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Nigerian’s Youngest Referee To Officiate In CAF Champions League

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2017

Confederation of African Football (CAF) have appointed two Nigerian referees to officiate in the First Round, Second Leg matches of continental club competitions, Complete Sports reports. The youngest referee in the Nigeria Professional Football League, Quadri Ololade Adebimpe, has been

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I Played My best Football Under Ancelotti, Di Matteo – Mikel

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2017

Super Eagles Captain, John Obi Mikel has revealed his encounter with various managers during his stay at Chelsea. Mikel spent over 10 years at Stamford Bridge. The midfielder who now plies his trade in China with Super League side, Tianjin Teda says while it was actually Jose Mourinho that converted him to a defensive midfielder, […]

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NIPOGA 2017: Amb. Aisha Audu-Emeje Calls For Sponsorship From Corporate Organisations

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2017

  A3 Foundation has called on Corporate organisations to sponsor and support the forthcoming Nigeria Polytechnic Game NIPOGA. Making the appeal, Ambassador (Dr.) Aisha Audu-Emeje founder of the A3 foundation in a statement she personally signed said over the years funding has consistently be an impediment Her words: “Considering the funding wheel-clog consistently

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Lagos City Marathon: Kenyan Kiptom Wins Race For The Second Time

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2017

Kenya’s athlete, Abraham Kiptom has won the 42.1km Lagos marathon. This is the second time Kiptom is winning the competition. At least 100,000 athletes from 27 countries, including Nigeria, participated in the race.  It also featured around 64 elite athletes from 26 countries, 30 special athletes and 102 runners from Nigeria. The race started at […]

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17 Angola Football Fans Killed In Stampede

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2017

Seventeen football fans have been reportedly killed in a stampede at a football stadium in the northern Angolan city of Uige on Friday, February 10, 2017. The tragic incident occurred in the duel between Santa Rita de Cassia and Recreativo de Libolo in Angola’s domestic League football. According to police official Orlando Bernardo who witnessed […]

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FIFA Ranking: Nigeria Now 41 Position

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

Nigeria has moved up nine places to the 41st position in the World football governing body, FIFA monthly ranking for February. Despite missing in action at the concluded Africa Cup of Nations 2017 championship in Gabon, the Gernot Rohr side are also ranked sixth on the continent. They trail Egypt, Senegal, Cameroon, Tunisia, DR Congo […]