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John Ogu scores a belter from a distance in his team's 2-1 loss to FC Thun in the second leg, second round qualifiers of the Europa League. Hapoel Beer Sheva lost 3-2 on aggregate after the first leg in Israel finished 1-1. Pity they lost, but the goal was cool The keeper though ...smh

 This article was originally published on supersport.com and reproduced here The Kano Pillars bench erupted in joy as Lobi Stars defender Anthony Agbaji, in an attempt to block a cross by Ezekiel Mbah, slotted into his own net to put Pillars three nil at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi in a week 19 Glo Premier League match. Pillars were in dream land. Rabiu Ali and his team mates were well on their way to a famous win on the road. Three goals up with half an hour left to play, it was destined to be Pillars day. Nothing could go wrong. But it did. Lobi Stars rallied back from the three goal deficit to hit three past a hapless Pillars side who’s capitulation could be likened to a spring chicken on a maize farm. They crumbled like a pack of cards. Despite the surprise draw at Lobi, one would dare say it went according to script. The Kano side have been a pale shadow of themselves this season. The defending champions have been in sixes an...

Date: Sunday 5th July, 2015. Enyimba FC vs Abia Warriors   Giwa FC vs Heartland   FC Ifeanyi Uba vs Shooting Stars   Sharks FC vs Nasarawa United. FC Taraba vs Kwara United Dolphins FC vs Wikki Tourists Akwa United vs Enugu Rangers   Kano Pillars vs Elkanemi Warriors   Lobi Stars vs Sunshine Stars   Bayelsa United vs Warri Wolves  

Just got this. Enyimba's version of the Mfon Udoh case.. ENYIMBA FC CLEARS THE AIR ON MFON UDOH's ILLNESS The management and board of Enyimba Football Club wishes to state categorically that the reports that our star player Mfon Udoh has suffered a stroke are entirely false and misleading.   Sab Osuji, the author of a Complete Sports report where the story first broke, made no attempts to speak with our medical team - as one one would expect - in a matter related to a player's health and based his claim on the statements of an anonym ous player and our head of media, who requested specifically to obtain further information from the player and report back to him.   This is against the ethics, standards and good practice of journalism and calls the true intent of the author into question.  

 I was swarmed last week by folks asking for the top scorers in the Nigeria Professional Football League There a a lot of contenders this early part of the season as at week 13 and we hope the competition for the top goalscorer will continue with the same fierce intensity as the league season stretches. So for those asking, here you go

Wikki Tourists 3 (Godwin Obaje 17' Godwin Obaje 43' Alaba Johnson 75')  Sharks 0 Heartland 2 (Bright Ejike 6' Roland Koffi 31')  FC Taraba 0   Shooting Stars 0  Enyimba 0 Markson Ojobo of Enyimba tangles with Wasiu Jimoh of  3SC in Ibadan on Sunday. Photocredit-LMC Media Nasarawa United 1 (Esosa Igbinoba 29)  Bayelsa United 0 Kwara United 1 (Segun Alebiosu 36')  Lobi Stars 1 (Obioma Arinze) Abia Warriors 1 (Ndifreke Effiong 16')  Akwa United 0 Dolphins 1 (Ifeanyi Egwim 47') -1 Giwa FC (Ocheme Edoh 26') El-Kanemi Warriors 1 (Ibrahim Mustapha 90')  Ifeanyi Ubah 4 (Solomon Eludi 17' Solomon Eludi 62' Uchechukwu Onyedikachi 14',Uchechukwu Onyedikachi 70' ) Warri Wolves 0 Rangers 1 (Razaq Adegbite 18') Sunshine Stars 3 (Paul Onobi 25' Seun Olulayo 57' Dayo Ojo 81') Kano Pillars 0

Flying Eagles line up (All pictures are credited to Getty Images) Nigeria have qualified for the round of 16 at the Fifa U20 World Cup taking place in New Zealand courtesy a 2-0 win over Hungary I had to wake up early. unfortunately DSTV didn't get the rights for the game so I had to look for a stream, the star times decoder looks a must now. Anyways, here is the match report culled from supersport.com (That's my home nah!)   African champions Nigeria are through to the round of 16 of the Fifa U20 World Cup after a 2-0 win over Hungary at the Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth. Nigeria needed to avoid a heavy defeat to guarantee progress to the knockout stages but started tentatively with the Hungarians dominating possession early on. Manu Garba, the Nigeria coach, opted to start the same set of players that trounced Korea DPR 4-0 on June 4 which meant there was no place from the start for Kelechi Iheanacho, Musa Yahaya and Success Isaac who had scor...