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After their victory against Usfa of burkina faso in ijebu-ode on sunday,coach of sunshine stars of akure gbenga ogunbote told jidap sport that the Usfa team can't stop his team for qualifying to the next round of caf confederation cup. We thank GOD for today's victory,even the usfa team fight to the end,but at the end will score two goals.A two goals margin is something not going to be easy for the usfa team to overturn. Our goals came late but will keep pushing for the goals,my players dominate the possesion and play in the half of the usfa team,sunday emmanuel came in the second half for unimpressed akombo to score a brace for sunshine stars,he was on the bench for tactics reason he said.but will thank GOD he delivered what will need from him. All nigerian should keep praying and supporting the team,my team will go as far as they can in this competition,gbenga ogunbote told jidap sport on sunday in ijeb ode.

Javier Hernandez scored the winner that has brought Manchester United to the brink of a 19th League title with victory over Everton at Old Trafford. The Reds have extende their lead at the top of the Premier League to nine points, although Chelsea have the chance to reduce that gap when they play later on. Everton put up admirable resistance but it was finally broken in the 84th minute when Antonio Valencia crossed deep for Hernandez to head home. The striker powered in his 19th goal of a sensational debut campaign to send United into the Champions League semi-final with Schalke in winning mood and knowing if they can avoid defeat to Arsenal and Chelsea in their next two league games, they will surely knock Liverpool off the perch they have occupied for so long. Faced with a familiar selection poser, knowing the following four games, starting with the first leg of that Champions League semi- final against Schalke in Gelsenkirchen on Tuesday, would shape his s

Skipper of Nigeria Premier League side Shooting Stars, Sherif Abolade, broke his leg Sunday in a car crash in which six people lost their lives. Abolade was on his way back to Ibadan from Lagos when the commercial vehicle he was travelling collided with a heavy duty truck and six people died and others were seriously injured. He has now been admitted into UCH Ibadan. The attacking midfielder has come into his own this season to be handed the captain ’s armband in the absence of injured Sakiru Lawal. He joined the ‘Oluyole Warriors’ two years ago from an academy run by former international Dosu Joseph.

Olubayo Adefemi (13 August 1985 - 18 April 2011) was a Nigerian football defender. International career: Adefemi represented his country at the 2008 Olympic Games, playing all the games and scoring a goal in a semifinal match against Belgium. He was a member of the Nigerian Under 20 Team that came second behind a Lionel Messi-led Argentina Team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. Adefemi played 5 out of the six matches Nigeria played, scoring 1 goal during play against Morocco in the semi-final. Adefemi made his Senior National Team debut against Ireland on May 29, 2009. Adefemi played his second senior game against France in a game that Nigeria won. Death: On April 18, 2011, Olubayo was killed in a car accident while driving on Egnatia Odos, near the city of Kavala. Titles: Silver medal in holand 2005 U-20 world cup. Israeli F.A cup winner with Hapoel Tel Aviv 2006 Silver Medal 2008 Olympics

The Nigeria Premier League now resumes on April 20, 2011 Jidap sport gather,it was reported earlier in the week that the league will resumes on April 30, 2011 after the elections, But NPL have decided to have mid week matches starting from next week wednessday. The League last set of matches was played on 13 march 2011.Dolphin fc remain top of the league with 43 points from 19 games,while pleatue united and juth fc battles for relegation survive. Source: JIDAP SPORT.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has hailed team-mate Ryan Giggs as one of the greatest players in the club's history and believes it is only a matter of time before the Welshman is knighted. Giggs, 37, played a starring role for Sir Alex Ferguson's men as they defeated Chelsea 3-1 on aggregate to knock their domestic rivals out of the Champions League quarter-finals. After the match Ferguson singled out the former Wales international for his performance, calling it "unique" and "incredible", and Rooney has added to the torrent of praise directed in Giggs' direction. Rooney told talkSPORT: "He is just incredible. What he's done for Manchester United and what he's done for the young players, it's absolutely fantastic to have him at the club. "He's a genius and I don't think it'll be too long before we're calling him Sir Ryan in my opinion." Rooney was also effusive about f

The draw for the 2nd round of the men ’s qualifiers for the 2012 Olympic Football Tournament was held at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo , Egypt on Wednesday 13 April 2011. The draw was conducted by acting CAF Secretary General Hicham El Amrani, and attended by representatives of the countries in the competition. Also present was Mr Gordon Savic the FIFA Head of competitions. The draw: Algeria v Zambia Congo v win Cote d’Ivoire/ Liberia Gabon v Mali Sudan v Egypt Benin v South Africa Tunisia v Senegal Tanzania v Nigeria The 16th qualified teams will only be known on 20 April 2011, as FIFA has postponed the return leg match between Liberia and Côte d ’Ivoire to this same date in order to allow the Ivorian team to leave its territory to play this match. The match dates for the 2nd round are the following: 3/4/5 June 2011 for the first-leg matches, 17/18/19 June 2011 for the return-leg matches. The next and final stage will see the introduction of a n

Ocean Boys Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Brass, Bayelsa State. History: Ocean Boys F.C. was founded in 2002 by Sylva Nathaniel Ngo,the chairman of Brass Local Government. Sylva formed the team to help curb the restiveness among youths in the Niger Delta and keep the youths away from vices by channelling their energies into worthy endeavours. They were promoted to the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League within three years and were the 2006 league champions in their first season. They won the 2008 FA Cup, the third straight title for the Niger Delta.Their home stadium is Yenagoa Township Stadium but for the 2009-10 season they will play some home games at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. In December 2010 the team was left in shock by the death of defender Emmanuel Ogoli, who collapsed during a game, and a horrendous car crash in which defender Okechukwu Akabogu and third choice keeper Austino Egbe sustained several

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand boasts an enviable unbeaten record. Incredibly, he is unbeaten in the 21 matches he has played for United this season and has not lost a club game in over a year - although his last was against Chelsea. Fergie reckoned the England star was superb on his comeback at The Bridge. He said: "That was probably one of his best performances in a United jersey. "But I knew it would happen because all the incentives were there. The adrenalin of coming back, the importance of the occasion. "When he was coming across in a buggy to the youth team game I said 'this bugger wants to play, I can tell'. You drive half a mile from the complex for one reason. I was really pleased."

PSV Eindhoven midfielder Rabiu Ibrahim is among six foreign based players that have arrived the camp of the Under-23 team ahead of this weekend ’s second leg qualifier against Equatorial Guinea in Malabo. Also in camp are goal keeper Dele Ajiboye, Ibok Edet, Micheal Essang, Arinze Ikenna and Uchechi Daniel. All six players made the final 20-man list that would fly out to Malabo on Friday. Coach Austine Eguavoen explained to SuperSport.com that Netherland based Uchebo Okechukwu would not be available for the game against Equatorial Guinea but would make the trip for the All Africa games qualifier against Liberia. “Uchebo would have been here for the Malabo game but he could not get a connecting flight, so we have decided to leave him out for the game against Equatorial Guinea. “Team Captain, Haruna Lukman, was eager to come for the game but his club needs him for this weekend’s game against Lille in the French League, ” Eguavoen told SuperSport.com.