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Picked this bit off Marca.com. Made good reading...at least to me sha.. BETIS, 17 YEARS WITHOUT WINNING AT THE BERNABÉU Hats off to Finidi George For those Betis fans born after 4th October 1998, the Santiago Bernabéu stadium is nothing less than a nightmare. Since that day, their team have never been able to come away from there with all three points. Those old enough to remember that game will be forever thankful to Finidi. The solitary goal scored by the Nigerian forward, who would celebrate his strikes by elegantly putting on a hat, won all three points for his team on matchday five of la Liga. Seventeen years have come and gone since that day. 17 years without tasting victory against 'Los Blancos' in their own back yard. That's a long time for such a historic club like Betis. This year many of the fans fancy their chances. On Saturday they will be paying yet another visit to the Spanish capital but this time to face a Real that can't see...

Vincent Enyeama Super Eagles chief coach Sunday Oliseh has unveiled his maiden list that has eighteen foreign based players as the team prepares for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group G game with Tanzania. Nigeria will play the Taifa Stars of Tanzania on September 5th in Dar Es Salaam with Oliseh listing the foreign based players who will slug it out for shirts alongside the home based squad announced a couple of weeks ago. Ahmed Musa The team will be led by OSC Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama but there is a return for Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Carl Ikeme after a seven-year hiatus while Lukman Haruna also gets a recall after a lengthy absence. Sylvester Igboun (below) and Izunna Ernest Uzochukwu are the surprise call-ups who will be earning their first cap. Obiorah Nwankwo is also in the mix as well as Esperance de Tunis forward Emem Udouk, Joel Obi from Torino in Italy and William Troost Ekong, who is on loan at FK Haugesund from Belgian side AA Gent...

  NPFL Week 23 results Abia Warriors FC 1 : 0 El-Kanemi Warriors FC.   Akwa United FC 3 :1 Sharks FC.   Bayelsa United FC 1 : 1Enyimba Int'l FC.   Kano Pillars FC 4 : 1 Shooting Stars   Kwara United FC 0 : 1 Wikki Tourists FC.   Lobi Stars FC 2 : 1 FC Taraba   Nasarawa United FC 2 : 0 Heartland FC   Rangers Int'l FC 2 : 3 FC Ifeanyi Ubah FC   Sunshine Stars FC 4 : 0 Giwa FC .   Warri Wolves FC 1 : 0 Dolphins FC.

I haven't blogged in a while due to reasons beyond me. I hope it can get better though. Please forgive me. So maybe today I will start with this Obafemi Martins video for Seattle Sounders in action against Orlando City in the MLS. Hope you do enjoy it

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