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Sir Alex Ferguson announced Retirement As Manchester United Manager

Sir Alex Ferguson announced Retirement As Manchester United Manager

Posted on 09 May 2013 at 6:01am
Sir Alex Ferguson Retirement:

Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson will retire at the end of this season the club announced on Wednesday. Alex Ferguson’s 13th Premier League title as manager of Manchester United will be his last. Early on Wednesday, Manchester United, one of the world’s most successful soccer teams, announced that its leader of nearly 27 years would be retiring at the end of this season.

‘The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly,” said Ferguson, 71, in a…

Check out: Childhood Pictures Of Worlds Famous Footballers

Check out: Childhood Pictures Of Worlds Famous Footballers

Posted on 07 May 2013 at 10:08am
Childhood Pictures Of Worlds Famous Footballers:

Here is how some famous footballers looked as kids. Most of them have not changed much facially.

What do you guys think?

Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike Injured Again!

Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike Injured Again!

Posted on 06 May 2013 at 5:47am

Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike will miss June’s 2014 World Cup qualifiers and the Fifa Confederations Cup due to a knee injury. The implication is that the attacker who made the headlines with the 2013 Africa Cup of Nation in South Africa will miss Nigeria’s hectic June schedule that will see the Eagles play two 2014 World Cup qualifiers as well as feature at the FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil. The Spartak Moscow striker, who was sidelined for over eight weeks by a hamstring injury he suffered at the Nations Cup finals in February, told MTNFootball.com he…

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2013 CAF U-17 FINAL: COTE D’IVOIRE BEATS NIGERIA 4-5 (PENALTIES)

2013 CAF U-17 FINAL: COTE D’IVOIRE BEATS NIGERIA 4-5 (PENALTIES)

Posted on 29 Apr 2013 at 10:48am
2013 CAF U-17 FINAL:

The Baby Elephants of Cote d’ Ivoire won their first African U-17 title after a 5-4 penalty shoot victory over The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria in the final of CAF U-17 played in Morocco on Saturday. Nigeria’s dreams for a third CAF U-17 championship title came crashing in Morocco, as the golden eaglets fell 5-4 on penalties to rivals Cote d’Ivoire in the final. Coming on the back of their comfortable win over Tunisia in the semi-final, the Golden Eaglets took the lead through Prince Omego in the…

Nigeria Soccer: CAF final Golden Eaglets target third African title

Nigeria Soccer: CAF final Golden Eaglets target third African title

Posted on 27 Apr 2013 at 9:47am
Nigeria Soccer:

Nigeria head into Saturday’s 2013 African U-17 Championship final against Ivory Coast seeking to avenge their defeat by the Baby Elephants in the group stage of the competition and to win the 10th edition of the competition in Morocco for record third time.

The Golden Eaglets won the championship in Seychelles in 2001 and in Togo in 2007. They will make history as the first team to lift the trophy thrice.

Ivory Coast’s best effort in the tournament is a third-place finish at the 2005 edition in Gambia.

Nigeria, who   defeated bitter rivals Ghana…

Nigeria Soccer: Golden Eaglets reach in CAF final by Beat Tunisia 4-2

Nigeria Soccer: Golden Eaglets reach in CAF final by Beat Tunisia 4-2

Posted on 25 Apr 2013 at 8:44am

Nigeria Soccer: Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have qualified for the final match of the 2013 Africa U-17 Championships after cruising to a 4-2 win over their Tunisian counterparts.

The Eaglets were quick to scoring as Kelechi Iheanacho put Nigeria in the lead with just two minutes into the game. And they quickly doubled the lead ten minutes later when Musa Yahaya scored. Isaac Success scored the third goal for Nigeria.

Tunisia pulled one back following poor defending from the Eaglets when Mohamed Larbi scored in the 25th…

Ex-Super Eagles Captain, Segun Odegbami, set to launch a book

Ex-Super Eagles Captain, Segun Odegbami, set to launch a book

Posted on 24 Apr 2013 at 11:55am

Chief Segun Odegbami popularly known as the “Mathematical”, an ex-international football player, former super eagles captain, 1 goal ambassador, Ambassador for sports would on the 2nd of May, 2013 be launching his book titled ” Me, Football and More“. The event has been scheduled to take a place in 15 states cut across Nigeria starting from Lagos on the 2nd of May at the anchor event place, Ikeja, Lagos. Chief Segun Odegbami who has being a columnist for various national and international papers for more than 2 decades would be using…

Nigeria: Golden Eaglets qualified for the FIFA U-17 world Cup 2013

Nigeria: Golden Eaglets qualified for the FIFA U-17 world Cup 2013

Posted on 23 Apr 2013 at 9:57am

NIGERIA’S Golden Eaglets qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup yesterday after thrashing of Congo 7-0 in their last group game of the African championships. Under the qualification rules, the four teams that make it to the semi-finals of the tournament get to represent Africa at the World Cup. Having beaten Ghana 6-1 in their opening game, the Golden Eaglets join Tunisia, Ivory Coast and hosts Morocco as Africa’s four representatives at the World Cup due to take place in the United Arab Emirates in October. The Golden…

Nigeria: NFF Slashes Salary of Super Eagle’s Couch Stephen Keshi

Nigeria: NFF Slashes Salary of Super Eagle’s Couch Stephen Keshi

Posted on 13 Apr 2013 at 10:51am

Nigeria, Few days after he received the cars that were promised him by Mike Adenuga of Globacom, Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi will be losing a significant amount of his salary due to a new structure being promoted by the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. After a meeting of the Technical Committee of the NFF in Abuja, it was decided that all match bonuses as well as the salaries of the coaches, including Keshi should be cut down. When the General Secretary of the NFF, Mr. Musa Amadu, was asked…

New FIFA Ranking: Nigeria’s Super Eagles dropped to 31 Spot

New FIFA Ranking: Nigeria’s Super Eagles dropped to 31 Spot

Posted on 12 Apr 2013 at 11:00am

New FIFA Ranking: The Super Eagles of Nigeria retained their fourth position in Africa, Nigeria’s Super Eagles dropped to 31 Spot in the world ranking. The draw against Kenya in Calabar caused Nigeria the deficit as the Super Eagles’ 775 points, as at previous ranking was reduced by 18 points (757 Points at present.) Ivory Coast is the highest- placed African side, in 12th, followed by Ghana, 22 and Mali, 26. Both Ghana and Mali had dropped by two places each from their previous rankings. Croatia moved up five places after the recent…

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