FIFA World Cup U17 Final: CHAMPIONS NIGERIA 3 Vs. Mexico 0, Goals, Highlights.

Congratulations Nigeria,View As Nigeria Dumped Mexico In Grand Fashion To Get Their Forth FIFA U17 World Glass Title. The Objectives Are Common and Amazing.Enjoy.

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2.3 million FIFA World Cup tickets sold in 24 hours

Some 2.3 million tickets for next year’s World Cup in Brazil were sold in the first 24 hours of internet sales, FIFA said Wednesday.

The tickets were sought by more than 400,000 fans through the FIFA.com website.

The biggest demand came from Brazilians, followed by Argentinians, Americans, Chileans and Colombians.
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NFF Described Flying Eagles’ Play In FIFA U-20 World Cup As ‘Horrible’

The Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described the performance of the Flying Eagles at the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey as “horrible”.

The Coach John Obuh-tinkered Flying Eagles, Tuesday, crashed out in the second round of the tournament, following a 2-1 defeat in the hands of Uruguay, whose senior side, had earlier accounted for the elimination of the Super Eagles at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

It was double jeopardy for Nigerians, who in the space of a little over a week, had seen their teams suffer consecutive defeats in the hands of the South Americans at a global event.  And reacting to the results, a member of the NFF’s Technical Committee, Paul Bassey told Sports Vanguard that the Flying Eagles did not know what they were doing in Turkey.

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Brazil beats world champion Spain 3-0 to win Confederations Cup

Fred scored two goals and Neymar added another as host Brazil convincingly defeated world champion Spain 3-0 to win the Confederations Cup on Sunday as protesters clashed with riot police outside the Maracana Stadium.

Fred put Brazil on the board less than two minutes into the match, Neymar added to the lead just before half-time and Fred netted his fifth goal in five matches early in the second half to give Brazil victory. The win for the host nation was surprisingly easy against the current world champion.

Sergio Ramos missed a penalty kick for Spain in the 55th, sending his low shot wide.

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Confed Cup: Mikel's Amazing Goal Against Uruguay Nominated for the Tournament's Best (Video)

John Obi Mikel’s goal in Nigeria vs Uruguay match has been listed among the best goals of the ongoing FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil.

According to renowned Brazil’s TV channel, TV Sports, the Nigerian international joins the exclusive list of goal scorers that have left their mark at the ongoing FIFA Confederations Cup in the South American nation, after the interesting team link up play exhibited by Mikel and Brown Ideye enroot to the goal.

Interestingly, Spain’s Jordi Alba’s opener against Nigeria on Sunday at the Estadio Castaelo, Fortaleza also made the list. Other goals nominated for the goal of the tournament includes Neymars wonderful free kick goal against Italy, Uruagyay’s winner against Nigeria by Diego Forlan, are some of the goals still enjoying review on Brazil’s TV Sports channel.

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Italy Will Not Quit The Confederations Cup As Prandelli Clarifies Balotelli “Joke.”

Cesare Prandelli has said Italy will not quit the Confederations Cup due to the huge protests that have swept the country.

An estimated 1.25 million people took to the streets in scores of cities on Thursday evening to call for better public services and to criticise the cost of organising the Confederations Cup and next year’s World Cup.

Many of the protest marches, which began last week, have culminated in violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police, but Prandelli said the Italy squad had no plans to leave the country.

“Our officials have absolutely not proposed going home,” he said during a press conference in Salvador, the day before Italy’s final Group A game against hosts Brazil.

FIFA Confederations Cup: Nigeria vs Uruguay [20/06/2013] At 11pm

Stephen Keshi's men were underwhelming in their 6-1 victory over part-time Tahiti though he claimed they weren't at their best as against the Mexicans but they will face a sterner test against the South Americans, who are in desperate need of points (a do or die game) tomorrow at 11pm.

Who will carry the day?

NIGERIAEnyeama
Ambrose • Oboabona • Omeruo • Echiejile
Ogude • Mikel • Mba
Oduamadi • Ideye • Musa

URUGUAYMuslera
Pereira • Godín • Lugano • Cáceres
Ramírez • Gargano • Pérez • Rodríguez
Suárez • Cavani

World Cup Qualifier: Namibia 1-1 Nigeria

African champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria were tonight held to a 1-1 draw by Namibia’s Brave Warriors in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek.

Godfrey Oboabona got the equalizer for Nigeria.

Cup win’ll motivate Eagles to do more – Ugbade

China ‘85 FIFA U-17 World Cup winner Nduka  Ugbade has tipped the Super Eagles to book their ticket to the Brazil 2014 World Cup finals with no  Nigerian ‘hospitalised’ for high blood pressure like in the past, saying the Africa Cup of Nations triumph  will motivate the team.

Nigeria  on February 10 beat the Stallions of Burkina Faso 1-0 in the final of the South Africa 2013 to win the trophy for the third time, after  they were champions on home soil in 1980 and at the Tunisia ’94 finals.

Speaking to our correspondent on the telephone during the week, Ugbade, a member of the Tunisia ’94 winning squad, said the  players would be fired up for the  World Cup qualifiers  by the South Africa 2013 success.

Now, I want Confederations Cup –Mikel

Mikel Obi tells MTNFootball.com  his next target is to make another history by winning the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Did you believe from the onset Nigeria would be champions again?

Yes. We had it at the back of our mind to win right from the training camp in Portugal. We were driven to write our names in gold, make Nigerians happy and with hard work, God made it possible for us.

After the first two games, where the Eagles drew with Burkina Faso and Zambia, millions of Nigerians lost hope in the team. Was that the same feeling in the team?

There was no point in the competition that I, for one, felt we won’t win it. I told you before we went for the tournament that there are no small teams in football again. I knew it won’t be an easy task for us, so we prepared for it and kept believing in ourselves even when things looked difficult.

World Cup qualification vital for Nigeria - Keshi

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi says the newly-crowned African champions must ensure that they qualify for the World Cup in Brazil next year.

Keshi, only the second man to lift the Africa Cup of Nations title as a player and coach, is also the first black coach to win the trophy since 1992.

The 51-year-old has already targeted the Confederations Cup in Brazil in June.

Now uppermost in Keshi's mind is to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.

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2013 FIFA CONFEDERATION CUP: N645m jackpot awaits Eagles

Super Eagles of Nigeria, who booked a place in the FIFA Confederation Cup billed for Brazil in June after emerging African Champions in South Africa, stand a chance of carting away a whooping $4.1million (about N645million) should they emerge winners of the highly rated eight-team showdown.

World football governing body FIFA Friday announced the prize money for the Confederation Cup, putting the take away prize for the winner at $4.1million

FIFA says $20 million in total prize money will be shared among eight teams playing in the World Cup warm-up event in Brazil from June 15-30.

Win Nations Cup for us, Drogba begs Eagles

By Tony Ubani
Even in defeat, Didier Tebily Yves Drogba was graceful. Despite swallowing the bitter pill of defeat that has dented his beautiful career – without a Nations Cup trophy, the Ivorian has sent a passionate plea to the Super Eagles

“Please, win the Nations Cup for us”, he pleaded as he hugged Stephen Keshi and his former teammate Mikel Obi after the 2-1 defeat in the quarter final match at Rustenberg.

Drogba’s army of super stars were tipped by all and sundry to win the match against a relatively young and inexperienced Super Eagles. The Eagles stepped up their game and were immaculate in their form, attack, defence and discipline. They stung Cote d’Ivoire and have made their critics to swallow their words.

Super Eagles Squad for African Cup of Nations 2013

Forwards: Ahmed Musa ( CSKA Moscow, Russia); Emmanuel Emenike (Spartak Moscow, Russia); Victor Moses (Chelsea FC, England); Sunday Mba (Enugu Rangers, Nigeria); Ikechukwu Uche (Villarreal FC, Spain); Brown Ideye (Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine); Ejike Uzoenyi (Enugu Rangers, Nigeria)

 Midfielders: John Mikel Obi (Chelsea FC, England); Nosa Igiebor (Real Betis, Spain); Ogenyi Onazi (SS Lazio, Italy); Obiora Nwankwo (Calcio Padova, Italy); Fegor Ogude (Valerenga FC, Norway); Reuben Gabriel (Kano Pillars, Nigeria);

Eagles Can Win Nations Cup Without Me – Martins

Unlike his compatriot who went on an emotional outburst against football administrators in the country, team coaches, former players and even veiled attacks on present players in the national team, Obafemi Martins has maintained a studied silence on his exclusion from the provisional 32-man list that was released by coach Stephen Keshi that will fight for a place to represent the country at the forthcoming Orange African Cup of Nations in South Africa.

Nations Cup: Osaze blasts Keshi, NFF

West Brom striker Osaze Odemwingie who has been left out of Nigeria’s team to the 2013 Africa Nations Cup has reacted angrily to his exclusion lashing out at Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi and the Nigeria Football Federation. The Nigerian spent time on Sunday on social network Twitter giving his own story and attacking anyone perceived to have played a role in his being cut from the team.

Osaze good to go for Nations Cup, says Brom coach

West Brom coach, Steve Clarke stated that his star striker, Peter Osaze Odemwingie will certainly make the Nigerian team to the 2013 Nations Cup, following his excellent form. He added that he was already preparing room for Osaze’s imminent absence during the month long tournament. Clarke said that he has no doubt that Osaze’s current fine form will be too much for Eagles coach Stephen Keshi to resist when making his final list of players for the Nations Cup.