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Clube Deportivo Primeiro De Agosto utility player Yisa Anifowoshe is confident that his team will overcome Etoile du Sahel at home this weekend in Tunisia. The Red and White will host De Agosto in matchday 5 of the ongoing Total Caf Champions League group D game at the State Olympique de Sousse on Sunday. Having gathered ten points from four games, the Jawharat Sahel only need a win to cement their spot in the quarter finals of the champions league but Yisa believes his team who has five points from four games will stop Etoile at home. “I don’t believe in impossibilities although it’s going to be a very tough one but I still believe that we have all it takes to overcome Etoile in Tunisia. “We have been on this journey for awhile now and this game will be the second meeting between us, they picked a point in Angola in the first league, I believe we can beat them. We just need to be focused and be determined, the former Al-Ittihad start told nigeriasportsarena.blogspot.com...

Nigeria’s flagbearers in continental competition return to action this weekend, with elite division champions Kano Pillars staring down the barrel of a huge task at the Sani Abacha Stadium on Saturday afternoon.  They host Moroccan side, Moghreb Athletic Tetouane with a whole four goals deficit from the first leg at the Stade Saniat Rmel on March 21.  Chairman of the Pillars’ Champions League Campaign Committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima has expressed confidence that the Nigerian champions will overcome the huge setback and sail into the next round.  Nigeria’s other CAF Champions League representatives, Enyimba FC will depart the country on Friday for their return leg clash with Smouha FC of Egypt, scheduled for Sunday. They will travel aboard Egypt Air from Lagos.  A letter from the Egyptian Football Association has informed the NFF that the match will be played at the Alexandria Stadium in Egypt’s second city, starting ...

Nigerian champions Kano Pillars will fly out of the country on Tuesday night on their way to the postponed CAF Champions League first round, first leg date with Moghreb Athletic Tetouan of Morocco. A 36-man delegation to be led by former NFF President Ibrahim Galadima will travel aboard an Egypt Air flight from Kano to Cairo, where they will connect another flight to Casablanca, before a midnight flight from Casablanca to Tetouan on Wednesday. The match is scheduled for Saturday, March 21. The Confederation of African Football, acting on a plea from the Nigeria Football Federation, granted a one-week postponement of the first leg affair following an armed robbery attack on the Nigerian champions that left five players injured. CAF has already informed the NFF that the second leg of the fixture will take place as scheduled at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano on Saturday, March 28.

Nigeria Professional Football League teams on the continent put up a decent performance over the weekend in the second leg of this year continental engagement as the four clubs representing Nigeria qualified for the next round of action with convincing victories, Dolphins Football Club of Port Harcourt won their game on penalty shootout. Last weekend continental football for Nigeria clubs saw all teams from the league scoring eight goals, six out of which came from home ground. NPFL reigning champions, Kano Pillars thrashed Al Malaika 3-0 in Kano, Warri Wolves crushed Racing Club Bobo by three goals to nothing, The Peoples' Elephant put the icing on the cake in Benin Republic with a one nill victory over their host Buffles Du Borgu, Dolphins edged their opponents via a penalty shootout 5-3 after leading them 1-0 in the entire duration. Gambo Mohammed sends the fans at the Sanni Abacha stadium to jubilation when he opened the score sheet to give the Sai Masu Gida the lead after 3...

The Association of Nigeria Premier League Club Chairmen and Managers( Club Owners) have condemned in strong terms the recent reported alleged attack on the head coach of Sharks FC of Port Harcourt coach Gbenga Ogunbote by suspected irate fans of the club. Reports said that some suspected irate fans of Sharks FC of PH last week attacked the head coach of the club, alongside the skipper of the team Odinga Odinga over issues of recruitment of players into the south south Club. In statement by the Club Owners jointly Signed by the Ag. Chairman Barr. Isaac Danladi and the Ag. Secretary Alloy Chukwuemeka, the Association described such acts as babaric and unsporting behaviour capable of sending bad signal of the football community in Nigeria. The statement further said that the Club Owners will summon the Management of the Garden City club at its emergency meeting in Abuja next week to get more information on the matter and would thereafter institute an investigation to unravel the circum...

By- Adepoju Tobi Samuel Live From Benin Republic Two times African champions, Enyimba Int'l are match ready for Sunday Caf Champions League primilary round second leg fixture against Buffles du Borgu of Benin Republic. The Cup champions held their training on Saturday morning at 10am local time inside the Stade de L'amitié, the training lasted for one hour and thirty minutes. Speaking after his team training, the team captain Chinedu Udoji believe the Elephant are match ready to crush their host. "We have been in camp for couple of days, played test games which has help our level of fitness and increase the team confidence. "The stadium looks good, with lush green grass just like what we have in Aba. We are ready, though will must be aware of our host," Udoji said. Enyimba won the first leg in Aba 3-0, goals from Daniel Etor, Kingsley Sokari and Peter Onyekachi put the Elephant as favourite to progress. "The result in Aba doesn't count much in thi...

By-Adepoju Tobi Samuel Live from Benin Republic Two times African champions, Enyimba Int'l has arrived the capital city of Benin Republic, Contonu ahead of Sunday's Caf Champions League fixture against Buffles du Borgu. The team has been in a closed camping in Ota, Ogun state which is just two hours drive to Contonu. An advanced team led by the club chairman and board member of the Nigeria Football Federation, Felix Anyansi on Friday ensure logistic was perfect, for the players and officials to be lodged at a comfortable hotel. The advanced team fumes over poor level of logistic and accomodation their host offers them.  "We are not satisfied with the reception of our host, we treated them like a King when they visited Nigeria. We invested alot of money making them comfortable, it is sad this is what we get from them," Anyansi fumes. "We are more experience and such act is not enough to distract us, though we expect all teams in this competition to be profes...

Nigeria Professional Football League teams on the continent began their 2015 continental quest on a high as three teams out of four representing the country, Kano Pillars,  Enyimba international Footba Club, Warri Wolves won their respective games, while Dolphins Football Club lost narrowly to Equatorial Guinean side Leones Vegetarianos. The weekend continental football for Nigeria clubs saw three teams from the league scoring six goals, three out of which came from away ground in the encounter between Al Malaika FC and NPFL reigning champions, Pillars won 0-2, Warri Wolves also pipped Racing Club Bobo 0-1. The Peoples' Elephant netted thrice as they pummel Buffles Du Borgu of Benin Republic, Dolphins were the only Nigerian club on the continent that failed to record a decent result after loosing 1-0 away from home to Leones Vegetarianos. Gambo Mohammed opened the score sheet four minutes into second half and gave the Sai Masu Gida the long awaited lead before red hot Christian O...

  The Nigeria Football Federation has warned clubs representing the country in continental competitions next year that they would bear all sanctions imposed by the Confederation of African Football for their own late registration for those competitions.   In a letter sent to the four clubs (Kano Pillars FC and Enyimba FC in the CAF Champions League, and Warri Wolves FC and Dolphins FC in the CAF Confederation Cup) on Monday, the NFF stated categorically: “The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) seriously warns that your club should be ready to face ANY SANCTION the organizer (CAF) will give erring clubs.”   While reminding the four clubs that other clubs representing other countries in next year’s club competitions have already finished the registration process, the NFF gave the four clubs until Wednesday, 17th December, 2014 to submit their players’ details or face the prospect of disqualification.   Kano Pillars and Enyimba finished as...