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The newly elected governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has vowed to spoil the Nigeria Under 23 football team with cash ahead of the most-win 2016 Men’s Olympic football qualifying game coming up on Sunday against Congo at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium. The governor was amongst the fans who saw the Dream Team VI training session on Friday evening and was highly impressed with the lads performance revealed to Supersport.com after the session, that goals scored will be rewarded with cash. “I want to charge you to go for a resounding victory on Sunday because Nigerians are relying on you. “For each goal you score on Sunday, I will reward you with $30,000 USD while three goals on Sunday will fetch you $100,000 USD,” governor Wike said after the session monitored by supersport.com. Photograph by pmnewsnigeria.com

Zambia’s U-23 side will be the Dream Team’s next opponents in the race to the 11th All-Africa Games after they must have seen off Gabon, following the withdrawal of Madagascar.   Siasia’s wards lashed the Gabonese 4-1 in Libreville on Saturday with the return leg set for Abuja on March 7. The winner of the two-leg fixture is billed to play the winner between Zambia and Madagascar, but the Indian Ocean islanders withdrew from the race, handing an automatic final round ticket to the Zambians.   The first leg of the final round fixture will take place in Nigeria only two weeks weeks after the return leg with the Gabonese.    Also at the weekend, Burundi shocked DR Congo 1-0 in Kinshasa, Sudan edged hosts Ethiopia 2-1 in Dire Dawa and Uganda and Mozambique drew 0-0 in Maputo.   Zimbabwe, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso have also reached the final round of qualifiers following the withdrawals of Swaziland, Tunisia, Guinea Bissau ...

  The U-23 National Team, nicknamed Dream Team, threw a firm leg into the final qualifying round for the Men’s Football Tournament of the 11th All-Africa Games after hammering Gabon 4-1 in Libreville on Saturday.   Junior Ajayi scored in the very first minute before Warri Wolves FC striker Etebo Oghenekaro increased the tally from the penalty spot two minutes to half time.   Ajayi maintained his knack for quick starts with another goal in the 47th minute, but Gabon pulled one back through Axel Meye midway into the second half, but Nigeria ensured a handsome advantage going into the second leg when Enyimba forward Peter Onyekachi made it 4-1 in added time.   Members of the Nigerian community in Gabon made a good presence and cheered the Dream Team loudly at the Stade Augustin Monedan a Sibang.                            ...

Head Coach of the Dream Team, Samson Siasia, has charged his wards to go all out for victory against their Gabonese counterparts in the first leg of the 11th  All-Africa Games qualifying game to be played at the Stade Augustin Monedan a Sibang, Libreville on Saturday. After breakfast on Friday, Siasia said that from the calibre of players at his disposal, he is not expecting less than outright victory. “Nigerians expect nothing short of victory from you guys. You guys should put in mind that you are the next generation of Super Eagles players, but for Nigerians to accept you as such, you must show that on the field of play. That is the only way that you can convince the nation that you have what it takes to take over." Appealing to the players to play to instructions, the U-23 gaffer said, they should not bother about what the Gabonese have to throw at them, but to follow his instructions and the rest will be history, adding that they should not be expecting any favors fr...

Having seen a lot of games this season in the Glo Nigeria Professional Football League, Nigeria National League and a bit of Nigeria Nationwide League, the trio of Adepoju Tobi Samuel,  Alonge Akinlolu and Olawale Quadry came up with a list of players who are eligible to feature in the national Under-23 squad ( Dream Team) who  Samson Siasia, the coach of Nigeria's Under-23 national football team could consider to give a look in. The decision to pick each player is 100% based on the player performance this season. We concentrated on players plying their trade in Nigeria Apex league," Glo Nigeria Professional Football League" and "Nigeria National League", a player made the list from Atiba United who played in the Nigeria Nationwide League this season though the Oyo based team have gained promotion to the NNL. Below is a list of young players in Nigeria Football Leagues who had an outstanding season and are under twenty three years old: Goalkeepers David Obi...