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Flashback - Mexico '83 Nigeria was playing in their first FIFA organized world cup in the under-20 world cup held in Mexico in 1983 as champions of Africa and the whole country was excited at the prospects of these young lads grouped alongside USSR, Brazil and The Netherlands. It was a disappointing tournament as the African...

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Mali's Heroes Weep For Nation At War Seydou Keita's tears after the quarter-final win should have been joyous but, with fighting at home, they preceded a plea for peace There were a lot of tears in Libreville on Sunday. There were the tears of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, overwhelmed by having missed the decisive penalty in Gabon's shoot-out...

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Eden Harzard to Arsenal? After noticing that Italy's not even in England and having pored over Fabio Capello's CV and failed to spot one single Carling Cup victory, the press pack are closing in on the England manager. The Mirror reports that the Italian is so frustrated with the FA over the "John Terry fiasco" – the working...

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Flashback – Mexico ’83

Posted by Admin at 6:31 pm on February 08 2012
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Nigeria was playing in their first FIFA organized world cup in the under-20 world cup held in Mexico in 1983 as champions of Africa and the whole country was excited at the prospects of these young lads grouped alongside USSR, Brazil and The Netherlands. It was a disappointing tournament as the African Champions were only able to garner a point which led to their crashing out in the group stage, losing...

Mali’s Heroes Weep For Nation At War

Posted by Admin at 1:41 am on February 08 2012
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Seydou Keita’s tears after the quarter-final win should have been joyous but, with fighting at home, they preceded a plea for peace There were a lot of tears in Libreville on Sunday. There were the tears of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, overwhelmed by having missed the decisive penalty in Gabon’s shoot-out defeat to Mali and there were the tears of Seydou Keita as he used his side’s...

Eden Harzard to Arsenal?

Posted by Admin at 1:38 am on February 08 2012
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After noticing that Italy’s not even in England and having pored over Fabio Capello’s CV and failed to spot one single Carling Cup victory, the press pack are closing in on the England manager. The Mirror reports that the Italian is so frustrated with the FA over the “John Terry fiasco” – the working title of Capello’s screenplay about his time in England – that he...

Arsenal Demolish Blackburn

Posted by Admin at 1:08 am on February 08 2012
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The writing was on the wall for Blackburn Rovers even before Gaël Givet’s red card effectively ended the contest for them – as early as the first minute in fact. Theo Walcott found it too easy to creep behind the defence and receiving Francis Coquelin’s pass, he was able to slide in a cross for Robin van Persie to score. This is what happens when everything falls into place for Arsenal and despite...