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Nigeria: Keshi Keeps Faith With Ejide ahead of AFRCON 2013

Nigeria have decided to keep goalkeeper Austin Ejide in their Afcon squad in spite of nursing a hamstring injury. The team doctor of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Ibrahim Gyaran, is said to have pegged Ejide’s return date at two weeks from … read more »

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Nigeria’s Super Eagles looked flat-footed in a Barren draw against Cape Verde

Nigeria and Cape Verde Islands battled out to a standstill in a pre-Afcon friendly at the Estadio Do Algarve in Faro, Portugal on Wednesday. Cape Verde Islands started stronger as Nigeria’s goalkeeper, Austin Ejide was made to keep out two … read more »

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Nigeria announces final 23-man squad for 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Nigeria have left out Portland Timbers forward, Bright Chinedu Dike, from their 23-man squad to this month’s Afcon in South Africa. Dike has made just two appearances for Nigeria against Venezuela and Catalonia in November last year and January respectively. … read more »

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Who makes the Nigeria’s final 23-man list for 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Nigeria have left out Portland Timbers forward, Bright Chinedu Dike, from their 23-man squad to this month’s Afcon in South Africa. Dike has made just two appearances for Nigeria against Venezuela and Catalonia in November last year and January respectively. … read more »

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2013 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers Day2 Live updates

Result: Ethiopia 2-0 Sudan – Addis Ababa Aggregate: Sudan 5-5 Ethiopia Ethiopia win on away goals Result: Cameroon 2-1 Cape Verde Islands -Yaounde Aggregate: Cape Verde 3-2 Cameroon Result:Angola 2-0 Zimbabwe – Luanda Aggregate Zimbabwe 3-3 Angola Angola win on … read more »

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Ghana became the first country to qualify for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Ghana became the first country to qualify for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations when beating Malawi 1-0 in Lilongwe on Saturday afternoon. The Black Stars braved the intimidating crowd and bumpy pitch at the Civo Stadium to clinch their … read more »

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2013 African Cup of Nations qualifiers Live updates

In Summary Seven second-leg ties on Saturday First-leg scores in brackets Morocco 4-0 Mozambique 2100 BST (0-2) Senegal 0-2 Ivory Coast (2-6 agg) Match abandoned after 76 mins FT: Uganda 1-0 Zambia (1-1 agg) Zambia through 9-8 on penalties FT: … read more »

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2013 Africa Cup of Nations final-round Preview

Nations Cup Live Now HERE Malawi v Ghana Lilongwe, 1230 GMT kick-off First leg score: 0-2 Malawi simply cannot afford to concede if they are to have any hope of qualifying. But they will be boosted by the return of … read more »

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Nigeria to name squad for 2014 World Cup qualifiers

Nigeria will next week name a squad for 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Namibia and Malawi, officials announced Thursday. The Eagles will host Namibia on June 3 in Calabar and a week later play away in Malawi in the qualifying … read more »

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