Tag: Nigeria
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Nigeria keeper Enyeama: Cancel Afcon or face Ebola outbreak
Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has told the Confederation of African Football to consider cancelling January’s Africa Cup of Nations to save risk of Ebola being spread through the tournament. The virus has killed countless amounts of people in Africa and there are fears that a tournament involving players, fans and officials gathering from across the…
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Everton chase ex-Liverpool winger
Everton hope to lure Chelsea winger Victor Moses back to Merseyside, Football Express News understands. A source close to Goodison Park told FEN the Toffees favour a permanent deal rather than a loan switch and are confident of landing the Nigeria international. Moses spent last season on loan at Liverpool but failed to secure a…
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Mourinho hails Chelsea target ‘best young player of the World Cup’
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has praised France international Paul Pogba for his solid displays of form in the World Cup, hailing the midfielder as the ‘best young player of the tournament.’ It would not be imprudent to assume that Chelsea’s hot-headed Portuguese chief Mourinho may have the intentions of courting the young French playmaker, who happens…
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Cruyff: Thank God for Messi
Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff has told the makers of a brand new documentary film about Lionel Messi that he is thankful the Barcelona idol exists. Yesterday saw the release of a film entitled “Messi” by Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia, which is a Rocky-style biography about the Argentine striker’s rise to super-stardom. Former…
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Nigerian striker set for Chelsea move
Fenerbahce star Emmanuel Emenike could be Chelsea’s next summer acquisition following reports that the Turkish club have offered the Nigerian World Cup striker to the west Londoners for £15M. The 27-year-old forward is said to have sparked the interest of Chelsea with his solid displays of form over the early group stage of Nigeria’s international…
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France into last eight with Nigeria win
France have made it through to the last eight after beating Nigeria with two goals in the final 11 minutes. It was the Africans who dominated the early goings and it was goal hungry Ahmed Musa who came close in the 19th minute when he saw his prodded effort go close. That effort came just…
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Argentina hitman lifts lid on injury
Manchester City star Sergio Aguero has sparked speculation that he could yet play a part in Argentina’s World Cup campaign. The injury-prone forward left the field early on in the group stage clash with Nigeria after sustaining the latest in a series of muscle ailments, and he is almost certain to miss tomorrow’s knock-out showdown…
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WC Group F Round Up: Messi shines, Nigeria qualify
Lionel Messi scored a superb brace to help Argentina maintain their 100% record with a 3-2 win over Nigeria, who also qualified for the next round. Argentina approached their final Group F game with Nigeria on Wednesday night knowing that they had already booked their place in the next round but the 40,000 fans watching…
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FT: Nigeria 1-0 Bosnia Herzegovina
Peter Odemwingie scored a vital winner for Nigeria as they beat Bosnia Herzegovina 1-0 on Saturday evening. Following Argentina’s 1-0 win over Iran earlier on Saturday thanks to a Lionel Messi goal saw the winner of Nigeria and Bosnia-Herzegovina fight it out for the second place and the winners – Nigeria pulled off an incredible…
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FT: Iran 0-0 Nigeria
Nigeria and Iran played out the first goalless draw at the 2014 World Cup in Curitiba on Monday evening. African champions Nigeria made a good start and tested Alizera Haghighi through Chelsea winger Victor Moses, but the Iranian keeper was equal to his effort. Emmanuel Emenike then pounced on some poor defending, before putting a…
