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	<title>A Daily Collection Of Nigeria News Papers. Read All Nigeria Newspapers Online &#187; SPORTS ROUNDUP</title>
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		<title>Flying Eagles depart for Jo’burg today for AYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Adeyinka Adedipe THE Flying Eagles will depart for South Africa today for the African Youth Championship (AYC) slated for Johannesburg from this Sunday to May 3 with the hope of winning the trophy. The Nigerian team will be hoping to qualify for the semi-final from Group B, which comprises world champion, Ghana, Cameroun and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIFA Ranking: Eagles move up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigeria climbed a step from the 39th position to 38 in the FIFA world rankings for the month of April released yesterday. This minimal rise was on the back of victories against Ethiopia in the Nation Cup qualifiers and Kenya in an international friendly in Abuja last month. Ghana move from the 16th position to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lagerback was a mistake</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MERCY JACOB … Idah, ex-Eagles media officer, says the Swede&#8217;s coming brought confusion The last is yet to be heard on what transpired between the Eagles and Coach Lars Lagerback at the just concluded World Cup in South Africa where the team performed woefully. According to the Super Eagles&#8217; former media man, Peterside Idah, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depleted Eagles face Korea in Suwan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jide Alaka The Super Eagles have to dig deep today as they will be Yusuf Ayila for the friendly match against Korea Republic. The Russia based player called in to inform team handlers of an injury he sustained in a league match at the weekend. &#8220;He (Ayila) will not be available for the match. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No favouratism for Eagles’ shirt, Lagerback</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 06:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eagles technical adviser, Lars Lagerback said that there will be no automatic shirt for any of the players invited to the Eagles camp. The Swede-born coach who was in Europe to see top Nigerian players said that all the 44 players he invited to camp for South Africa 2010 World Cup have equal opportunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa offers Bafana $135,000 for a goal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 06:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa&#8217;s beleaguered football team has been offered R1-million (about US$135 000) a goal to share at the forth coming World Cup finals, irrespective of whether the team wins any points, a senior official said on Wednesday. But the South African Football Association said it still had to conclude negotiations with players over a payment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yobo: Eagles not world class</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Super Eagles assistant captain Joseph Yobo has said the team is lacking in world-class talent as they head towards the 2010 FIFA World Cup.The Everton centre-back says the side are going through a transition period, with younger players being blooded into the side, and he admits they have not reached the heights fans would expect. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drogba to undergo surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ivory Coast’s striker, Didier Drogba, will need surgery before June&#8217;s World Cup in South Africa because of a hernia problem. Chelsea’s Coach, Carlo Ancelotti, has revealed that his striker had played for the last few months despite being troubled by the abdominal hernia. &#8220;Drogba has been living with this problem for three or four months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politics has destroyed Nigerian football &#8211; Obafemi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By TANA AIYEJINA: Atlanta ‘96 Olympic Games gold medallist Abiodun Obafemi is unhappy about the state of football and sports in the country, reports ‘TANA AIYEJINA. Abiodun Obafemi is one footballer who in his playing days did his job on the pitch for both club and country without being noticed. Strikers who took his boyish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nwankwo Kanu wanted in Dubai</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veteran Nigerian striker Nwankwo Kanu is weighing up an offer to move to Dubai club Al-Ahli in the summer. Portsmouth have been given special permission to sell players outside the transfer window to help the club out of their financial problems. According to a report posted on the MTNFootball site, the 33-year-old striker could be available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’m ready to give 150% of my best under Largerback , Nsofor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Philips Adefioye: Super Eagles striker Obinna Nsofor says  he is ever ready to do his best for the national team if chosen for the World Cup  irrespective of  who is in charge of the team . Lagerback The former Inter Millan goal pusher said that with Lars Lagerback at the helm, he would make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nnaji banned after losing court case</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Nigeria Premier League executive committee member Barrister Ray Nnaji has been banned by the NFF after seeing his case against the NPL thrown out by a Federal High Court. Nnaji, a former Sports Commissioner in Enugu State, had gone to court to challenge the legality of the NPL after he was disqualified from running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t lose sleep over Argentina, Lagerback</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tony Ubani: VERY few countries would want to dine with Argentina in the World Cup, even with a long spoon. What with the array of mercurial players at their disposal. Add that to the deadly form of such players like Lionel Messi, Higuain, Carlos Tevez, Javier Mascherano and others. Lagerback But Eagles Manager, Lars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eagles’ slide will not determine World Cup performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jide Alaka, Semiu Osho, Olusola Babarinsa and Bolade Oladoye: With 70 days to the beginning of the World Cup, the Eagles have fallen to 22 after being ranked 21 in the last ranking. World Cup opponents, Argentina did not move from their 9th ranking even after defeating Germany in a friendly last month while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court relocates to NFF over Eagles missing dollars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY JUDE OPARA: As Nigerians continue to await the final outcome of the court case on the missing Super Eagles $236,000 dollars from the coffers of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) last year, the Abuja Magistrate Court which is handling the case yesterday relocated to the football house ostensibly to have on the spot assessment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eagles drop one step in FIFA rankings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ben Efe: Nigeria dropped by one point in the March world rankings released by FIFA yesterday. The Eagles moved to the 22nd position from the previous 21st spot, but Eagles still retained their third position on the African continent. eagles Nigeria’s World Cup opponents Argentina remained at its number nine position, while Greece dropped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kanu considering Dubai club’s offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUST as Portsmouth contemplate reducing the wages of its players by half next season, Nwankwo Kanu is weighing up an offer to move to the Middle East. Portsmouth have been given special permission to sell players outside the transfer window and Dubai outfit Al-Ahli Club are interested in signing the Nigerian striker Kanu, 33, could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Football federation to make N94m if Eagles get to final</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Olukayode Thomas: If the Super Eagles of Nigeria eventually lodge in the Hampshire Hotel, Ballito, Durban, for the South Africa 2010 World Cup, and play in the final slated for Soccer City, Johannesburg, on July 11, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) would have saved $627, 000 (N94.3 million). As the NFF continues to insist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s great working for Nigeria — Lagerback’s assistant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roland Andersson, the Swede assistant to Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback, said on Friday in Abuja that it was great to be part of the team’s coaching set-up. Andersson, who was introduced to the Nigerian media at a news conference, said he felt honoured and full of pride to get the job. &#8220;I’m deeply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Niger stop Nigeria from CHAN</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John Egbokhan: Darkness yesterday enveloped Nigerian football after the Home-based Eagles crashed out of the African Nations Championship, following an inexcusable barren draw against Niger Republic in their second leg tie at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano. EAGLES After suffering an embarrassing 2-0 defeat in the reverse fixture a fortnight ago in Niamey, [...]]]></description>
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