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The legend of fallen Super Eagles star Samuel Okwaraji – Part one: The day football died

Leave a Comment / Complete Football Archives, History, Super Eagles / By Olabode

SAM OKWARAJI: THE DAY FOOTBALL DIED Complete Football editorial on Okwaraji’s death in 1989 The transition of Samuel Okwaraji (1964–1989), the Nigerian wizard of ‘distributive football’ will go down in our sports history as a shocking event. Shocking for his family and his friends, shocking for all football lovers who saw him play for the first …

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Gernot Rohr: Manchester United Lesson for Super Eagles by Mumini Alao

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SUPER Eagles coach Gernot Rohr continues to be a deeply divisive subject in Nigerian football discourse. With about seven months remaining on his contract (due to expire in June 2020), the current debate in traditional and social media circles is on whether the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) should renew or cut ties with the Franco-German. …

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Soccertalk with Mumini Alao: Samba Lessons

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As Coach Gernot Rohr’s Super Eagles prepare to face Samba boys in an international friendly in Singapore on 13 October, 2019, MUMINI ALAO recalls his impressions of the first senior encounter between the two countries in Abuja in 2003…. I HAVE read quite a number of reactions to the Super Eagles 3-0 thrashing by Brazil …

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FLASHBACK TO 2003: HOW BRAZIL HUMILIATED NIGERIA IN ABUJA

Ukraine Was Cannon Fodder For Super Eagles By Mumini Alao

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GERNOT ROHR and his Super Eagles couldn’t have wished for a kinder and more amenable opposition in their first game, post AFCON 2019 than Ukraine. The jury was out on the Franco-German to see how his team would fare immediately after the international retirements by captain John Obi Mikel and top goal scorer Odion Ighalo. …

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Xenophobia: War On The Criminals! By Mumini Alao

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“PICTURES don’t lie” used to be a common refrain until Digital technology birthed Photoshop and similar tools that wiped out the cliche. Now, we have to verify any pictures before we’re sure they’re not lying, otherwise we may be fooled or misled. There are no such doubts about the pictures coming out of South Africa …

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Arsenal vs United is the New Battle Frontier By Mumini Alao.

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I DIDN’T REALIZE that there was such deep-seated animosity between Nigerian supporters of Manchester United and Arsenal until last Saturday when Complete Sports hosted the inaugural NaijaSuperFans hangout at Godwin Dudu-Orumen’s SportShaq in Surulere, Lagos.Due to space constraints at the venue, we had restricted the number of invitees to 70 members of the fast-growing online …

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Nigeria’s AFCON Stories Episode 15 – TUNISIA 2004 By Augustine Okocha

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Captain AUSTIN “JAY-JAY” OKOCHA narrates how he returned to Tunisia as captain of the Super Eagles and emerged as highest goal scorer and Player of the Tournament. But Nigeria had to settle for a bronze medal after losing another penalty shootout to the hosts in the semi-final.

SoccerTalk: My Visit to the Sports Zone By Mumini Alao

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My Visit to the Sports Zone By Mumini Alao

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By Mumini Alao IT WAS not my first visit to the Sports Zone, the “most popular sports show anywhere,” as Sadiq, the cerebral yet vivacious morning belt anchor on Lagos Talks 91.3FM, likes to describe the programme. But certainly, it was my most enjoyable. Last Thursday morning, August the 8th, I had to leave home …

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