Friday 12 December 2014

Today's Newspaper Headlines

2015 AFCON: Equatorial Guinea running against time -Tribune

EQUATORIAL Guinea is running against time to ensure that all facilities are ready with the kick-off of the Africa Cup of Nations just 36 days away.

The central African country was announced as host in place of Morocco last month after the north African country asked for a shift in date over of Ebola fears.Equatorial Guinea consequently named four cities - Bata, Ebibeyin, Mongomo and Malabo - to host the 2015 AFCON matches....

5 More foreign based players land in U-23 camp -Tribune

The number of foreign-based players invited to the camp of the national men's U-23 football team, Dream Team VI has increased from two to seven as the coach Samson Siasia led technical crew battles to separate the boys from the men.A release by the media officer of the team, Timi Ebikagboro disclosed that the latest arrivals are Nansil Selbol of Sporting Kansas, Fred Friday of LSK Norway, Amuzie Stanley of Sassuolo Calsio, Italy, Oladele Oshobe of Lokomotive Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and.. 

Africa Nations Cup begins in Lagos -Punch

The 29th edition of the Mock Africa Cup of Nations football championship has kicked off in Lagos. A total of 20 teams, including 2013 champions Ethiopia, are participating and have been divided into six groups. Other top teams include Nigeria, Congo, Ghana, Cameroon, Egypt, Tunisia, Kenya, Mali and Zambia. The matches will be played at...

Babangida sings praise of FC Taraba's skipper - African Football 

Former Nigeria international Tijjani Babangida has tipped FC Taraba skipper Usman Mohammed to make his mark with the countrys Olympic team...

Exclusive: Amodu's Eagles List -The Sun

As we pomised in the exclusive story we served you yesterday on why the Super Eagles failed to qualify for AFCON 2015, below is the list of players Coach Shaibu Amodu initially pencilled down for the matches against Congo, South Africa, and the international friendly against Ghana, which was prosecuted by home-based players...

Flying Eagles calls up 3 Jamba Academy players -Daily Trust  

Nigeria's Men U20 football team (Flying Eagles)'s coach, Manu Garba has invited three players from Jamba Academy to train with his team from Friday after they impressed in a test game.The Flying Eagles beat Jamba Academy 4-1 on Thursday, but Manu said he was impressedwith three players from the Kaduna team.The players are; midfielder Peter Bala, defender Jankasa Adams and forward Rabah Isiaku.Bala in particular caught the eye of most spectators with his accurate long balls and...

How Mikel Obi scored first Champions League goal for Chelsea after 8 years - Net

Nigeria and Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel yesterday scored his first ever UEFA champions League goal since signing for Chelsea 8 years ago...

I didn't forge FIFA letter 'Amodu' -Vanguard
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) scribe Musa Amadu has denied allegations of forgery of a Fifa letter that upheld the 'majority' decision of the NFF Appeals Committee on the general elections held in Warri on September 30.The post I didn't forge Fifa letter Amadu appeared first on Vanguard News...

Ideye Returns to Reckoning at West Brom -Thisday

Izilien harps on early camping, tips Oshoala for best player award -Guardian

FORMER Super Falcons coach, Godwin Izilien, believes the women senior national team, Super..

Iorfa rules out son from Siasia's Dream Team -The Sun

Ex-international, Dominic Iorfa, has sensationally, ruled out his son and Wolverhampton Wanderers' of England defender, Dominic Iorfa Jnr, from Coach Samson Siasia's Under 23 national team...

We give you the riders on most of the newspaper headlines we bring, but you still have to get the papers if you need full details *wink*


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