en-ng-hotdailynews: 2015-02-26 Nigeria Sports

Football: World Cup date changes shift 2023 Africa Cup of Nations dates as well
The Straits Times
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations will move from January to June because of plans to switch the 2022 World Cup dates, Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke said on Wednesday. "Africa has automatically and nicely agreed it will not ...

AFCON 2023 schedule changes for Qatar 2022   The Punch
FIFA plan to pay out £135m to pacify big clubs over World Cup 2022 winter switch   Daily Mail
Qatar 2022: Unapologetic Jerome Valcke rules out any compensation for winter ...   The Independent
The Daily Star
SuperSport (blog)
Gulf Times
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Daily Sun

South Africa shocks Golden Eaglets
Daily Sun
The Golden Eaglets attempt to return to the pinnacle of Africa U-17 championship was thwarted a second time as the Amajimbos of South Africa shocked them to a 1 – 0 defeat to reach the final of the CAF U-17 championship. Eric Mayo's low cracker inside the ...

Amajimbos down Eaglets, into first CAF U-17 final   Boxscore
Amajimbos beat Golden Eaglets 1-0, qualify for final   The Guardian Nigeria
Amajimbos stun Nigeria at AYC   Sport24
Complete Sports Nigeria
KickOff
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Leadership Newspapers

Keshi's New Deal Ready, Pinnick Reveals
Leadership Newspapers
After weeks of speculation, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Amaju Pinnick, has revealed that the new contract for the Super Eagles' chief coach, Stephen Keshi, is ready and he (Keshi) could resume work this week. Keshi's initial three-year ...

Pinnick explains Mourinho visit   SuperSport
Why Keshi's Contract Is Delayed - Pinnick   AllAfrica.com
'NFF Won't Stop Keshi From Burkina Faso Job'   The Tide

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SI.com

We lost our nerve and deserved defeat, says distraught Wenger
Times of India
LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could hardly conceal his despair when he said his team lost their nerve, were not mentally sharp enough and got the result they deserved after losing 3-1 to AS Monaco in the Champions League round of 16 on ...

Wenger bemoans 'suicidal' defending   Irish Independent
Arsenal left red-faced after Twitter exchanges with Monaco ends badly on night ...   Daily Mail
Arsenal v Monaco — The moments that mattered   Irish Examiner
Goal.com
The Indian Express
Eurosport.com AU
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FIFA clears top official over World Cup corruption claims
Times of India
ZURICH: FIFA on Tuesday cleared its longest serving executive board member Michel D'Hooghe of Belgium of four corruption charges in the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups won by Russia and Qatar. D'Hooghe, chairman of FIFA's medical committee, ...

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Soccer Laduma

Ronaldo Involved In 390 Goals Since 2009
Soccer Laduma
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo moved up to third in the club's all-time scoring rankings after scoring his 290th goal for Los Blancos. Read: Ronaldo Reveals Most Important Career Moment. The Portuguese scored Real's second goal in the 2-0 away ...

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Bundesliga - official website

BVB's Piszczek out for six weeks
Bundesliga - official website
Activating the social buttons transfers information to Facebook, Twitter or Google in the USA, where it may be stored. Lukasz Piszczek (c.) has made 20 league appearances this season, 19 of them from the start. Dortmund - Borussia Dortmund have suffered a ...

Dortmund handed Piszczek blow   Goal.com
Piszczek blow for Dortmund   Sport LIVE
Juve battle to 2-1 Dortmund victory   Taipei Times
IBNLive
Daily News & Analysis
Deutsche Welle
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