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The decision by Sports Minister, John Owan Enoh, to appoint former Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Sunday Adeleye, as his executive assistant, seems to be causing disaffection among some top Nigerian athletes.
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Super Eagles former captain, Uche Okechukwu and Enyimba’s striker in the CAF Champions League winning teams of 2003 and 2004, Emeka Nwanna, are among members of the newly constituted executive boards of Enyimba and Abia Warriors respectively.
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Nigeria and AC Milan forward Samuel Chukwueze could be sidelined for up to four weeks due to a hamstring injury. Milan confirmed Chukwueze’s injury on their website on Wednesday. The former Villarreal winger was in action for the Super Eagles in their 2-2 draw with Saudi Arabia last Friday but missed Monday’s 3-2 win against…
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Rotimi Obajimi, a former chairman of the technical sub-committee of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), says Sydney Olympics 4x400m gold medalist, Enefiok Udo-Obong’s third-party account of events at the 1994 Milo Marathon held in Lagos in his book, “In The Long Run, The Great Race Fiasco,” was not only inaccurate but a total disregard…
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Barcelona president Joan Laporta has been charged as part of the investigation into alleged bribes paid to referees, a Spanish court said on Wednesday. The club itself and two of its former presidents, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, as well as the former head of Spain’s referees body, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, and his…
