Enyimba skipper, Chinedu Udoji, was at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Sunday to receive a dummy cheque of the prize money from Nigeria league boss, Shehu Dikko
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Martins followed-up his 2014 team MVP season with another standout campaign, leading the club with 15 goals (ninth in MLS) to accompany his six assists
Siasia said he was disappointed with the team despite dominating the game, adding that they should not be missing chances to score goals after creating them
It was watched by a handful of spectators, including the President of the Gambian Football Federation, Lamin Kaba Bajo; Secretary General of the Gambian FF, Abass Bah; the President of Real de Banjul, William Abraham; and Tunde Adelakun, the Special Assistant to the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick
After a pre-match tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks, Barca started brightly with Luis Suarez and Neymar linking up well for the latter to fire over from the edge of the box
The visitors started the game brightly, and took the lead after just seven minutes when Philippe Coutinho won the ball off Bacary Sagna before releasing Roberto Firmino, who fired a low cross into the box which was touched into the net by City defender Eliaquim Mangala
Premier League top scorer Vardy was passed fit to start for the Foxes and attempt to match Van Nistelrooy’s feat, and he had the first sniff of a chance when his shot was blocked inside the penalty area in the opening minutes
The hosts dominated the first half but were unable to find the back of the net, as Cesc Fabregas and John Terry missed the target, while John Ruddy produced a good save to keep out Willian
Although some promising early ventures forward broke down in the final third, Everton were always the more likely to find the breakthrough and it arrived after 17 minutes when a fine passing move ended with Brad Guzan only parrying Gerard Deulofeu’s low effort and Barkley was on hand to turn home the rebound
Arsenal chould have added a second goal moments later as Alexis Sanchez set up Kieran Gibbs on the edge of the West Brom penalty area, but the make-shift winger blazed his effort over the bar
After the Hornets were forced to whether initial pressure from Louis van Gaal’s side, they nearly fell behind when Allan Nyom mistimed his clearance and saw the ball land on top of Heurelho Gomes’s net
The defeat to Sevilla was the team’s first since a 0-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the pre-season Audi Cup in August, and ended a run of three straight wins in the Spanish top flight
What a difference a year makes for Manuel Pellegrini and co, who were eight points behind eventual Premier League champions, Chelsea, this time 12 months ago. Nowadays, it is Manchester City at the summit and their chances of a third league title look very good
With one home victory this season, The Hawthorns is anything but the fortress that the Britannia Stadium was during Tony Pulis’s spell on the Potteries
Although Southampton are unbeaten away from home during the 2015-16 campaign, the team’s performances at St Mary’s have not been as strong, with the side dropping points in half of their home fixtures so far this season
Never before in his 15 years of management has the Portuguese lost seven league games in a single campaign, a tally that was reached with the 1-0 reverse at Stoke City a fortnight ago
Watford are yet to suffer back-to-back defeats in the league this season, but with so many more challenges to come, even victory today would not be enough to encourage any overconfidence from inside the club
It is an interesting match up in the men’s final, with Akwa United aiming to win their first title, while Lobi Stars will be looking for a second title after they won in 2003 and then lost in the final in 2005 and 2012
The encounter, which is expected to kick off at 9am local time (10am in Nigeria), will see the Dream Team parading players like Emmanuel Daniel, Oduduwa Segun, Oghenekaro Etebo, Stanley Dimgba and Chile U-17 highest goal scorer, Victor Osihmen, who has overcome his malaria attack and is now training with the team
A good number of former and present coaches of the national teams, head coaches of Nigeria Professional Football League teams and a good number of ex-international players are taking part in the two weeks course being superintended by former FIFA Advisor on technical matters, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde