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Nigeria all the way

UP NIGERIA,,THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

BEST FOOTBALL NATION IN THE WORLD

Goalllllll

dabossman: Wetin you dey find go Zamfoot you dis girl? Waka jugbe!

na wetin u dy find go there nai me dy find too

Hmmmmmm,,,scaring game

Oya boys win this match for me,,,,cuz have use u guys to make alot of noise to those zambians in zamfoot

If i slap NEPA abi na PHCN eh

Afam4eva: Is there any women's club based in the east. I fear not. Most clubs are in the south-south.

I see no reason why Abiola babes should not be converted to a female team. Are those guys that play in that club not ashamed to be playing for a club that has babes as part of it's name? Same with Ebonyi angels. There are some names you don't use to name a male team cos it makes them appear weak.

There is,,STANDARD BABES OF ABA in ABIA STATE

Even CAF President knw we are the pride of Africa but wait o Issa Hayatou nor like Nigeria o ,,hope nor be badluck he go use take rub our playersGOD DEY OUR BACK GIDIGBA

Nigeria: NFF, Sports
Minister Rejects Club
Owners' Purported Sack
of League Management
Company
2 November 2013 , By Aderonke
Ogunleye, Source: Premium
Times
The Nigeria Football Federation,
NFF, and the Sports Minister,
Bolaji Abdullahi, have rejected a
declaration by owners/
managers of clubs in the
Nigeria Premier League, NPL,
'sacking' the League
Management Company (LMC),
which the NFF inaugurated last
year to administer the elite
division of Nigeria's domestic
football.
Rising from its meeting in Abuja
on Wednesday, October 30, the
club owners/managers, in their
communique, declared, "The
meeting emphasised on the
expiration of the tenure of the
LMC in line with the terms of
reference given to them by the
NFF.
"The meeting specifically
thanked the chairman and
members of the LMC for their
efforts in organising the just-
concluded league, as well as
their several innovations and
suggestions on the way
forward, and wished them well
in their future endeavours."
However, NFF President, Aminu
Maigari, stated emphatically that
the LMC remained in place.
Speaking from the United Arab
Emirates, where the Golden
Eaglets are battling to make
Nigeria the first country to win
the FIFA U-17 World Cup four
times, Mr. Maigari insisted that
the LMC was inaugurated by the
NFF, granted license by the NFF
to administer the Premier
League on its behalf, and could
only be sent packing by the NFF.
"I am shocked to hear about a
meeting of club owners/
managers where they
reportedly told the LMC to hand
over to the Secretariat of the
League. That is not within their
purview; it is the responsibility
of the NFF to determine the fate
of the LMC.
"The LMC has done very well
within the past 10 months to
reposition the Premier League,
and they deserve
commendation. The club
managers themselves admitted
that the LMC has brought
several innovations to the
running of the League. Why
would we want to throw all that
away in a hurry?
"As far as the NFF, the supreme
football-governing body in
Nigeria, is concerned, the LMC
remains firmly in place and will
have the opportunity to
continue its good works for a
period to be determined
shortly," Mr. Maigari insisted.
He called on the club owners/
managers to focus on
improving the structures of
their teams in line with the
demands of professional
football, rather than get sucked
into illusory political
manoeuvrings and hysteria.
"Sincerely speaking, the NFF will
always accord the club owners/
managers their regard and we
see them as critical stakeholders
in the development of the game
in our country. But there is an
architecture of authority, which
is not horizontal. The NFF has
prerogative on issues bordering
on the running of the game in
Nigeria and has not conceded
this authority to any other
group or body.
"Should the club managers have
any grouse with the way the
League is being administered,
they should approach the NFF
with their misgivings and we
would resolve such matters, as
we have done in the past," Mr.
Maigari said.
The Sports Minister, Mr.
Abdullahi also showered praises
on the LMC, saying, "They have
gotten money for the league
even the clubs themselves are
sharing money - sharing dollars
- and they said (LMC) should go;
where do they want them to go
to? The people that brought the
money (sponsors) will say, hope
their money will not be wasted.
I support the NFF's decision.
(club owners/managers) should
relax and face their clubs."
However, the club owners have
said that they would proceed
with the electoral process.

Hayatou visits Eaglets
CAF President Issa Hayatou visits
the Nigeria Under-17 team
CAF President Issa Hayatou on
Monday paid an inspirational
visit to the Intercontinental Hotel
abode of the Nigeria Under-17
team, and encouraged them to
set a tournament record by
winning a fourth world title in
the United Arab Emirates.

Hayatou, accompanied by CAF
First Vice President, Almamy
Kabele Camara and Fifa Executive
Committee member, Mohamed
Raouraoua, praised the resilience
of the Nigerian youngsters
especially in the quarter final duel
with Uruguay on Saturday.

“You have displayed a high level
of skill and intelligence in this
tournament that we have not
seen in an African team for a
long time. I am not surprised at
your progress here because I
saw you at the CAN U-17
Championship in Morocco and I
was highly impressed.
“I am particularly excited with
your performance against
Uruguay, despite missing a
number of injured players. I
believe you are already in the
final. The African football family is
fully behind you,” Hayatou said.
The African football supremo also
charged the boys to forget
Nigeria’s three earlier triumphs
in the competition and rather
focus on writing their own
names in gold.
“Yes, Nigeria has won the
competition three times before,
but that was done by other
players. Now, it is your
opportunity to write your own
names in gold. I believe you have
the talent, intelligence and
resilience to go all the way.”
NFF President Aminu Maigari,
who received the CAF President,
lauded the visit and assured that
the Eaglets are fully motivated to
go all out against the Swedes in
Tuesday’s semi-final at the
Rashid Stadium in Dubai.
“It is a huge honour to have the
CAF President visit any team in
the middle of a tournament,
because of his very tight
schedule. We are assuring you
that our boys are able and ready
to do the African continent
proud.”
Head Coach, Manu Garba, who
calls his boys “great warriors of
Africa”, said Hayatou’s visit is a
massive motivation and the
Eaglets cannot fail Africa at this
stage.
“We will take our remaining
challenges in the tournament
one at a time, starting with the
semi-final against Sweden on
Tuesday evening.”

Warri Wolves Hold
Stakeholders Forum
on Tuesday
ARTICLE | NOVEMBER 4, 2013 -
2:33PM | BY IKENNA AGU
The newly appointed Managing
Director of Warri Wolves
Davidson Owumi will meet with
all the club stakeholders with a
view of fashioning a way
forward for the Club.
Those who are to grace the fact
finding mission which is
expected to start by 10.00am are
the Coaches Association, the
State League Board, the State
Referees Association, Ex-
Footballers and the Media.
According to a statement signed
by the Media Manager of the Club,
Etu Moses, only those who are
duly involved in these
associations should be present
to present their view on the way
forward.
According to Etu, it is a serious
business, the first assignment by
the new man saddled with the
responsibility of repositioning
the Club and as such, the
Management will only accredit
those who will play significant
role in the discussions.
“ Let me make it clear that the
new Managing Director is very
serious with this stakeholders
meet and as such will welcome
only those who have a role to
play by coming up with useful
suggestions on the way forward.
He is not coming to listen to why
Mr A did this and why Mr B did
that. He wants to hear how the
Club can move forward and this
is an opportunity for all to
contribute before the season
starts. I want to advise all
stakeholders to turn up in large
numbers on time and be seated
by 10.00am.’
Meanwhile, Etu has enjoined the
fans and all well wishers to wait
for the official communication
channel of the Club for any
information as regards changes
or any other thing that will
unfold as we prepare for the
coming season.
“I am saying that nothing has
happened in the Club apart from
the appointment of the new
board. This is because a
particular newspaper has been
coming out with false stories as
regards the Coaching crew and
other things. As soon as anything
happens, you will be informed
adequately so any other news is
mere rumour

The former Flying Eagles handler
has been named the new coach
of the Coal City football outfit
John Obuh has been appointed
the technical adviser of Enugu
Rangers Football Club. He takes
over from Okey Emordi who
resigned his appointment after
the just concluded season’s final
clash against El Kanemi Warriors
at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium,
Enugu on October 20.
In his reaction to this
development, the former Sharks
of Port Harcourt gaffer claims it is
a huge honour to be assigned
the responsibility to handle the
side in the 2013/14 Glo Premier
League season.
“Enugu Rangers are the pride of
all southeasterners. Every coach
wants to coach Rangers. Every

NNL: Adeniyi Named Kogi
United Assistant Coach
The management of Kogi United
Football Club, Lokoja has
announced the appointment of
former Fame FC head coach
Adeniyi Yinka as new Assistant
Coach of the club.
The former Union Bank Coach
replaced Omale Jonathan as the
Assistant Coach of Kogi United.
With the announcement of a new
Assistant Coach, the drive to
ensure quality hands are
appointed to get the coveted
NPFL ticket next season
continues for the Nigeria
National League side.
According to the statement made
by the Chairman of the club,
Mallam Abdul Adama, the
decision taken by the
management is in her continued
efforts to restructure the club’s
technical crew for better
preparation ahead of the
2013/2014 Nigeria National
League (NNL) season.
Mallam Adama wished Kogi
United FC’s out-going assistant
coach Omale Jonathan the best in
his future endeavours as a coach.
Recently, Kogi United appointed
former Remo Stars Coach Fatai
Osho as new head coach and
Henry Ameh as new team
manager.

The Nigeria Women League
chairperson, Dilichukwu
Onyedinma has awarded pass
mark on the out gone
2012/2013 Nigeria Women
Professional League
(NWPL)season.
The NWPL Matchday 18 matches
were played among the various
teams on Sunday which
ultimately brought to a close the
regular season.
The last lap of the football season
will be the Super Six tournament
where the champions will be
crowned.
The quartet of title holders, Delta
Queens, Cup holders, Rivers
Angels, Bayelsa Queens and Ibom
Angels are sure qualifiers for the
Super Six challenge.
Onyedinma said the women
football season was 100% hitch
free as it recorded tremendous
improvements compared with
previous seasons.
"The season ended on a very
good note just as it started, no
rancour, no litigation, no
banishment, no withdrawal,
among other things as currently
witness in the men's leagues.
"We had 100% hitch free season.
Winners and losers emerged on
the field of play not through the
boardroom, I give kudos to every
persons who made it possible,"
said the NFF executive board
member to supersport.com.
Onyedinma said the board is
working very hard to secure
sponsors for the league more so
as the Women Premier League
will debut next season.
"Of course, the league is not yet
perfect we're still working to
further improve it especially in
the area of sponsorship.
"We're yet to secure a sponsor
though there have been
interests, we're hoping to
commence the Premier League
next season with sponsors.
"The Premier League will
commence with six top teams
each from the two groups to
form the core of the 12-team
league.
"The final league table will be
published very shortly so that
everybody will know her stand as
regards to the teams to make up
the Premier League teams as well
as the final Super Six teams.
"We don't have date and venue
yet for the Super Six tournament
but before the Federation Cup
final is played on September 15
those issues would've been
sorted out. We usually end the
football season with the Super
Six tournament," said the women
league chairperson.
Delta Queens are the reigning
Nigeria women champions.
© supersport.com

Women League: Super Six Date
Not Corfirmed
October 10, 2013 in Nigeria,
Nigeria Women Football League
The chairperson of the Nigeria
Women Football League (NWFL)
Dilichukwu Onyedima has
revealed that the date earlier
fixed for the 2013 Super Six
competition is now tentative. The
Super Six is an annual
competition organized to
determine the champion among
the top three teams in the two
groups (A & B) involved in the
professional […]

Nigeria Women Football League
The Nigeria Football Federation
has been urged to adopt a
neutral venue for the 2013
Nigeria Women League Super Six
final. The Team Manager of the
Cross River state-owned Women
club Pelican Stars, Mr Ali Ita
appealed to the NFF to reserve it
choice of Bayelsa state as host of
the annually scheduled Women’s
Super-Six […]

News, Nigeria Leagues, Sports
2012/2013 Nigeria Women
Football League
Pool A P PTS
1–Nasarawa Amazons 18 33
2–Delta Queens 18 32
3–FC Robo 18 31
4–Adamawa Queens 18 30
5–Osun Babes 18 28
6–Taraba Queens 18 27
7–Confluence Q 17 25
8–Standard Babes 16 24
9–Ineeh Queens 17 21
10 Martins Whites 18 11
Pool B
1–River Angels 18 40
2–Bayelsa Queens 18 37
3–Pelican Stars 18 35
4–Ibom Angels 18 31
5–Sunshine Queens 17 25
6–FCT Queens 17 21
7–Police Machine 17 20
8–C.I Angels 18 16
9–Tokas Queens 18 13
10-Tewo Queens 17 9
Teams Through To The Super Six
Q-Nasarawa Amazons
Q-Delta Queens
Q-FC Robo
Q-Rivers Angels
Q-Bayelsa Queens
Q-Pelican Stars

Swedish melting pot boils over in
Emirates
(FIFA.com) Monday 4 November
2013
Elias Andersson combined with
Gustav Engvall for Sweden’s first
goal of the U-17 World Cup. These
are two blond-haired, blue-eyed
boys with very Swedish names,
but it soon became clear that the
yellow-clad team competing in UAE
is anything but homogeneous.
There are 11 different nationalities
in the 21-man squad, with players
tracing their roots to ports as far
afield as Seoul and Kampala, Banjul
and Tirana.
Join FIFA.com for a closer look at a
diverse Sweden team, combining
in total harmony on the world
stage - serving up their meatballs
with spices from all corners of the
globe.
The story begins with Valmir
Berisha. Born in Albania before
moving with his family to Sweden
when he was two, he’s scored
four goals in a menacing and
entertaining display. “It’s
important for us as a team to have
more than just one kind of player,”
said the flamboyant No9, who has
four goals ahead of a semi-final
rematch with Nigeria in Dubai.
“Swedish players are known for
being strong and fast,” Berisha
went on. “But when you throw in
the technical ability of the guys like
me from the Balkans and the good
stuff the African guys bring too,
the power and technique, we
become more than just one
threat.”
Albania's loss is Sweden's gain
Gentrit Citaku also has Albanian
roots and his delicate through ball
picked out Erdal Rakip, of Turkish
origins, who slotted home
elegantly to send Sweden on their
way to victory in the quarter-final
against Honduras. Having already
made his senior team debut for
Swedish giants Malmo, it’s likely
this won’t be the last Sweden
jersey the impressive Rakip pulls
on before his career is up.
Carlos Strandberg, tall, powerful
and dark of skin, has come on as a
late substitute in all of Sweden’s
games. “My mother’s from
Portugal with roots in
Mozambique,” he told FIFA.com
about his cultural combo-name.
“My dad, he’s Swedish, so there’s
the Strandberg.
“There are guys from all over the
world in this team and it’s a really
cool thing for us,” added the shy
Strandberg, who combined with
Anton Saletros, son of a Hungarian
immigrant, on the winning goal
against Honduras. It was scored
by none other than the
sensational Berisha, who
celebrated like a madman. “I still
don’t know what I was doing
after the goal,” he said of the
bouncing, pogo-ing dance
performance that followed his
cheeky heel-flick in Al Ain. “I
needed to watch the highlights on
TV to find out!”
Ssewankambo blow
Wherever their roots originate,
this Swedish team have amazing
chemistry, humility, good humour
and, perhaps most of all, resilience.
They lost their top midfielder, Isak
Ssewankambo – who hails from
Uganda – to injury after only 15
minutes of football at the finals.
With arguably their best midfielder
sent home to Chelsea, where he’s
already agreed to professional
terms, the Swedes soldiered on
without him.
“The power in depth of this team
is just amazing,” said coach
Larsson, who’s made three
substitutions – the maximum
allowed – in every game. “It’s a
tremendous feeling for a coach.”
Larsson’s defence is marshaled by
Noah Sonko, a tall and rangy
centre-back who traces his roots
back to the Gambia, a west African
country not far from Nigeria, who
just happen to be Sweden’s next
opponent. “I’m not worried about
them at all; not bothered one bit,”
was the big man’s terse response
when asked about the pace and
creativity of Nigeria’s attacking
line, who have scored 20 times in
five games. One wonders if his
mates in defence, identical twin
brothers Sebastian and Johan
Ramhorn – who share a Korean
mother – will have the same level
of comfort when the goal-hungry
Golden Eaglets come calling a
second time.
Ali Suljic and speedy winger Mirza
Halvadzic come from Bosnia, while
Christer Lipovac hails from Croatia.
Goalkeeper Sixten Mohlin’s blood
flows from the Netherlands and
the Cape Verde Islands, off the
north-western coast of Africa. The
story goes on and on. Even the
team’s medical staff is of Italian
ancestry. Clearly, it’s all one, big
happy family for these Swedes
who are breathing new life into
the old platitude ‘variety is the
spice of life.’

Group F trio reunited in final four
(FIFA.com) Saturday 2 November
2013
THE DAY REPLAYED - The
intercontinental double-header
between Africa and South America
in Sharjah this Saturday ended
one-apiece, concluding the
quarter-final stage of the FIFA
U-17 World Cup United Arab
Emirates 2013.
In the first game, Argentina scored
after just six minutes to unsettle
the sturdy defensive system that
Côte d'Ivoire have displayed
throughout the tournament,
before running out 2-1 winners.
Then Nigeria overcame Uruguay
2-0 with two goals from Taiwo
Awoniyi, who went off in pain
near the end. Victory and a place
in the semi-finals was reason
enough to celebrate for the
Golden Eaglets, who had scored an
average of 4.5 goals per game in
their first four matches.
The semi-finals are now confirmed
with Nigeria meeting Sweden on
one side of the draw, and
Argentina against Mexico on the
other. One African, one European,
one South American, and one
North American team representing
four football confederations are
thus still in with a chance at the
trophy.
Results
Quarter-finals
Argentina 2-1 Côte d'Ivoire
Uruguay 0-2 Nigeria
Memorable moments
And the winner of the ‘Group of
Death’ award is...Group F!
Impressively, this group provided
three of the four semi-finalists in
the United Arab Emirates, with
section toppers Nigeria joined by
Mexico and Sweden in the last
four. It is the first time in the
history of the competition that
one group has supplied three
semi-finalists. Only Argentina,
winners of Group E, crashed the
party. Now back home watching
on TV, the brave Iraqis must be
imagining what might have been
if they had been drawn in a
different pool.
The game of fear
Ten players took to the field in the
clash between Argentina and Côte
d'Ivoire a yellow card away from
suspension – six from the South
American side and four from the
Africans. This was the same
number as the Brazil v Mexico and
Sweden v Honduras games
combined. A single yellow card
would be erased for the semi-
finals, but a player with two yellow
cards to his name would be
suspended. As a result, Argentina
coach Humberto Grondona will
now be without Rodrigo Moreira
and Matias Sanchez for the next
game. It was potentially even
worse for Uruguay coach Fabian
Coito, who had eight players on a
yellow card. With four from
Nigeria, that made 12 players in
total who were a card away from
suspension. As it turned out, the
Golden Eaglets won, and Akinjide
Idowu is the only one who will
miss out on a semi-final due to
suspension.
Four from four
Argentina and Côte d'Ivoire had
met three times previously in FIFA
competitions, so today's win made
it four from four for the land of
Maradona and Messi. The three
previous encounters had come at
the 1992 FIFA Confederations Cup,
the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ and the
Olympic Football Tournament of
2008. Argentina have therefore
completed a clean sweep against
Côte d'Ivoire in all age categories.
The Golden Eaglets' win over the
young Charruas was some
revenge for Nigeria's two 2-1
defeats against Uruguay earlier
this year, in the FIFA
Confederations Cup and the FIFA
U-20 World Cup.
One Africa, two cultures
"We need to acquire more
experience at this level if we are to
reach this stage of the
competition more often, like
Nigeria do," said Baby Elephants
coach Ibrahima Kamara after the
match. The Nigerian fans, who
were out in greater numbers than
the Ivorians, also showed maturity
by noisily cheering on their boys
from the outset, in contrast to the
Ivorian supporters who only really
got behind their side in the
second half. One Golden Eaglet fan
even produced a replica of the
FIFA World Cup Trophy, perhaps in
support of the Super Eagles who
look on course to qualify for Brazil
2014. In the end though it was
the Nigerian U-17 side who were
given a heroes' reception by their
adoring fans.
The number
12 – The number of times
Argentina (5) and Nigeria (7) have
reached the semi-finals of the FIFA
U-17 World Cup. This is the second
time both sides have
simultaneously reached the last
four of this competition. The last
time, at Trinidad and Tobago
2001, Nigeria went on to finish
second and La Albiceleste finished
fourth. Argentina have never won
the FIFA U-17 World Cup, while the
Golden Eaglets have triumphed
three times.
The words
"That was a fabulous win over a
great team. We were consistently
good and well-intentioned
throughout, but in the second half
Côte d'Ivoire upped their game,"
Argentina coach Humberto
Grondona.
Next up
Semi-finals - Tuesday 5 November
Argentina-Mexico (Abu Dhabi,
17:00 local time)
Sweden-Nigeria (Dubai, 20:00 local
time)

Deiok: But to me it funny.

the pronounciation right?

Deiok: The funniest place i have ever heard should properbly be Bangkok the capital of thailand. There are other funny names of places here in my area, like Ozigbo, Akpako, Okpako .i will be droping more later.

hmmmmmm but Okpako is a name in urhobo and it means senior and beside is the middle name of my mum

I want my noisy neighbour to win this game

Damn! Who is excluding my beautiful Warri out of the cities to host a world cup,,,we can make it happen when we are ready cuz we Warri pple are sports lover,,,Ask CAF,,we still hold the record of having the highest number of pple to watch AWC in Africa

FIFA Under-20 Women World Cup Qualifiers : Nigeria 10:0 Serria Leone

CFCfan: Go Enyimba!
This game is gonna a blockbuster.

hmmmm!!! I will be there live to give u guys scores

SUPER CUP: Kano Pillars vs Enyimba on november 27 @Warri City Stadium

The funniest street name i have see is KOLOKOLO in UDU LGA of Delta state

My people say ''All work no play make Jack a dull boy'' ,,,so take a break from politics and ASUU strike wahala lets have some fun,,,,So tell me funniest street or places names u have heard or come Across.