Chelsea Legend Didier Drogba Seal MLS Move to Montreal Impact

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has signed for Major League Soccer side Montreal Impact.

The 37-year-old left Stamford Bridge this summer after playing 381 games and winning four Premier League titles across two spells with the London club.

     

Drogba is the Ivory Coast's all-time top scorer, with 65 goals in 105 international appearances.

Montreal president Joey Saputo said the signing made it "one of the biggest days in club history".

He added: "It's an honour to welcome Didier Drogba to the Impact.

"From the first conversation I had with him, I felt that he really wanted to play in Montreal.

"His arrival will be beneficial in every aspect."

Drogba will be a designated player at the Canadian side, which means his wages will not be restricted by the MLS salary cap.

Impact, MLS members since 2012, finished bottom of the table last season.

Drogba follows former Chelsea team-mate Frank Lampard in moving to the North American league, with the 37-year-old having joined New York City. 

Report curled from BBC 

De Bruyne Named Germany's footballer of the year

According to report by BERLIN (AP) — Kevin de Bruyne has been named Germany's footballer of the year in an annual poll of sports journalists while Dieter Hecking, also at Wolfsburg, picked up best coach.

          

Kicker magazine said Sunday that Belgium winger de Bruyne easily won this year's award, picking up 367 of the 814 votes. Bayern Munich and Netherlands winger Arjen Robben was second with 94 votes, while last year's winner — Bayern and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer — received 67 votes to finish third.

De Bruyne was a key figure in Wolfsburg's run to second place in the Bundesliga behind Bayern last season and to the German Cup title.

Hecking with 203 votes narrowly beat Markus Weinzierl, who led Augsburg to a Europa League place, with 191 votes. Borussia Moenchengladbach's Lucien Favre was third with 168.

Oliseh- Eagles won't look down on any team

Coach Sunday Oliseh at his presentation by the NFF last week

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Super Eagles Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh is happy with outcome of the 2018 FIFA World Cup preliminary draw held in St.Petersburg, Russia on Saturday.

Drawn bye from the first round of the African qualifiers, Nigeria begins her campaign for a place at the 2018 finals in Russia in November 2015, away to the winner of the Djibouti vs Swaziland first round playoff.

While appealing for caution, the Super Eagles handler told thenff.com that there are a number of reasons for him to be happy.

"Of course,I am happy with the draw,"Oliseh stated.

"We are not playing the first round, which is a preliminary round and which we knew before the draw. We will also be playing the first leg of the second round away which means we have an advantage of playing the more crucial return leg at home, in front of our fans".

The coach also warned against complacency, revealing that there are a lot of dangerous teams around that could hurt if taken for granted.

"Djibouti and Swaziland need to be given the respect that they deserve and either of them that we face in the second round will not be underrated. We respect every team and we will battle anyone that emerges with our full strength.

"With the draw now concluded,we can safely say that the race to Russia has officially started. I am optimistic we will run this race very well. We will give it our very best and pray it will be good enough to get us one of the five slots available for Africa," Oliseh concluded.

Liverpool has Signed Benteke from Aston Villa

Liverpool has finally completed the signing of Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke for £32.5m which is reported that the payment will be spreed.

         

The 24 year old Belgian agreed a long-term contract at Anfield and becomes their second most expensive signing in history.

The Reds recently sold Raheem Sterling to Manchester City in a region of £49m English record fee.

Christian Benteke has scored 42 league goals since 2012/13; Sergio Agüero is the only active Premier League player with more (55). 

Benteke in is first interview stated: "I think #LFC was the right club for me because I had a good chat with the manager and I wanted to be part of his project." 

Liverpool are now having seven strikers in their Arsenal to choose from, which will be an added advantage for them this season after they were short off quality in the just concluded 2014/2015 Season.     

Ifeanyi Ubah battles FC Taraba in the Federation Cup

After the "big boys" have been ousted, the round of 16 matches of this year’s men’s Federation Cup competition will take place across the country on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd July 2015.

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On Wednesday, FC IfeanyiUbah will tackle fellow Nigeria Premier league side up FC Taraba at the Area 3 Playground in Abuja while same venue will host Kwara United and Enugu Rangers in what may be a crunchy tie.

According to report from one of our source said  the Baba Olowo team has the IfeanyiUbah FC owner has promised each players and goal scorer 500 thousand Naira if they can win the game with goals glamour,  Wow!!!! That will make it more interesting and cracker match to watch.  

The other all –top division clash, between Nasarawa United and Abia Warriors, is scheduled for the Oshogbo Township Stadium on Wednesday.

Nigeria National League side Remo Stars of Ogun State, who eliminated champions Enyimba FC will be up against Glo NPFL side, Lobi Stars.

In Makurdi, Heartland FC will battle BJ Foundation from Edo State, which eliminated Sportlight FC of Kaduna in the Round of 32.

Omeruo Complete loan move to Turkey club Kasimpasa

Super Eagles of Nigeria defender and Chelsea Kenneth Omeruo yesterday completed his  loan move to Kasimpasa in Turkish Super League.

     

  The Nigerian born defender who joined 2014/2015 English Premier League Champion Chelsea in the 2012 haven't yet played a game for them since he signed from Standard Liege.

The 21year old defender spend his enter 2014/2015 season on loan at Middlesbrough last season and has now move away from the Championship side to compete for first team football to revive a chance of him been part of Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho plans in the nearest future.    

Nigeria U-16 Female Basketball team lose to Mail in FIBA Final

Nigeria's U-16 women’s basketball team were beaten 57-46 by three-time champions Mali in the 2015 FIBA Africa Women U-16 Championship in Madagascar.

The Nigerian went into the final after edging Mozambique 54-51 in the semi final on Saturday.

However, both Nigeria and Mali will represent Africa at the 2017 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.

In the classification games played on Sunday, Angola beat Mozambique 52-48 to claim third spot; hosts Madagascar beat Tunisia 64-57 to win fifth place; while Egypt beat Morocco 61-46 to finish seventh. 

Super Falcons of Nigeria Media Officer Gracious Akujobi has passed On

The camp of the Super Falcons of Nigeria has been thrown into mourning following the untimely death of Super Faclons media officer. Gracious Akujobi, who was formerly the media officer for the U17 national female team, the Flamingoes, was moved to the senior national women’s team, the Falcons recently.

        

She has been travelling with the team to comeptitions, most notably the the ninth edition of the African Women Championship in Windhoek, Namibia, which Nigeria emerged champions as well as the just concluded 2015 FIFA women’s world cup where the Falcons bowed out of the group stage.

According to Chairperson, Women’s Professional League, Dilichukwu Onyedinma, Akujobi slumped during the Falcons training session earlier today, after which she was rushed to Hospital where she was confirmed dead.

I could remember vividly the last time i saw her in my church in Living Faith Church  Durumi Abuja, when she gave testimony about how God has helped her to be re-appointed as Nigeria Super Falcons Media Officer. Chai  so sad this life may the lord keep and up hold her families! Amen     

May her soul rest in peace. 

Source : footballlive.ng 

Oliseh confirmed as Super Eagles of Nigeria new coach

Former Super Eagles of Nigeria Skipper Sunday Oliseh has this afternoon been confirmed the head coach of the Nigeria Senior men national team gaffer.

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Oliseh who has signed a 5-year contract with the NFF and swiftly declared, 'If you are not playing first division football in Nigeria or anywhere in the world, you can;t fit into our plans.' according to report on Sports Radio Brila FM more pictures below .

                      

                     

Adebayor Knee down for Prayers from his love One's

Children showering prayers on Togolese Striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

       

He shared on his Instagram.

"Children are a blessing and gift from the Lord. The other day I went down on my knees and received blessings from all these children."

Adebayor who has been encountering difficulties in his football career recently and to him he has come out to give the reason behind it which has been his family issues.

They have been rumor going around recently that he is linked to Aston Vila from Tottenham Hotspur, this may be the reason while he asking for prayers from children and love ones around so that his footballing career can be revived.        

We wish you well brother...

Humility! 

All African Games: U-23 Coach Siasia not afraid despite tough group draws

Coach of the U-23 National Team, Samson Siasia has assured Nigerians that his team will perform well despite the oppositions they have been pitched against in the All Africa Games.

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 Following Thursday's draw held at the CAF headquarters in Egypt which saw the Dream Team drawn in Group B with Ghana, Senegal and Egypt, Siasia, is confident ahead o the ties.

The U-23 boys are currently in Port Harcourt preparing for next weekend's African U-23 Championship final round, first leg qualifier against Congo, expressed surprise that the strongest teams in the tournament, pedigree -wise, ended up in the same pool.

"I can tell you for free that this group B is a tough one, for all the countries in this group can qualify for the semi finals. All I can say for now is that we are not afraid of any of them, and will know what to do when we get to that bridge."

Coach Siasia added that for now, all his concentration is on the African U-23 Championship qualifying fixture home and away to Congo, as that is of immediate importance.

Meanwhile, the Dream Team will on Friday play a friendly game against Nigeria Nation-Wide League club, Go Round FC in Port Harcourt. The encounter kicks off at 4pm.

Source: Thenff.com 

Defending Champions of Federation cup Eyinmba and Pillars Knockedout of the Competition

Defending champions of the federation cup Enyimba and last season premier league champions have been knocked out of the federation’s cup.

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Both teams lost to National League sides Remo Stars and Plateau United respectively in the round of 32 on Wednesday.

The matches ended in a draw after regulation time and were decided on penalty shoot-out.

Here are some other results: Ifeanyi Ubah beat Bayelsa 2-1, Heartland 1-0 Sharks FC, Lobi 1-0 Tornadoes, FC Kukuruku 0-3 Rangers, Prime beat J Atete 3-2 on penalties, Elkanemi Warriors also edged Gateway 4-3 on penalties,  Kwara United 5-3 (Pen), Akwa united 3-1 Peacemakers FC 

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Bonfrere Jo believes Keshi Sack long Overdue

Former Super Eagles Handler Johannes Bonfrere, has applauded the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for sacking coach Stephen keshi stating that he does not have what it takes to lead the team to new height.

           

The federation terminated Keshi's contract having found out that the former Togo handler applied Ivory Coast job.

Jo, led Nigeria’s U-23 team to gold at the 1996 Olympics, said only a foreign manager can elevate the Eagles.

"I think the NFF need to hire a foreign coach to take charge of the Super Eagles,” he told Completesportsnigeria.com.

"The Super Eagles have failed to make much impact since they won the African Cup of Nations in 2013 and it has to do with the inability of the coaches to take the team to new heights.

"Personally, I don’t think Stephen Keshi has what it takes to take the team beyond where they are now.

"So the decision made by the NFF to sack him was the right one.

"The next task before them now is to carefully look for a capable foreign coach that can help improve the performance of the team."

Lars Lagerback is the last foreign coach to lead Nigeria. He was in charge of the Eagles at the 2010 World Cup. 

In a chat with www.footballlive.ng, Former Super Eagles coach, Johannes Bonfrere, Dutch football coach and former midfielder, who guided Nigeria to their victory in the 1996 Olympic Games, has hailed the sack of Steven Keshi as national team handler, insisting that the decision was even long overdue. 

Former Super Eagles Midfielder Kaita Declare Missing

A former Super Eagles player, Sani Kaita has been declared missing by his football management, FC Ifeanyi Ubah of Nnewi.

        

According to the club manager John Obu, the footballer who joined the local league club in May on a 3 year deal left Awka after a match on July 1 and has not been seen or heard from since then. He didn’t report for the match the football club played against the Shooting Stars of Ibadan on Sunday.

Obu said in his report to NAN, “What happened is, when we traveled to Port Harcourt, we were to leave immediately after the game and he was not part of those of us who left and up till now, we have not seen him. But, I don’t need to look for him; he needs to tell me where he is. If he fails to tell me where he is, then we will report to LMC (League Management Company) of his absconding’.

Kaita , a former Enyimba International midfielder, has played for Sparta Rotterdam (Holland), Monaco (France), Olympiakos (Greece), Lokomotiv Moscow, Kuban Krasnodar, FC Alaniya, Tavriya (all in Russia) and Metalist Khakiv (Ukraine).

Source: Naij.com

NFF set date for appointment Keshi Successor after breach of contract

Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr Mohammed Sanusi has told www.footballlive.ng that a substantive coach for the Super Eagles will be named in a week or two.

    

According to him, Nigerians should be a bit patient while also noting that the NFF has not decided whether the coach to be announced will be local or foreign.

The NFF announce on Saturday it had parted ways with 2013 AFCON winning Coach Stephen Keshi for a breach of contract.  

Former Coach Amodu Shuaibu and assistant Salisu Yusuf has been given the job to take charge as a caretaker.

Wolfsburg retired Jersey Number 19 for Junior Malanda

Wolfsburg FC has now decided to retire the number 19 in tribute to Junior Malanda who died in a ghastly motor accident early this year 2015

Source: @uberfootball

May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace Amen and Amen.