COORDINATION FAIL

Yakubu submits his bid for ‘miss of the decade’ award

Nigerian striker fluffs four yard sitter

Nigeria tumbled out of the World Cup last night, after only managing to scrape a 2-2 draw with South Korea in a remarkably wasteful performance. Undisputed king of all of [...]

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AGEISM REPORT

Nigeria U17s captain is too old to play for the U21 team

Golden Eaglets skipper allegedly turned 18 about seven years ago

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The U-17 World Cup, currently taking place in Nigeria, has been rocked by allegations the host nation’s captain, Fortune Chukwudi, is actually somewhere closer to 25.

Before the tournament, FIFA had made attempts to stamp out ‘age cheating’ by [...]

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TRANSFER TALK

Ashton, Heskey and Nugent are all on the move

28 days to go until the window is flung open

Portsmouth striker Dave Nugent jumps on Hermann Hreidarsson

It’s only four weeks until the January transfer window opens and all eyes turn eagerly towards Manchester City in the hope they they will pump [...]

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Football Lessons

Hey Jenas, here’s how you take a penalty!

The best spot kick showboating ever seen

Knocking a dead ball into the goal from twelve yards should be the easiest thing in the world for a professional footballer, but as Jenas, Chimbonda, Yakubu and Jagielka learned last night, it’s tough under pressure. Maybe they should have tried to emulate one of these classic efforts:

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