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Peter Okoye Just went skinny dipping in da pool... all because my team won. lOne-half of P-Square, Peter Okoye, takes to Twitter after Chelsea scaled past PSG in the UEFA Champions League. @PeterPsquare
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Peter Schmeichel I love this photo. Wish Tottenham had the courage to give Sherwood another year, he is good for Premier League. lMan United legend, Peter Schmeichel, after posting a photo of Emmanuel Adebayor and Tottenham manager, Tim Sherwood, celebrating the former’s goal against Sunderland with a salute. @Pschmeichel1
orocco’s U-20 national team, on Wednesday, came from behind twice to force Nigeria’s Flying Eagles to a 2-2 draw in a friendly match decided at the National Sports Centre in Rabat. Alhassan Ibrahim scored both goals for the Nigerian side. Ibrahim opened scoring for Manu Garba’s side on 64 minutes with a gentle tap in from close range, only for the Moroccans to draw level minutes later after skipper Wilfred Ndidi deflected a low cross into his own net. Ibrahim then restored Nigeria’s lead in the 81st minute, before skipper of the Moroccan side, Arjoune Omar, grabbed a draw for the hosts in stoppage time.
Hulk Hogan We talked, both forgave each other, we hugged , we shook hands as we told each other I love you, I am so sad, God bless his beautiful family. RIP WARRIOR. lFormer WWE superstar, Hulk Hogan, paying tribute to the late Ultimate Warrior. @HulkHogan
Glo commends Giwa, Nembe Premier League return
Peter Odemwingie Justin Timberlake my guy. Was a good show. He is a cool guy. Obviously girls enjoyed him more at the arena. Sang MJ’s Human Nature that made my day. lSuper Eagles forward, Osaze Odemwingie, after going to Justin Timberlake’s show in London. @OdemwingieP John Bennett Great to see Kenneth Omeruo of Nigeria & Chelsea is putting in some excellent performances for Boro. They’ve only conceded 5 goals in his 10 games. lBBC journalist, John Bennett, tweets glowingly about Kenneth Omeruo’s form for Middlesbrough prior to Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Birmingham. @JohnBennettBBC Michael Essien When we have Peace, we will have joy and the world will be a better place for us and our children. @MichaelEssien
Rowdy Roddy Piper Tomorrow is promised to know one!! Enjoy every second, with a tool called love!! My love to The Warrior and family. RIP. @R_Roddy_Piper Samuel Eto’o Bravo to Chelsea and an Enormous Bravo my brother Demba Ba and to the brave strikers. @setoo9 Franco Baresi Happy for Honda for his first goal in Serie A, a victory for those who continue to believe. lFormer Italy and AC Milan captain, Franco Baresi, congratulating Keisuke Honda after the Japanese scored in Milan’s win over Genoa. @FBaresi
Ambrose Efe (Right) in action of Nigeria
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former Super Eagles player, Emeka Ezeogu, has said he has Keshi’s confidence to select Nigeria’s best players for the 2014 World Cup and also do well at the mundial. Ezeogu said Keshi knew what was right for the team should be allowed to do his job the way he wants, because if anything goes wrong he takes the blame. ”Keshi, has done it before as a player and I believe he will do better as a coach. He knows
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to the Stamford bridge. Though Mikel’s agent, John Shittu, has severally denied reports of his client’s exit from the London club, a source close to him said things have changed recently and the player may leave the Stamford Bridge after all. The source said Chelsea are keen to bring in Falcao in the summer and are also aware of the French club’s interest in Mikel and convinced that deal that includes the Nigerian going in the other direction might tempt Monaco to sell their prized Columbia striker at a knockdown price. “There is a recent development regarding Mikel’s transfer. Chelsea have been talking with their agency on the intention to send him to Monaco as part of
the deal for Falcao. Chelsea are looking for a world–class striker and see Falcao as an ideal candidate, they know that but he will not come a cheap and they are proposing a player-plus-cash deal which will see Mikel move to France while Falcao will come to England. “They have spoken to Shittu about it and negotiation is still ongoing between but no decision has been taken yet,” he said. Mikel joined Chelsea in 2006 and has played more than 300 games for the Blues winning everything in club football including the UEFA Champions League and Europa Cup. He has been reduced to a bitpart player at the Bridge with the arrival of Nemanja Matic forcing him down the pecking order of holding midfielder at the club.
he has to go to the World Cup with the best legs in order to perform well, there’s nothing much I can say,” he said. The former Abia Warriors Coach, advised Keshi to inject six new fresh players into the team, saying he should not just go with the same team that won the Nations Cup in South Africa. ”There’s about five or six new players to join the team that won in south Africa because Nigeria have a lot of players that can fit into the team so he needs to go to Brazil with the best legs so that we can conquer the world,” Ezeogu added.
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uge initially. We are even devastated with the long silence of the Delta State government on our request for a camping site for training. We have decided to
secure camp site for our athletes in Abuja, but the problem we shall face is still the lack of fund issue. it is painful because our aspirations and dreams to conquer the Commonwealth Games weightlifting is fast becoming a mirage.
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itle sponsor of the Nigeria Premier League, Globacom, has commended the return of Nembe City of Bayelsa and Giwa FC of Jos to the Glo Premier League. Both clubs after beingbanned by the League Management Company got a reprieve a fortnight ago after the LMC stamped their re-entry upon meeting the conditions set for their managements. But they “With the formal re-absorption of the two clubs in the league, the NPL will now have the full complement of the 20 clubs to guarantee a stiffer competition among the clubs this season,” Globacom said on Tuesday in a statement in Lagos.
Adewale leads Team Nigeria to Gaborone
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frica 100m youth champion, Deborah Adewale, will lead other Nigerian youths to the second edition of the African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana, from May 22 to 31, 2014. Adewale won the gold medal in 100m at the first edition of the championship hosted by Nigeria last year in Warri, Delta State. In a list released on Tuesday by the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, other athletes who are to report in Sapele, Delta State,
are Amusan Ayomide (100mH), Etim Alphonsus (100m), Imogu Joy (triple Jump) and Junaid Afolake who won silver in the AYAC women’s 400m. Others are Ntia-Obong Mercy (100m), AYAC 400m champion Odiong Edidiong, Okolosi Ogenekome (long jump) and Omizi Tolani (hammer). Their male colleagues are Abdullahi Bashiru (110m H), Adeyemi Adewale (400m), Akinkuowo Oluwatokimi (400m), Edoki Fabian (triple jump), Ejumeta Oke (long jump), Iloakagbune
Kenneth (100m) and Nathaniel Oghenewegba (400m). Nwokocha Emmanuel (100m, long jump), Olisakwe Chukwudi (100m) and Yusuf Muhammed Kabir (400m H), complete the team. Some of the officials are Abadoni Abraham (jumps), Bamidele Anthony (400m), Nnakwe Tommie (hurdles) and Omizi Dauda (throws). Both Ogogo Inenemo and Vincent Chukwudi will supervise the sprints while Usifo Maria will be in charge of the hurdles.