April 5, 2019
Rangers head coach, Gbenga Ogunbote is not happy with his side’s inability to pick the maximum points against Katsina United in one of the Nigeria Professional Football League rescheduled matches on Wednesday.
Raheem Sterling has been on the news for good reasons of late, standing up for fellow footballers who suffered racist abuse, speaking up against racism, and he plans to take his humanitarian nature another step further.
Ahead of the U-17 African Cup of Nations holding in Tanzania in a few days time, five key players of the Nigeria Golden Eaglets have failed the MRI test according to our reporter in Abuja.
The Manu Garba-led side emerged Champions in the WAFU qualifying series but were unable to conduct the MRI test on the players months ago before the competition due date.
However, after the test was conducted on Friday, 5 key players from the team that qualified the country for the African Youth Championship in Tanzania have been knocked out.
The players affected are:
Goalkeeper – JOHN IKEDINACHUKWU AMAH
defender – MUHAMMED IBRAHIM
midfielders – HASSAN HUSEINI, BABATUNDE AKINSOLA JIMOH
Forward – FAVOR AKEM
One of the players knocked out by the MRI test who pleaded anonymity confirmed the situation to our source in Abuja on Friday afternoon a few minutes after the exercise.
Super Eagles forward Samuel Kalu has been ruled out again due to injury and the former Genk winger will be missing tonight’s Ligue 0ne clash with Olympique Marseille.
JUST IN! Golden Eaglets Captain and first choice goalkeeper fails MRI test
Ahead of the U-17 African Cup of Nations holding in Tanzania in a few days time, two key players of the Nigeria Golden Eaglets has failed the MRI test according to our reporter in Abuja.
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Coach of the Tanzanian National team who doubles as a member of CAF Technical study group of the U17 AFCON in Tanzania has offered words of advice for his former side ahead of the tourney.
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