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Here is a shortlist I made of the top five biggest earning Nigerian player's. This list considers only their initial wages without bonuses and add-ons.

5. Vincent Enyeama
AGE: 31
CLUB: Lille OSC

At no. 5 is Nigeria's undisputed No.1! Vincent Enyeama, This veteran shot-stopper has been making waves for all the good things in the world of sport.

He was some minutes away from breaking ligue 1 clean sheet record last season and his performance for Nigeria has been outstanding. The experienced goalie earns around £800,000 annually at Lille OSC which is equivalent to about[b] 432million naira[/b].

4.Joseph Yobo
AGE: 33
CLUB: Fenerbache

Nigeria's record appearance holder Joseph Yobo with 100 International caps earns crazy money with his Turkish club as an MTNFootball.com reporter once said.

The veteran centre-back weekly wages is around £30,000. His annual salary is about £1.6million which is 441.6million naira! This is also tax free.

See the players that made the top 3 and how much they earn here [i][/i]>>> http://www.wolexis.com/2014/07/wolexis-blog-top-5-highest-paid.html

Jose Mourinho's Champions League hoodoo took another dramatic turn as he suffered his second defeat in the space of four days.

After the shocking 1-0 loss to Everton on Saturday, the Portuguese coach could only watch in frustration as the Blues conceded two late goals to FC Basel to suffer their first home defeat in the group stage since 2003.

And after Chelsea's below-par performance raised doubts over their credentials this season, we decided to take a look at the lessons to be learned from Wednesday's defeat and all other matches played.


1. Chelsea New Boys Need Time to Jell

With three summer signings making their Champions League debuts for Chelsea on Wednesday night, it was always going to be difficult for them to settle in.

Willian, Marco van Ginkel and Samuel Eto'o all started against Basel, and while the former seemed to adapt swiftly to Chelsea's style of play, the other two struggled to impose themselves on the game.

Mourinho's decision to play Oscar through the middle turned out to be a masterstroke, as the Brazilian was perhaps the only bright light on an otherwise poor evening for the Blues. His compatriot Willian started from the right and looked to ooze confidence with every touch.

But it soon became evident how little these Chelsea players had to get to know one another's style of play. Eto'o, in particular, appeared to be two or three weeks short of full fitness and lacked the sharpness that Chelsea required from their lone forward.

Van Ginkel was naive with his tackles, rightfully earning a yellow card after his touch let him down and he went flying into the challenge. He's only 20 and has managed just a short cameo against Hull before the Basel game, so it's expected that he may struggle to adapt at first.

But after spending over £60 million this summer, Mourinho needs his new players to jell in time to recover from their dreadful start.

2. Mourinho Will Regret Loaning Out Lukaku

On transfer deadline day, many Chelsea fans had heard about Demba Ba's impending move to Arsenal and thought that would be end of the matter.

But Mourinho decided to perform a U-turn and kept the striker, instead sending out Romelu Lukaku to Everton on a season-long loan. Unsurprisingly, there were a few disgruntled voices in the distance.

To send out the exciting, 17-goal Belgian striker on loan when Chelsea had only scored five goals in their opening six matches was slightly baffling, and to keep struggling Ba as a consequence was the icing on the cake for Chelsea fans.

Eto'o was given the chance to lead the line on Wednesday but somewhat failed to get going. He perhaps lacked the motivation or sharpness that Chelsea desired against Basel.

And when Chelsea fell behind, Mourinho threw on Ba in a desperate attempt for a goal, but much like Eto'o, the Senegalese forward barely got a touch in the second half. What difference might a fast and powerful striker like Lukaku have made in a match of such importance?

We'll never know, but there's no doubt that the West London club's supporters may be feeling that Mourinho sent the wrong man out on loan.

Full Article Here >>> http://wolexis..com/2013/09/6-things-we-learnt-from-wednesday.html

Here are the top 7 richest Nigerian Footballers in Naira >>>>> http://wolexis..com/2012/11/top-7-highest-paid-nigerian-footballers.html

As we all know,the 2013/2014 season of the most watched league in the world will begin on the 17th of this month which Is Saturday.
As Africans following the beautiful game,we consider it a very important feature to follow the growth of our players,apart from the big names like the mikels,Moses,gervinho and Adebayor to mention a few
This article brings light upon the players not known to most of us but are definitely players to watch out for.

First up is Wilfred Zaha of Manchester United and Ivory Coast.

Few realised at the time, but Manchester United’s acquisition of Crystal Palace winger might prove to be Sir Alex Ferguson’s final decisive purchase as Red Devils boss.
At 20 years old, the winger is still perhaps too raw to command a first-team spot straightaway, but one of David Moyes’ key challenges—and surely key ambitions—will be to polish the England international into a top-class Premier League competitor.

While this season may predominantly be a question of acclimatisation, Zaha is already more than capable of making an impact in a substitute capacity.
Moyes will be hoping for much, much more before too long.

Next on the list is Christian benteke for Aston villa and DR Congo (Belgium)

Aston Villa fans must have been delighted that superstar striker Christian Benteke decided to renew his contract with the Midlands club.
The vultures had been circling, and at times over the last few weeks and months it seemed almost certain that the Belgian’s future would be away from Villa Park. Tottenham Hotspur had been identified as a potential destination, but the new contract signing means that those attentions have been put on ice.

Benteke was one of the revelations of last season. The striker has the lot: pace, power and technical prowess. He spearheaded a young Villa side and will surely only get better with time and experience. The 22-year-old scored 23 goals in all competitions during 2012-13, and Villains chief Paul Lambert will be delighted at the continuation of their relationship.

Third player to watch out for is Victor Wanyama: Southampton & Kenya

It is no surprise that Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama has moved to a major European league, but I imagine few expected that Southampton would be lucky enough to acquire his services. Recall that the 21 year old came to lime light after his impressive display against Barcelona when Celtic shocked the Catalan giants in the Champions League
The Saints have picked up a valuable asset. The East African is a dynamic, energetic central midfielder, he can tackle, he can pass and he can also score goals, as was evidenced during Celtic’s magnificent run in the Champions League last season.

As noted by the Independent, Wanyama may have alerted the wider footballing public during those contests with Barcelona, but the truth is that he has regularly been dominating in the “bread and butter” contests of the Scottish Premier League week in and week out.

Certainly the EPL will be a step up, but expect Wanyama to make the grade next term. Look forward to the Kenyan forging a dynamic and effective partnership with Morgan Schneiderlin in the heart of Saints midfield.

Unfortunately,that's all we can take..certainly we can't touch all the interesting players,let us know what you feel.you can view the full African list here http://wolexis..com/2013/07/top-7-africans-to-watch-out-for-in.html Thank you!

Mikel has pulled out of tomorrow's game due to "stomach pain" Here's what Stephen Keshi said about the matter. >>>> http://wolexis..com/2013/08/mandela-challenge-mikel-pulls-out-due.html

Shockingly, Brazilian star Neymar is the most marketable sportsperson in the world.

The Santos striker has been placed ahead of the likes of Lionel Messi, Usain Bolt and Lewis Hamilton at the top of SportsPro magazine's top 50 most marketable athletes.

Sportspro take the following into account when compiling the list: Value for money, age, home market, charisma, willingness to be marketed and crossover appeal.

<strong>HERE'S THE TOP 30</strong>
1 Neymar – football, Brazil
2 Lionel Messi, football, Argentina
3 Rory McIlroy, golf, UK
4 Robert Griffin III, American football, USA
5 Usain Bolt, athletics, Jamaica
6 Novak Djokovic, tennis, Serbia
7 Lewis Hamilton, Formula One, UK
8 Cristiano Ronaldo, football, Portugal
9 Sloane Stephens, tennis, USA
10 Blake Griffin, basketball, USA
11 Tiger Woods, golf, USA
12 Sebastian Vettel, Formula One, Germany
13 Virat Kohli, cricket, India
14 LeBron James, basketball, USA
15 Victoria Azarenka, tennis, Belarus
16 Maria Sharapova, tennis, Russia
17 Alan Oliveira, Paralympic sprinter, Brazil
18 Andy Murray, tennis, UK
19 Alex Ovechkin, ice hockey, Russia
20 Missy Franklin, swimming, USA
21 Vincent Kompany, football, Belgium
22 Carmelo Anthony, basketball, USA
23 Caroline Wozniacki, tennis, Denmark
24 Sergio Perez, Formula One, Mexico
25 Rafael Nadal, tennis, Spain
26 Lindsey Vonn, skiing, USA
27 Alex Morgan, football, USA
28 Mike Trout, baseball, USA
29 Jack Wilshere, football, UK
30 Yani Tseng, golf, Taiwan

FULL LIST ON: http://wolexis..com/2013/05/top-50-most-marketable-athletes-neymar.html

Shockingly, Brazilian star Neymar is the most marketable sportsperson in the world.
The Santos striker has been placed ahead of the likes of Lionel Messi, Usain Bolt and Lewis Hamilton at the top of SportsPro magazine's top 50 most marketable athletes.

Sportspro take the following into account when compiling the list: Value for money, age, home market, charisma, willingness to be marketed and crossover appeal.

Here's the top 21..
1 Neymar – football, Brazil
2 Lionel Messi, football, Argentina
3 Rory McIlroy, golf, UK
4 Robert Griffin III, American football, USA
5 Usain Bolt, athletics, Jamaica
6 Novak Djokovic, tennis, Serbia
7 Lewis Hamilton, Formula One, UK
8 Cristiano Ronaldo, football, Portugal
9 Sloane Stephens, tennis, USA
10 Blake Griffin, basketball, USA
11 Tiger Woods, golf, USA
12 Sebastian Vettel, Formula One, Germany
13 Virat Kohli, cricket, India
14 LeBron James, basketball, USA
15 Victoria Azarenka, tennis, Belarus
16 Maria Sharapova, tennis, Russia
17 Alan Oliveira, Paralympic sprinter, Brazil
18 Andy Murray, tennis, UK
19 Alex Ovechkin, ice hockey, Russia
20 Missy Franklin, swimming, USA
21 Vincent Kompany, football, Belgium

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In One Word, What Can You Say About This Photo?? LOL!!

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Sorry but there is no goalkeeper!
Anyways its a 3-4-2 formation...


Demel Kolo Toure Samba

Gervinho Yaya Toure Mikel Tarabt

Cisse Ba

What do you think? who is missing?

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African champions Nigeria are sharply divided after skipper Joseph Yobo was axed by coach Stephen Keshi for the recent Kenya clash.

MTNFootball.com has specially gathered that the Super Eagles players are divided with some behind snubbed Yobo and some particularly the new players in the team pitching tent with ‘Big Boss’ Keshi.

Do you think its the right decision

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Club

Can you name a football club without the letter "E"??

Zambia embarked on a shocking championship run in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, defeating Ghana and the Ivory Coast in the final two rounds to win their first title. While they hope to replicate that success in 2013, 15 other countries are also in pursuit.
WHO ARE YOU TIPPING FOR THE TROPHY? Oya let's predict!


Here's my own predictions- teams to qualify for the group stage and the eventual winner. What's yours? http://wolexis..com/2013/01/bold-prediction-for-afcon-2013.html

Mancini was incensed by a mis-timed tackle by the 22-year-old forward.

Balotelli squared up to his manager who reacted by grabbing the young striker by his training bib.
Staff were forced to intervene and coach Brian Kidd had to get between the two before dragging Mancini away from the player as other staff pulled Balotelli away.
According to John Drayton of the Daily Mail, the tackle in question took down Gael Clichy.

But to truly appreciate what happened here, you have to re-live the incident through the amazing images that came from the practice grounds.

READ THE FULL HERE http://wolexis..com/2013/01/balotelli-mancini-bust-up-what-actually.html

INCREDIBLE! 74 Year old footballer scores the 1300th goal in his career https://www.nairaland.com/1120758/74-year-old-man-scores

Although Lionel Messi is unarguably the hottest footballer at the moment with 84 goals already this year,he still has a fair way to go to catch up with Derek May.

May, 74, plays for Meridian FC in Kent, and scored a penalty against Borough United in the Southern Vets League Second Division in a 7-1 victory for his side.

The forward has three children and five grandchildren, and started his footballing career in 1954.Monumental stuff. LOL!! What Messi can do... Baba can do better .... Hehehehe

Full story here http://wolexis..com/2012/12/incredible-76-year-old-scores-1300th.html

Lol

A cartoon on Ivory Coast top striker Didier Drogba was premiered on December 1 in Abidjan in the presence of the Shanghai Shenhua player, organisers said.
The film, title “De Tito à Drogba” (from Tito to Drogba), traces the path of the former Chelsea talisman from his childhood to his moments of glory as a footballer... The film, title “De Tito à Drogba” (from Tito to Drogba), traces the path of the former Chelsea talisman from his childhood to his moments of glory as a footballer.

It was written, directed and produced by Ivorian Guehi Bao Gabin and Frenchman Pierre Sauvalle, who both say is homage to the Elephants captain, which will also serve as an educational tool to raise awareness about HIV- Aids, the proliferation of weapons, violence against women and child soldiers.




Amazing indeed!

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As we continue the build up to Sunday's win or bust final round of Africa's U17 qualifier between the Godlden Eaglets of Nigeria and Mali's Junior Eagles,the Nigeria Football Federation has revealed that they have provided the 18 players with Addidas special designed boots for synthetic pitches.
The Eaglets have already tried out the special boots in trainning before departing Abuja for Bamako.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://wolexis..com/2012/11/golden-eaglets-to-play-with-special.html?spref=tw

Nigerian international and Spartak Moscow player, Emmanuel Emenike, may be spending three years in jail after Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday called for a three-year prison term for him following his implication in a widespread match-fixing scandal.

The lawyers in Istanbul accused Emenike, who currently plays for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League, of faking an injury to avoid playing for his former club Karabukspor against Fenerbahce in May 2011, the Anatolie news agency reported.

The footballer’s agent had beforehand been approached by Fenerbahce officials to arrange the player’s “injury” for the match, they claimed. The 25-year-old attacker’s case has been tried separately from a larger trial that has rocked Turkish football and which ended in July seeing the president of Fenerbahce, Aziz Yildirim, sentenced to six years and three months in prison.

A total of 93 people were tried and a number were found guilty of having fixed matches in the Turkish first and second divisions in the 2010-11 season, as well as for malpractice. Emenike joined Fenerbahce in 2011 but did not make a first team appearance for the club before he was transferred to Spartak.

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Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has been charged by the FA over the Mark Clattenburg race row after the referee was found to have no case to answer.
Mikel accused Clattenburg of using racist language towards him during Chelsea’s defeat to Manchester United last month.
Mikel was charged for alleged use of threatening and/or abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour in or around the officials changing room.
He has until Friday, November 30 to respond.

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Egypt's Al Ahly surprised holders Esperance of Tunisia with a 2-1 second-leg win to lift the African Champions League 3-2 on aggregate.
Gedo fired in Al Ahly's opener from 12 yards shortly before half-time and Walid Soliman doubled their lead just after the hour mark.
Esperance's Yannick N'djeng pulled a goal back to set up a tense finish.
Al Ahly had Mohamed Aboutrika's late penalty saved but held on to become African champions for a seventh time.

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Nigeria’s Peter Odemwingie was the match winner in West Brom’s 2-1 victory over Chelsea,in their week 12 fixture of the English Premiership.
West Brom went into the lead through Shane Long,after evading David Luiz to head home a cross beyond Petr Cech. The Albions looked the livelier of both teams,with Chelsea looking tired as Ramirez,Oscar and Juan Mata,started on the bench after a tiring international midweek.
Chelsea came back in the game,with Eden Hazard crossing the ball to Aziplicueta,who in turn crossed it back to the Belgian whose head shot took a deflection on Jones for the equaliser.
The goal breathed life into Chelsea,who started rampaging West Brom’s defence,but it ended 1-1 going into the half-time.
West Brom showed that their position in the league was no fluke,going in front through Odemwingie,who connected his head to Shane Long’s cross to make the scores 2-1.

Congratulations to him!!

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four goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic condemn the Three Lions to defeat! The big swede now has 4 goals and 4 assists in his last 2 games!! Do you think he deserves more credit

Here is the full highlights of the match!! http://wolexis..com/2012/11/video-sweden-4-2-england-full-highlights.html

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SAMMY AMEOBI will not follow brother Shola into the Nigeria national team set-up - because he dreams of becoming an England star.

Sammy, who was born England, turned out for the Nigerian under-20 side last year, but should win his third English under-21 cap on Tuesday when Stuart Pearce’s side take on Northern Ireland in Blackpool.
And the 20-year-old revealed has no interest in following his elder sibling’s footsteps

“It’s not an easy decision. It’s an honour to be able to play for more than one country. It was tough, but I’m going to stick with England" he said

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Chelsea super stars, John Mikel Obi, Victor Moses and French based central defender, Onyekachi Apam will not be part of this week’s international friendly between Nigeria and Venezuela in Miami, Florida, United States.
Head Coach, Stephen Keshi said Sunday that the trio had different reasons for not being part of the game, but that should not bring fears to Nigerians as capable replacements have already been named for the encounter .

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Moving to a big club is every player's dream. We know a lot of success stories, like Cristiano Ronaldo's move from Sporting Lisbon to Manchester United and Zidane to Real Madrid but there are alot of players who have not been fortunate. Let's take a look at some of them.

JULIO BAPTISTA Sevilla to Real Madrid
Between 2003 and 2005, Baptista made 81 appearances for Sevilla and scored 58 goals. And then Madrid came knocking... *sighs*
Only a few players can reject an offer from the Spanish giants and Baptista was not one of them as he completed a 24.5 million pounds move to join the famous Galaticos era. To add more salt to his misery, he was handed the No 8 jersey! well the rest is history. He could managed only 6 goals throughout his stay and was overshadowed by the likes of Zidane, Ronaldo, Raul, and so on. He later moved to Arsenal on loan and has since then failed to rediscover his form.

There are still many more! Read up the article by visiting www.wolexis..com today

Super Falcons of Nigeria left the match against Ethiopians with an impressive 3 – 0 win.

It was their second match at the ongoing African Women Championship in Equatorial Guinea.

The match started at 5:30pm Nigerian Time, and saw Esther Sunday scoring the first goal at 18′ of the game

Perpetual Nwokocha scored the second goal and Esther Sunday scored the third putting Nigeria on top of the group table making.

There was a little bit confusion in the game when the board Scoreline read 4-0 for Nigeria. But the referee rule Stella Mbachu’s goal as an offside.

The referees have been criticized for poor officiating and denying Nigeria some goals.

Nigeria currently tops the group B table of the African Women championship and need just one more victory to proceed to the quarter Final.

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richer says who?

I can't believe this!! American rapper Nicki Minaj reportedly snubbed Mario Balotelli after a recent concert in Manchester

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Balotelli had reportedly asked for a meet-up after the concert, but Minaj canceled because she was tired.

A Sun source said: “Mario was gutted. He’s a big fan and turned up with gifts along with his other Man City team-mates."

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Instead of meeting Balotelli, Minaj reportedly snacked on an order of Nando's -so he went home disappointed. He’d even bought a camera especially. LMAO!!! Serves hom right shey??

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Group A
South Africa
Cape Verde
Morocco
Angola

Group B
Ghana
DR Congo
Niger
Mali

Group C
Zambia
Ethiopia
Burkina Faso
Nigeria
Group D
Cote D'Ivoire
Togo
Algeria
Tunisia

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Manchester United made it maximum points from their opening three Group H games thanks to a 3-2 win over Braga, although they were given a huge fright.
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90 seconds in and Manchester United are behind. How many times have United fallen behind this season? I'll tell you. It is eight times in 12 games. The home side never fully cleared from the early corner and Hugo Viana's cross is headed into the bottom corner by Alan.

And the Brazilian added to the visitors' advantage, rifling in after Eder had beaten Carrick and cut the ball back across the area.
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United's respond was rapid, Javier Hernandez headed home Shinji Kagawa's cross following a fine work from Robin van Persie and parity was restored when Jonny Evans stabbed the ball over the line in a goal mouth scramble, with Braga having failed to clear a corner properly.
Hernandez's second of the evening put the seal on the turnaround, the Mexican striker peeling away at the back post to meet Tom Cleverley's deep centre.

Chelsea's chances of qualifying for the knockout stage is looking slimmer after they suffered a 2-1 defeat at the Donbass Arena.

Shakhtar Donetsk eased ahead with less than four minutes played, Alex Teixeira drilling across Petr Cech and into the back of the net after Blues skipper John Terry deflected the ball into his path. Shakhtar sliced through Chelsea at will for much of the opening period, and Cech was forced to make a miraculous save to keep out Tomas Hubschman's shot from six yards.

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