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Our striker Guy Keumian has returned to action after spending two weeks on the side lines.  The attacker suffered a contusion of his right foot on 22 days ago during our Caf Confederation Cup game against Moroccan club FUS Rabat in Port Harcourt.  He has now resumed full training with ‘The Pride of Rivers’ and is available for the selection for our club’s domestic and continental matches.  Dr Chukwuemeka Agi, the head of our medical department, explained that initial scans conducted on the forward showed no extensive damage to his right foot.  “We had a scan and an X-ray on the affected area and saw that it was nothing more than a contusion of the right foot.  “The initial fear was that he had suffered a fracture as he had been unable to continue participating in the game and had to be stretchered off in the first half.  “He was out for 10 days and after initially using ice to stop the bleeding, and performing gentl...

Three foreign stars at Rivers United, Godbless Asamoah, Wilson Andoh and Guy Kuemian have expressed hope that the club claims at least a Caf Champions League ticket at the end of the current Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season.  United will be guaranteed a place in Africa’s elite club competition next year if they finish in the top two place in this season’s NPFL and they still retain a mathematical chance of winning the title at the end of the current campaign.  The Port Harcourt club currently trail the leaders, Enugu Rangers by three points and will be guaranteed, at least a second place finish in the league, if they win their final league game of the season, away to Akwa United.  Asamoah was the first to speak and he explained that winning the crucial game against the ‘Promise Keepers’ is vital if his side to end the season on a high.  “Since we drew that last (NPFL game at home to Abia Warriors last Sunday), the m...