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After a failed attempt to get FIFA move match out of Calabar
Malawi in fresh allegation against Nigeria •Claim they’ve been warned by Namibia and Kenya PPARENTLY not comfortable with the rejection of their petition for a change of venue for the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria by FIFA, the Football Association of Malawi has said it wants to process Nigeria visas for the national team right there in Malawi before flying to Nigeria. The Flames play the Super Eagles on September 7 in Calabar and are allowed to process
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UPER Eagles Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has revealed that he has been in constant telephone conversation with Chelsea of England’s defence ace, Kenneth Omeruo, who underwent a successful surgery last week in England. “We have been in con Continues on Page 55
Continues on Page 55 HAPPY MOMENT — Keshi and Omeruo
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•Wenger board’s assurances the club had money to spend and could compete financially with the elite. Fans called for investment throughout the disappointing 3-1 home loss to Aston Villa in Continues on Page 55
Keshi celebrates Omeruo’s successful SuperSport, LMC announce N5.4b Broadcast deal surgery
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ISGRUNTLED Arsenal fans have stoked up the pressure on their under-fire manager Arsène Wenger by telling the club’s board it would be “inappropriate” to offer the Frenchman a new contract. Wenger’s deal expires at the end of the season but having failed to win a trophy in the last eight years, the 63-year-old is facing more heat than ever before in his 17 years in north London. Many of the grievances come from Wenger’s recruitment policy, with the young French forward Yaya Sanogo the only addition of the close season so far despite the
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UPERSPORT of South Africa and League Management Company (LMC) of Nigeria have agreed a four-year broadcast sponsorship deal with a cummulative worth of $34 million (about N5.4 Billion) for the Nigeria Professional Football League. The deal which was announced at a joint press briefing in Abuja will commence from the
2015 season though it is said to have been structured to take care of developmental imperatives of the League beginning from this season. In attendance at the briefing inside the conference room of the Hon. Minister for Sports were the Hon. Minister, Bolaji Abdulahi, President of the Nigeria Football Fed Continues on Page 55
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