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Hat trick from Nnamdi Oduamadi, a brace from Uwa Echiile and an own goal from   Tahiti’s Tehau gave the African champions the Super Eagles of Nigeria an expected win over minnows Tahiti 6-1 in their 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup opening Group B match played on Monday in Belo Horizonte.

 Afcon 2013 champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria will today June 12 2013, play their 2014 world cup group “f” qualifiers against Namibia at the artificial turf of the Sam Nujoma Stadium Windhoek Namibia.

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria defeated the Ghana starlets in the opening match of the CAF Under-17 championship 6 - 1.

Could this be a winning bonus for the super eagles or Nigerians at large? The Association of Nigerian Prostitutes (ANP) has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria for moving on to the Quarter Finals stage of the Orange African Cup of Nations, South Africa 2013, urging them to go for gold.

The football friendly match between Nigeria and Catalonia coming up today at 6pm at the Cornella-El Prat Stadium, will be carried live on SuperSport Channel 9. If you are in South Africa tune in to Channel 4 to watch the match live. This will be the second time both teams are meeting at any level. In the first meeting, the Seleccio Catalana trashed the Super Eagles of Nigeria 5-0. The match took place at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis on December 22, 1998. The Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is not seeking revenge rather the match is used as a tune up game in preparation for the African Nations Cup 2013 (AFCON) coming up later this month. He however agrees that a win for the Super Eagles will go a long way in helping to boost the confidence of the team for AFCON 2013.

Didier Drogba The BBC has released the shortlisted names for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2012 award. The names of Nigerian Footballers are missing from the list of shortlisted players. Names that made the shortlist include        Name                                                                     Country 1.       Yaya Toure                                           ...

Goals from Anderson (44 minute) and Tom Cleverley (58 minute) yesterday 26 th September 2012 where all Manchester United needed to go past Newcastle and set up a cracker against Chelsea at Stanford Bridge. Man United fans were happy to see Wayne Rooney and Daren Fletcher back in United’s line up after 33 days and 10 months absence respectively. However, Cisse scored at the 62 nd minute for Newcastle to keep the score line at 2-1 in favour of Manchester United. United are gunning for their fifth League Cup.

Bottom of Form This will be welcome with mixed feelings from Arsenal Football Club Fans as ARSENE Wenger will be offered a new contract with Arsenal despite the club’s seven-year trophy drought, following a hint yesterday by Gunners’ chief executive, Ivan Gazidis. Arsene Wenger Arsenal won their last trophy in the 2005 FA Cup. Most of their top players, including Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and Cameroonian international Song, have left the club in frustration because of their failure to compete for major honours. Gazidis is adamant that the 62-year old Arsene Wenger, who is still under contract until 2014, remains the right man for the job regardless of the fact that they have not won the English premiership for eight years as he told The Daily Mirror. Wenger is regarded as The Gunners Best Manager ever.