SUNDAY Chidzambwa has sensationally bounced back as Zimbabwe national soccer team coach for a second term.
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NOSTALGIC feelings will be the order of the day when a Mutare side play in final of the country's major football knockout competition for the first time in 10 years.
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Coach Mabi de Almeida has affirmed that he is capable of managing the national soccer squad, if he is invited to occupy the post left by Oliveira Gonçalves.
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Midfielder Sani Kaita has told KickOffNigeria.com that he was disappointed to have been sent off in the Super Eagles 1-0 loss to Colombia in Wednesday's friendly match.
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Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu is pleased with his team's exertions on Wednesday despite having gone down 1-0 to Colombia in their international friendly match in Cali.
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A mass purge is expected in the Nigerian women's team coaching set-up following the poor performances of the national teams in recent months.
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The Nigeria Premier League have directed Gateway, Kano Pillars and Gombe United to play their matches behind closed doors pending the determination of their cases by the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation.
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Goals galore and soccer action aplenty is on the cards when Diski-5-Gauteng province soccer action takes Sandton's Mandela Square by storm today (from 16h00) and Sunday, November 23 (from 15h00).
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Santos' defensive pair of captain Musa Otieno and his vice Zvenyika Makonese are in a race against time to attain fitness ahead of the Cape Town side's clash against equally an struggling Maritzburg United tonight.
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"The time is near". That was the declaration from Fifa Secretary General Jerome Valcke at a packed Fifa Confederations Cup draw press conference at the Sandton Convention Centre today.
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Even though Mamelodi Sundowns continue to down play the issue of disciplinary problems in their camp, KickOff.com has learnt that midfielder Benedict Vilakazi and striker Collins Mbesuma have missed several training sessions at Chloorkop.
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Some call him Obagol, while others aptly refer to him as Obadrive. But among the Nigerian sport writers, Obafemi Martins is popularly referred to as "weapon of mass destruction."
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South African's must take it upon themselves to ensure every stadium during Confederations Cup match is packed to capacity, says Local Organising Committee (LOC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Danny Jordaan.
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IT is good step that the football season, or in this case the Namibia Premier League (NPL), has kicked off, but what remains worrying is the lack of clarity on the status of both the first and second divisions.
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DEFENDING champions Orlando Pirates will once again be put to the test when they engage coastal giants Eleven Arrows at the Khomasdal Stadium tomorrow.
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The job of the Super Falcons coach, Joseph Ladipo, a.k.a Jossy Lad is on the line following the embarrassing performance of the women national team in the ongoing Africa Women Championship (AWC) in Equatorial Guinea.
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Former Super Eagles Assistant Coach, Joe Erico, has said that Super Eagles should not be ashamed of losing 0-1 to Colombia in a friendly on the premise that the experience was a good one for the team.
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The Ghana League season will kick-off this weekend without an official title sponsor after the PLB stripped Onetouch of that right.
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The reality of being forced into an early retirement from football has prompted former Moroka Swallows defender Bjorn Gugger to venture into business outside the game.
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Former Golden Arrows' goalkeeper Davies Phiri says he is contemplating taking the route of goalkeeper coaching following a strenuous year spent at Durban Stars last season, when he regularly doubled by as stand-in coach while at the same time sitting on the bench.
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Fifa Confederations Cup excitement will hit fever pitch in South Africa tomorrow as the country prepares to host six continental football champions and world champions Italy for the draw that is being held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
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Fifa Secretary General Jérôme Valcke will be able to count on very special assistants during the draw for next year's Fifa Confederations Cup South Africa tomorrow.
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Everton's Steven Pienaar and Free State Stars' Kennedy Mweene are likely to come under the spotlight this weekend following a call to Fifa to investigate if players who missed this week's international friendlies line up for their clubs this weekend or in games next week.
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Super Falcons' assistant skipper Kikelomo Ajayi has calmed frayed nerves of Nigerian football fans, with a bold declaration that the squad will grab victory on Saturday, when they play Banyana Banyana in their last group game at the 6th African Women's Championship in Bata, Equatorial Guinea.
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Bafana Bafana and KC Westerlo defender Masilo Modubi remains confident that his dream of playing in England will soon be a reality.
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Shuaibu Amodu suffered his first defeat since returning as Super Eagles coach, seeing his wards go down 1-0 to Colombia in an international friendly that was at once frustrating and fast-paced.
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For the first ever time, former football stars in Akwa Ibom State under the platform of All Stars will converge on Uyo next month for a championship in honour of sports-loving governor of the state, Chief Godswill Akpabio.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:07:46 PST
Nigerian Coach, Okey Emordi has promised victory over perennial rivals, Ghana in the November 30th first leg knock-out round for the inaugural edition of African Nations Championship.
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Former Super Eagles international Etim Esin last night played down Nigeria's 1- 0 loss to Colombia in Cali on Wednesday by pleading that the outcome of the friendly match not be used as basis to judge the technical depth of the team. The defeat of the poorly prepared Nigerian side in the hands of the Los Cafeteros who scored a late goal through River Plate's Falcao Garcia was the Eagles first loss in eight matches under the stewardship of Shaibu Amodu.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:07:46 PST
Defending Africa Women Club champions, Desportivo of Mozambique, by the looks of the draws made at the Kenya National Sports Council boardroom on Wednesday night may have been given a chance to successfully defend their crown. But this could not be said of the fortunes of the Nigeria's representatives, First Bank Elephants, who were placed in a group that analysts have referred to as the 'Group of Death'.
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