and very forgiving when it comes The CW.

I'm very sure u r nt a nigerian or possibly u neva lived in nigeria...and I thought I ve watched much shows than anyone, nepa has really downgraded my shine..... Abc and amc all d way

koice:
Ya know it's all part of the script, right?

yea! I knw dat, bt d role is kinda annoyin

onyeomaonyeoma:
Wwe need to bring back vickie guerrero to manage smackdown, i missed dat lady ............#excuseme. Wwe need to bring back vickie guerrero to manage smackdown, i missed dat lady ............#excuseme.

Vickie I ve a strong hatred for dat woman,she aint a good manageress IMO. She's always havin affair wit her co workers eg Edge and Ziggler, nt professional at all. Theodore Long shud be called back to smack down and ERIC BISHORFF to Raw

LarrySun:
VIVALARAZA!!!

Ohhh! Eddie Gurerro...... Latino heat, Chavo hasn't been d same witout him

daveP:
Happy New Year to everyone in the House!!! Welcome to 2015. Ronke, Raphaella, Langston.....

hello daveP, been seein ur funny comments on NL

Are ther no oda tag team fights again if its nt mizdow and miz vs usos today it will be stardust and goldust vs miz dow tomorrow..... 3 tag team partners always rotatin d belt among themselves every 2 wks... Dey shud rest dat belt jare if ther r no worthy competitors..... Hardy boyz, christian and edge, Rvd and rey mysterio, undertaker and kane, dudley boiz. Those r d greatest tag team pairin and rivalries of all time

taolut:
The reg no is 49020328DH.

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Debroslink:
Is this not one of the reasons CM Punk left for UFC?

This week, CM Punk announced that he was signing with Ultimate Fighting Championship, confirming rumors that had circulated for months. Though the details are not entirely clear yet, UFC President Dana White said CM Punk is likely to move along carefully in his transition from the WWE to MMA.

“He wanted to fight here. He wanted to give it a shot, so we gave him an opportunity,” White said. “It’s not like Brock Lesnar. We’re not going to throw the kitchen sink at him. Lesnar had a wrestling background. (CM Punk) going to fight a guy who is 1-0, 1-1, 2-1 — something like that.”

While it wasn’t exactly a secret that CM Punk was planning to move into MMA, he may have had some extra motivation for the timing of his official announcement. The wrestler has been talking more about his rift with the WWE and Vince McMahon, including calling out the timing of his official firing and McMahon’s seemingly insincere apology.

CM Punk left the WWE after the 2014 Royal Rumble, a departure he said was due to a combination of mounting injuries and frustration over his character’s creative direction. Vince McMahon suspended Punk for two months and later terminated the wrestler’s contract — on his wedding day.

“The day of my wedding (to WWE Diva AJ Lee) I got a FedEx in the mail. It was my termination papers,” CM Punk said. “I was fired. I was fired on my wedding day. Very calculated, very deliberate. As much as I chuckled at it and didn’t let it affect my day, I was like once again, you pushed too f—–g far. You pushed the wrong guy.”

Vince McMahon tried to offer an apology, saying on “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s podcast that CM Punk wasn’t supposed to get his walking papers on his wedding day.

“I hope that one day, we’ll be able to get back together soon,” McMahon said.

But on a recent Colt Cabana Art of Wresting podcast, released on Thursday, CM Punk wasn’t interested in accepting the apology.

“It’s way too f—ing early, I have no interest in f—ing going back,” Punk said. “The difference in my appearance, my mental stability, everything across the board, now from 9 or 10 months ago, is so drastically different.”

Many believe the half-hearted apology from Vince McMahon may have hastened CM Punk’s decision to join UFC and furthered the odds that he could one day re-unite with WWE. #Copied#

koice:
I miss the good old days of the attitude era when WWE (WWF back then) used to be all about uncensored and tantalizing bloody feuds, hardcore showdowns between superstars, not the watered down, mellowed out PG crap of nowadays.

I miss the explosive entrance of Stone Cold Steve Austin and his antics. I miss the charisma of the people's champion - The Rock. The arrogance of the American Badáss - The Undertaker. The sinister presence of the Big Red Machine - Kane. I miss Matt Hardy and his Brother Jeff. I miss lita. I miss Trish Stratus. I miss Victoria. I miss Divas Steel cage matches. I miss the bloody fights. The epic feuds. The sheer thugly of sledge hammer welding Triple H. I miss Bill Goldberg, most especially how he jackhammers opponents double his size. I miss the showstopper - HBK. I miss it all. I mourn for WWE... for the good old days... for the death of an era.

Dis nostalgic feelin is making me shed tears... Ahmed johnson,british bulldog,vader,chyna,dean malenko,chris benoit,william regal,scooty to hotty,dudley brothers,tajiri,tommy dreamer,shamrock,psycho sid,razor ramon,stacy kiebler,victoria etc

Debroslink:
Bro, I tire. If the next GM is a Cena fan, then I'm out.

Nonsense

why can't dey employ eric bishorff to be d GM, dat guy is very good in organisin ppv matches nd he is also anti-cena. Eric bischoff was d one who introduced elimination chamber matches,taboo tuesday(wher audiences can vote 4 d match dey wanna see and stipulations dey want via d internet) and nite of champions wher all titles are on d line.. WWE is gettin borin dis days TNA rocks

MTN Be Like: 'Do you know there are
people in your village that don't want
you to succeed? Quickly text "thunder
fire them" to 33505'........Any wrestling news?

kimco:
awwwwww is rango not disney enuff for u? U want desert characters set up in the west to look all pretty? I mean don't u think it'll look out of place if the characters looked like they visited the palour when they lived in extreme hardship both from their leaders and environment? It's one of the most accurately represented animation I've ever watched. The story is gud as well. Maybe u wud have loved it if they sang

Bro!!! Wat more can I say? U ve really changed my orientation abt Rango,thanks

Dis old cartoons come to mind, Ultra man,inspector gadget,Captain Caveman,He man,muppet babies,flintstone,Looney tunes cartoons lik tweety bird,bugs bunny,sylvester d cat and also Top cat and yogi bear(dry cartoons those two). Good old days

tosingcfr:
. Please can we chat privately?? I would like to know details about Direct entry

ok

Just imagine what will happen if the angel who
as been holding the trumpet to christ's second
coming For over 2000yrs decide to test if the
trumpet is still working.

Rango!!! Very ugly animation,it scared d shii out of me when I watched it, ugly lookin characters

MzRaeRae:
They r actually opening d stadium tomorrow ...Nwa Teacher...Educate me u DAT is in d light...R u even in Uyo..do u know if among d dancers performing for d ceremony...Olodo..Orisirisi and d friendly is BTW south Africa and nija

Madam!!! The match is between Nigeria and Ghana