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Eight years after its last international match in Lagos, the Super Eagles return to the nation’s bustling commercial capital on Wednesday with an international friendly game against Sierra Leone at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.

Wednesday’s match was hastily put together by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) following the failure of an earlier arrangement to play Guatemala in Miami, Florida in the United States of America.

A total of 17 players trained on the artificial turf of the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday with goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, defender Elderson Echiejile and midfielder John Mikel Obi expected to fly into the country tonight.

At the training watched by hundreds of fans and media men were captain Joseph Yobo, goalkeeper Bamidele Aiyenugba, defenders Olubayo Adefemi, Wasiu Sowemimo, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Michael Odibe and Taye Taiwo, midfielders Olufemi Ajilore, Julius Ubido, Obiora Nwankwo and Joel Obi and forwards Osaze Odemwingie, Obinna Nsofor, Ahmed Musa, Ekigho Ehiosun, Peter Utaka and Emmanuel Emenike.

Tickets for Wednesday’s game went up for sale at 15 different points in Lagos State, and the NFF has urged football fans to purchase their tickets before match day.

Lagos fans are in for a feast in this first quarter of the year, as the Super Eagles return to Lagos for next month’s 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifying match against Ethiopia. That match will be played on Sunday, March 27.

Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has tasked his wards to live up to their names ‘Eagles’ and fly over their fellow West African, Sierra Leone in Wednesday’s international friendly at the Teslim Balogun stadium, Lagos.

SuperSport.com gathered that in his first official meeting with the players he intends to re-build the team at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos on Tuesday the former Nigerian international striker made it clear that there would be no ‘big man’ in the team urging the players to respect team captain Joseph Yobo as well as one another and we all know we must win all our remaining matches in the qualifying series.

“Nigerians want to see a new team, with a new and positive attitude and we have our work cut out trying to meet the high expectations of a people who have tremendous passion for the game.

“We must respect one another in this set-up. We also have to work hard. It is important that we get some good results as we start in order that our people will forget the disappointment of the Fifa World Cup finals in South Africa.

“You may think the Sierra Leone match is a friendly and a small game, but Nigerians will begin to judge us from this first game, and it is very, very important that we show great spirit. We must fight for the ball and play for one another. “This match will prepare us for the African Nations Cup qualifying match against Ethiopia coming up next month
"What I know and what I can tell you for sure is that Nigerians are good people. If you show the spirit and you fight for the ball they will support you all the way,” said Siasia.

The Super Eagles had their first training on Tuesday morning on the turf of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, after which they interacted with media representatives.

Nigeria will take on Sierra Leone today in an international friendly game at the Teslim Balogun stadium, Surulere, Lagos which starts by7.00pm.

Samson Siasia's 20-man squad for Sierra Leone is getting down to the bare bones, with at least 5 players looking doubtful for Wednesday's matchup.

At training on Tuesday morning, Obinna Nsofor and Obiora Nwankwo trained away from the rest of the squad.

While Nsofor later had a fat ice-pack strapped to his left ankle, Inter Milan's Nwankwo had heavy strapping on his right thigh.

"I do t know if I will play tomorrow," Nsofor told KickOffNigeria.com while sitting on the sidelines as the others trained. "that will be up to the medical team and the coach to decide."

Obiorah admitted that his injury was not serious, but also left it up to the officials to decide, "I have a small problem with my thigh, but we will see."

The injuries will leave Siasia scraping the bottom of the barrel for a team on Wednesday.

Midfielder Mikel Obi has been ruled out of the game, while goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama is nursing an ankle problem.

Both players were not at training and we being expected to join camp by evening training.

Striker Emmanuel Emenike is also nursing a shin problem following a vicious challenge in last weekend's Turkish league game.

That leaves Siasia with just 15 fully fit players to select from.

Samson Siasia met with his squad for the first time on Tuesday morning, and charged them up with a stirring speech.

The former striker was appointed last year, but despite meeting with a few players, is only getting to meet them as a team for the first time.

First, he hugged each player one after the other, before launching into his battle cry "The World Cup was disappointing for all of us, but it is in the past now and we have to put it behind us.

"This is a new beginning, and we have to start afresh. We need to show change, commitment, passion and dedication."

Siasia also told them that everyone was equal, "Yobo is our captain, but there are no big players here. Any big player must show the 'bigness' on the pitch.

"This is a new Super Eagles, and you must fly high."

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Jarus:
I will watch this match by God's grace, only because of Joel Obi and Nwankwo. Want to see them in national colours.

At the stadium or on tv?

Shey you nor dey watch Eagles match before ni? cos you make it sound as if you don't

Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has named his 20-man squad to face Sierra Leone on Wednesday.

Skipper Joseph Yobo leads the team, which also has Inter Milan youngsters Joel Obi and Obiorah Nwankwo in.

Domestic league hat trick hero Ekigho Ehiosun also gets his chance to replicate his goalscoring at international level.

The Warri Wolves forward is is one of three domestic league players in the squad.

The others are Heartland's Chibuzor Okonkwo and Julius Ubido, with Kano Pillars' Wasiu Sowemimo also included

The Squad:
. Vincent Enyeama
. Bamidele Aiyenugba
. Taye Taiwo
. Joseph Yobo
. Olubayo Adefemi
. Chibuzor Okonkwo
. Wasiu Sowemimo
. Elderson Echiejile
. Michael Odibe
. Julius Ubido
. Obiora Nwankwo
. Joel Obi
. Olufemi Ajilore
. Mikel Obi
. Emmanuel Emenike
. Ekigho Ehiosun
. Ahmed Musa
. Osaze Odemwingie
. Peter Utaka
. Obinna Nsofor

Samson Siasia will only have one full day of training with his squad before taking on Sierra Leone, after being forced to cancel Monday's training session because he didn't have enough players.

As at 4pm when the squad were scheduled to leave their Eko Hotel lodgings for training, only 5 players had reported.

By 5pm, that number had taken to nine, and an hour later, it was 13.

The rest of the players were expected to arrive by Monday night.

The team will train twice on Tuesday.

Players in camp:
Joseph Yobo, Osaze Odemwingie, Julius Ubido, Wasiu Sowemimo, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Ekigho Ehiosun, Michael Odibe, Taye Taiwo, Adefemi Olubayo, Peter Utaka, Ahmed Musa, Joel Obi and Obinna Nsofor

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I wanted to watch this movie for many reasons, first SRK is my favourite actor and after 1 year
we are seeing him in a solo movie. another reason, after almost a decade India's most loved
jodi (couple) SRK and Kajol unite. And the combo of Karan-SRK-Kajol never goes wrong.

MNIK is nothing but a journey, a story about Rizwan Khan and his journey across America to meet the US president
so he can tell him that every Muslim is not a terrorist. And what a journey it is!!! a journey of smiles and tears, realism
and exaggeration, love and hate, this journey is not only physical but has a beautiful soul as well.

The story is now famous by now. Rizwan Khan has Asperger's syndrome since birth. He has a problem expressing emotions, he
regrets physical intimacy, he's bothered by crowded spaces and loud noise, and he's disturbed by the sight of anything yellow.
other than that, he's quite smart actually very intelligent. He can repair faulty home appliances and crack word puzzles in an instant.
what he can not mend is is his wife's broken heart when 9/11 delivers a personal blow.

scenes to watch out for

1 first scene at the Airport tells us what the movie is all about. when srk says: "my name is Khan and my not a terrorist" excellent

2 srk sales scenes are very funny and make you laugh

3 when srk ask kajol "can we have intimacy pls" he look so Innocent

4 first 15 minutes after the interval is very fast and audiences will be in shock

5 after the wedding, when Kajol asked srk whether he knows what to do and srk shows her the intercourse book
and reply "I have been reading this I know what to do" lol my favourite scene.

6 srk help in Georgia shows his positive character

7 the childhood of Rizwan was very well made brought me to tears.


Negative point

In the church srk gives a speech in Hindi I don't know how the Americans understood his Hindi and started crying
very hard to digest.


Performance

concerning the performance, I must be honest and say when I first saw the promo I said to myself " no Aamir Khan is the only one who
can portrayed this role srk is going to over act" But I was wrong, very wrong. No other actor would have portrayed the role of Rizwa Khan
with so much passion, love, and simplicity like the way srk did. In a role that could easily made him go over the top, he restrains himself beautifully
and literally make you fall in love with him one minute in the film you will forget you are watching srk like seriously this is not the srk me and you knows.
when watching MNIK, you are watching Rizwan Khan not srk. In my humble opinion this is his best work ever.

As for Kajol, I can not say this is her best I liked her in Fanna and U ME AUR HUM better. But it was a very well performance by her and surely
she should be acclaimed for her role.

As for the other, Jimmi's (srk brother in the film) too good however big applause for his wife in the film she was excellent and she
is so pretty.

Srk mother was good in her role ( so much passion)

Mama jenny and funny hair joel were good too.


Direction

direction wise this is definitely Karan's best work no second opinion on that.

The technique side of the film is exceptionally excellent the cinematography A- class.

My name is Khan is an outstanding movie, serious film critics who enjoys good cinema will love this movie.
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The World of Champions has secured the rights to broadcast the international friendly between the Nigerian men’s national team and their Sierra Leonean counterparts live on SuperSport 3 from 8pm (CAT) on Wednesday.

The game will be the first competitive test for head coach Samson Siasia since he took charge of the Nigerian team in December.

Siasia said he is looking forward to his first game and will serve as an opportunity to see his players firsthand.

“This will afford me and my backroom staff the chance to look at some of our new and young players. We will use the game as part of preparation for the Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia. Playing in Lagos will help us prepare since our Nations Cup qualifier will also hold there.”

Nigeria should have the likes of John Mikel Obi, Vincent Enyeama, Obinna Nsofor and Victor Anichebe for this game against Sierra Leone’s foreign stars that include Mohammed Kallon, John Trye, Sherif Suma, Ibrahim Koroma, Ibrahim Kargbo, Benjamin Sesay, Ibrahim Bangura, Mohammed Bangura and Sulaiman Fullah Sesay.

The international friendly is the first game that will take place in Lagos in more than a decade and SuperSport will bring all the stars, the stats and action live from the Teslim Balogun Stadium.

Broadcast details:
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
20:00 CAT (7pm Nigerian Time) - SS3N International friendly: Nigeria v Sierra Leone (live)

John Mikel Obi is not expected to play any part in Wednesday's friendly against Sierra Leone while the arrival of Wigan's Victor Moses is in doubt.

Officials told KickOffNigeria.com that Mikel and the Chelsea medical staff informed Samson Siasia that the midfielder would be unable to train or play on artificial turf as a result of his recent surgery.

Mikel suffered medial ligament damage when he was caught by Robin van Persie in a nasty late challenge during Chelsea's defeat to Arsenal in December.

The Nigerian has only just returned to first team football after undergoing surgery and spending over four weeks on the sidelines "They told the coach that if he plays on artificial turf now, it could cause a swelling in the knee where he had surgery," an official said. "But he is still expected to be in camp and meet up with the rest of the squad."

That however, is not the case with Wigan's Moses, who is said to be developing cold feet "His advisers called to say that maybe this is not the right time for him yet, as it would be better for him to focus on establishing himself at club level."

Officials remain hopeful that the youngster will join up with the rest of the team, although those expectations are derived more from optimism than certainty.