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(Reuters) – Factbox on Nigeria, who play in Sunday’s African Nations Cup final against Burkina Faso at Soccer City: Previous appearances in African Nations Cup finals: 16 Previous best performance: Winners in 1980 and 1994; Runners-up in 1984, 1988, 1990 … read more »
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The last time Nigeria won the African Cup of Nations was back in 1994 and they also wowed the world at the World cup same year. The team’s captain was Stephen Keshi and he is now in charge of the … read more »
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, africa cup nations, Faro Portugal, Keshi, Nigeria, Nigeria national football team, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Rashidi Yekini, Stephen Keshi
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Former Nigeria captain Segun Odegbami is calling for a full investigation into the death of Rashidi Yekini. The 1993 African Footballer of the Year died earlier this month aged 48. Yekini was reportedly kidnapped shortly before his death, but the … read more »
Again let me emphasise: Rashidi was not sick at the time he was abducted. Rashidi was never mad. He could have had periods of some depression but those were in the distant past. This is one of the most difficult … read more »
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THE LATE Rashidi Yekini’s lawyer and neighbours have asked for a probe into the circumstances leading to the death of the ex-World Cup star. Nigeria’s all-time leading scorer Yekini died on Friday and he was buried the following day in … read more »
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On a night when the moon and the stars were in their brightest and full state, Nigeria was thrown into mourning one of her heroes. Rashidi Yekini played for the Super Eagles for 14 years, between 1984 and 1998. His … read more »
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Tagged 1994 FIFA World Cup, African Footballer of the Year, Augustine Eguavoen, FIFA, FIFA Womens World Cup, football, games, Indepth Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, IndepthSoccer, Italia Serie A, Mutiu Adepoju, Nigeria, Nigeria national football team, premiership, Rashidi Yekini, Soccer, super eagles
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A retired Nigerian footballer, Rashidi Yekini who scored the country’s first goal at the World Cup is dead. Yekini who was born in Kaduna was said to have died in his Kwara residence. Though, the circumstances surrounding his death were … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged 1994 FIFA World Cup, Africa Cup of Nations, Africa Sports National, Kwara State, Mutiu Adepoju, Nigeria, Nigeria national football team, Rashidi Yekini
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December 3, 2010 by benim
The biggest challenge that new Super Eagles head coach, Samson Siasia, will be facing is turning the erratic side into a deadly attacking team that was once the hallmark of Nigeria national teams. An analysis of all the strikers that … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Nigerian Soccer, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Cup of Nations, Africa news, Aiyegbeni Yakubu, football, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria national football team, Nigeria soccer, Rashidi Yekini, Samson Siasia, Segun Odegbami, Sierra Leone
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