Nigeria and South Africa have engaged each others on nine occasions, with the West Africans winning seven times, with one draw and one loss
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The blue side of Manchester, with a game in hand are now on 77 points, with just three points shy of Liverpool’s 80 points
Apart from winning the bronze medal, the Golden Eaglets were the only team in the competition that did not lose a match in regulation time but were only stopped in the semi-finals on penalties by Benin after a 1-1 draw
It was an upbeat end to a turbulent week at Old Trafford that saw David Moyes dismissed just 10 months after succeeding Alex Ferguson, paying the price for taking the club from champions to seventh place
The game would be decided at 3pm local time (4pm Nigerian time) at the Stade Municipal before the finale between Benin and Mali
Speaking to officials and players after Friday’s penalty-shoot out loss to Benin at the WAFU B Tournament, Alhaji Yussuf Fresh, a board member of the NFF, said he was satisfied that the team gave its best but for ill luck in the crunch semi-final match
Defeat meant Everton remained a point behind Arsenal, who currently occupy the fourth and final Champions League spot on offer to Premier League clubs, ahead of the Gunners’ match at home to Newcastle on Monday
The six players, who will fly Nigeria’s flag at the one soccer clinic in Rwanda, include Rilwan Adeleke (Best Goal Keeper, male), Olu Gabriel (Highest Goal Scorer, male), and Wisdom Uforo (Most Valuable Player, male)
The scheme, christened the Elite Players Project, was explained in detail to the 20 Premier League Clubs in a circular signed by Salihu Abubakar, the LMC Chief Operating Officer, and listed the major objective to include the improvement of professionalism in the NPFL by permitting clubs to register a maximum of two ex-international players in addition to the maximum 35 allowed in a season
Golden Eaglets’ second half substitute, Suleiman Abdullahi, cancelled Benin’s Adaomu Nassiru early minute lead and a winner did not emerge in regulation and extra time
Heartland, popularly called the Naze Millionaires, are presently languishing on the 19th spot on the log, with six points from eight games, while their visitors, Enyimba, have gathered 11 points from seven games
Cameroon’s contingent of 18 players and 14 officials will arrive in Lagos on Saturday evening aboard an Arik Air flight from Douala and fly to Abuja on Sunday morning
In the summer of 2008, the duo were appointed to lead the first team, replacing Frank Rijkaard and Johan Neeskens
Moses has played 20 times for Liverpool this term, scoring two goals, but his future at the club is unknown
Martins became the second Seattle Sounders player to claim the AT&T MLS Goal of the Week award this season after narrowly beating out Real Salt Lake’s Ned Grabavoy
Bashir Zubairu, the Chairman of the club’s Technical Committee, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna that the move was to save the club from relegation
With Liverpool preparing to host Chelsea on Sunday – and if Mourinho’s side are beaten that could all but crown the home side as champions for the first time since 1990 – García says he can go anywhere and the goal is mentioned
Some weeks ago, the NFF ruled out the schedule for this year’s competition, making it clear that all States must play their final matches on or before May 4
The report had claimed that Coach Keshi did not submit any list at Tuesday’s Technical Committee meeting and that the NFF and Keshi tried to manage ‘a bad case
Amadu, who has over the past four years presided over the most successful Secretariat in the history of Nigeria football, lampooned the insinuations and challenged the proponents of the rumours to hit the public space with their facts