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Kogi United Draws Sunshine, First Bank In Gold Cup Preseason Tournament

By Footyalert → Friday, 16 January 2015

As part of preparation to have a better outing in the 2014/2015 Nigeria National League, NNL season, Kogi United will engage Premier League side, Sunshine Stars in an eight team preseason soccer tournament tagged Gold Cup in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.

The Gold Cup tournament which is in its second edition will also see Kogi United taking on First Bank and FC Ebedei in group A.

Tournament coordinator, Tunde Shamsudeen who disclosed that

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Amokachi: We Won't Leave Dubai Empty Handed

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Super Eagles Assistant Coach, Dan ‘the Bull’ Amokachi has warned players of the national team currently in Dubai for friendly games that they cannot afford to leave the United Arab Emirates empty handed, even as the players vow to win their second friendly game against Yemen on Saturday.

Speaking to the players at one of the training sessions in Dubai, Amokachi, said the players may have received kudos for playing well against Cote D’Ivoire but the fact remains that the game was lost.

"That is in the past now, we must all refocus our minds for the next game. Not only

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Dolphins Captain, Rotimi Expects Full House By Sunday

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Dolphins will have a full house of players by Sunday as the team continues their preparations, first for the Super 4 tournament in Abuja next week and then for the CAF Confederation Cup game next month.

Dolphins opened camp on Monday ahead of the new season, though turn out of players has been slow, the captain of the side, Sunday Rotimi believes they will have a full house by Sunday.

Sunday Rotimi, Jonathan Zikiye and Daniel Israel trained with the

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Tomi Adeloye Makes Macclesfield Town Loan Move

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Stoke City U-21, forward, Tomi Adeloye has made a loan to Macclesfield Town.

The forward, Adeloye, who was formerly on the books of Charlton Athletic and Millwall, is taking his first step into senior football at Moss Rose.

The 17-year-old has been playing for Stoke's under-21s this season and joins John Askey's side in a promotion chase from the Conference Premier.

Town had been in major financial difficulty last summer but Askey has galvanised his team and they currently sit third with 17 games to play.

Source: Stokesentinel

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Which Team Will You Support At The 2015 AFCON?

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The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will start tomorrow Saturday, January 17,2015 and one obvious fact is that my darlin team, the Super Eagles of Nigeria won't be part of this tournament this year. (Chai!.......)

No excuse for Nigeria not to have qualify to defend the tittle they won in 2013 and I've since moved on but the AFCON, Africa's biggest football tournament will start tomorrow and I've thought of which team I'll love to support.

I thought of supporting

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NPFL 2015 Pre-Season Tournament Fixtures

By Footyalert → Thursday, 15 January 2015

So the clubs representing Nigeria on the continent will feature in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) pre-season tournament scheduled to hold in Abuja.

The League Management Company (LMC) have also announced that all the matches of the 2014/2015 Glo NPFL pre-season tournament will be live on SuperSport.

The teams participating in the tourney are:

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Odemwingie Targets Return Before End Of Season, Not In A Rush To ExtendStoke Stay

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Super Eagles forward, Peter Odemwingie is focused on making a return for Stoke City before the end of the season as he bids to come back from his injury nightmare that has compelled him to the sideline for almost five months now.

Odemwingie,33, damaged an

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Nwankwo Kanu v Chelsea (3-2 Hatrick)

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