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		<title>2010 World Cup : Kanu harps on  early preparation</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/2010-world-cup-kanu-harps-on-early-preparation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nwankwo Kanu, Super  Eagles’ captain has charged the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to embark on early preparation for the team if the country must have a good outing at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa .
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		<title>How football fans reacted to the World Cup ticket</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/how-football-fans-reacted-to-the-world-cup-ticket-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/how-football-fans-reacted-to-the-world-cup-ticket-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a good thing that our Eagles have picked the ticket to South Africa even though the way and manner we got the ticket was questionable.
Those charged with the responsibility of managing our football should think of injecting new and dependable players into the team. Unlike what was the practice during the qualifying series, no matter where the set of players come from,  be they all Ibos, Ijaws, Hausas they must be given the chance to positively represent this great country.]]></description>
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		<title>NOC Election : Crisis looms for Nigeria sports</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/noc-election-crisis-looms-for-nigeria-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/noc-election-crisis-looms-for-nigeria-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Patrick Omorodion
*Ngerem, Gara-Gombe fault Ndanusa’s ambition
A few days after the Super Eagles managed to qualify for football’s biggest fiesta, the World Cup which holds in Africa for the first time next year, and calmed the nerves of Nigerians who are passionate about the game, a new crisis capable of rocking sports to its foundation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s too early to call for Amodu’s sack — Obienu</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/it%e2%80%99s-too-early-to-call-for-amodu%e2%80%99s-sack-%e2%80%94-obienu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/it%e2%80%99s-too-early-to-call-for-amodu%e2%80%99s-sack-%e2%80%94-obienu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former First Vice  Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA board, Richard Nwabufo Obienu has advised against sacking Super Eagles Chief Coach, Shaibu Amodu, saying it is too early, especially coming only a few days after he qualified Nigeria for the 2010 World Cup.
The Enugu based lawyer described as unpatriotic and unrealistic calls by Nigerians for the sacking of the man who just picked the World Cup ticket for the country in Nairobi, Kenya barely a week ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Amodu not the problem of our football — Galadima</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/amodu-not-the-problem-of-our-football-%e2%80%94-galadima/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/amodu-not-the-problem-of-our-football-%e2%80%94-galadima/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA,  Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima says  sacking Super Eagles Chief coach Shaibu Amodu will not take Nigerian football out of the woods.
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		<title>Let&#8217;s have faith in Amodu,  Chukwuma,   urges NFF</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/lets-have-faith-in-amodu-chukwuma-urges-nff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/lets-have-faith-in-amodu-chukwuma-urges-nff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gabros FC proprietor,     Chief Gabriel Chukwuma believes it would be a waste of fund and effort hiring a foreign coach  to take Nigeria to the World Cup next year, saying past effort in the same direction had done little or no good for the Eagles. He suggested that Nigerians should have faith in Amodu,the man who did much to ensure  Nigeria qualified for the first World Cup in African and should be allowed to carry out the job to a logical conclusion.]]></description>
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		<title>Rocks Cricket battle Ibeju Lekki at Unilag Oval</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/rocks-cricket-battle-ibeju-lekki-at-unilag-oval/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/rocks-cricket-battle-ibeju-lekki-at-unilag-oval/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All roads lead to the Tafawa Balewa Square cricket oval this weekend as top flight cricket returns with matches of the Iris Smart Technologies CCC league taking the centre stage.]]></description>
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		<title>Accra Tennis Club storm Lagos</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/accra-tennis-club-storm-lagos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/accra-tennis-club-storm-lagos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An eighty man contingent arrived Lagos Thursday night from Ghana to participate in the 2009 Nigeria-Ghana International Tennis Tournament beginning this weekend at the Ikoyi Club 1938, Tennis Section.]]></description>
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		<title>College prof explains the &#8216;Woods effect&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/college-prof-explains-the-woods-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/college-prof-explains-the-woods-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top players play worse against Tiger Woods. You can measure it, which is what Northwestern professor Jennifer Brown did. Her conclusion, related in Jonah Lehrer's Frontal Cortex blog, is that players don't believe they can win when Woods is in the field, resulting in worse performance.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor&#8217;s Cup Uduaghan to tee off tourney</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/governors-cup-uduaghan-to-tee-off-tourney/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/governors-cup-uduaghan-to-tee-off-tourney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ibori Golf and Country Club, Asaba will witness one hell of a golf tournament as the 2009 edition of the Governor’s Cup tees off on Tuesday with over 80 professional players.]]></description>
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		<title>NGF begins a new dawn with President Cup</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/ngf-begins-a-new-dawn-with-president-cup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/ngf-begins-a-new-dawn-with-president-cup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President of the Nigeria Golf Federation (NGF) Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has assured that the 2009 President Cup Golf Tournament, would be bigger and better, while adding that President Musa Yar'Adua has given his words to be part of the tournament.
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		<title>Olusa is Total 2009 champion</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/olusa-is-total-2009-champion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/olusa-is-total-2009-champion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Total E&#038;P Golf Tournament came to an end last weekend at the IBB Golf and Country Club,     with the Chief Executive Officer of the oil company, Guy Maurice, declaring his companies total commitment to Nigerian golf and  sports in general.   
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		<title>&#8216;Sharks Stadium will be ready in six weeks&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/sharks-stadium-will-be-ready-in-six-weeks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/sharks-stadium-will-be-ready-in-six-weeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rivers State Commissioner for Sports, Hon. Boma Iyaye has given a 6 weeks ultimatum to Glempkem Nigeria Limited contractors of the Sharks Stadium and Peaceline Worldwide Nigeria Limited, handling the No 6 Field to complete work or face government sanction.
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		<title>Rangers defeat Bayelsa as Premier League return</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/rangers-defeat-bayelsa-as-premier-league-return/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/rangers-defeat-bayelsa-as-premier-league-return/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly four weeks after the Under-17 World Cup enforced recess, the Nigeria Premier League returned to the front burner on Wednesday with champions Bayelsa United losing  to giants Rangers in the top-billed game of the week. Rangers defeated Bayelsa 1-0 and moved up the table. The  coach Alphonsus Dike led side dominated the game and in the second half scored the only goal of the match.]]></description>
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		<title>Enyimba/Heartland: It&#8217;s war in Aba</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/enyimbaheartland-its-war-in-aba/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/enyimbaheartland-its-war-in-aba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigeria Premier League match between indomitable champions Enyimba Int’l FC Aba and CAF champions league runners – up Heartland FC Owerri promises to be the moral equivalent of war. Not so much because there is an immediate title chase, but that the two clubs are sworn clannish enemies going by events of the last years.]]></description>
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		<title>Baribote vies for NPL board</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/baribote-vies-for-npl-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/baribote-vies-for-npl-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chairman of Bayelsa United FC Yenagoa , Chief Rumson Victor Baribote have formally  indicated his interest to come on the board of the Nigeria Premier League in the forthcoming election slated for early next year.]]></description>
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		<title>2010 World Cup: Amodu knows fate next week</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/2010-world-cup-amodu-knows-fate-next-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/2010-world-cup-amodu-knows-fate-next-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shaibu Amodu, the Eagles’ Chief Coach, would next week know whether or not his services with the national team would be retained.
The Nigeria Football Federation Technical Committee has scheduled a meeting for next week to determine Amodu’s contract with the Eagles as well as the players that would be retained to prosecute the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>CAT clears Ndanusa for NOC elections</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/cat-clears-ndanusa-for-noc-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/cat-clears-ndanusa-for-noc-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite his disqualification by the Executive Committee of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Sports Minister, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, insists he is eligible to contest for the NOC presidency at the forthcoming election.]]></description>
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		<title>Amodu reveals how Lulu  stopped his resignation</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/amodu-reveals-how-lulu-stopped-his-resignation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/amodu-reveals-how-lulu-stopped-his-resignation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty four hours after Nigeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, coach Amodu Shuaibu was at the National Stadium, Abuja to watch the final of the Fifa U_17 World Cup which Nigeria lost to Switzerland. There, he told his Nairobi story;]]></description>
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		<title>R-E-V-E-A-L-E-D! Why Eaglets lost U-17 World Cup</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/r-e-v-e-a-l-e-d-why-eaglets-lost-u-17-world-cup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/r-e-v-e-a-l-e-d-why-eaglets-lost-u-17-world-cup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN the beginning, not many believed that the Eagles would cross the first hurdle of the FIFA U-17 World Cup which ended in flying colours at the magnificent Abuja national stadium. At the middle of the competition, the Eaglets converted so many to place their hopes on them as they improved from match to match.]]></description>
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