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Adebayo Akinfenwa celebrates the first of his two goals against Wycombe on Saturday (Picture: Sharon Lucey)
Adebayo Akinfenwa celebrates the first of his two goals against Wycombe on Saturday (Picture: Sharon Lucey)

Akinfenwa keeps banging in the goals for Northampton Town

Islington-born Nigerian Striker Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa took his goal tally for the season to 12 as Northampton Town FC defeated Wycombe Wanderers in an Npower League Two clash at Sixfields, Northampton, UK on Saturday.

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Super Eagles players, Victor Moses, Mikel Obi, Obiora Nwankwo & Ahmed Musa, celebrates one of the goals on Saturday/ Photo: Leadership.NG
Super Eagles players, Victor Moses, Mikel Obi, Obiora Nwankwo & Ahmed Musa, celebrates one of the goals on Saturday/ Photo: Leadership.NG

Nigeria dump Liberia to reach Afcon 2013 – MTN Football

Nigeria Super Eagles trounced Liberia 6-1 in Calabar on Saturday to have qualified for next year’s African Nations Cup (AFCON 2013) competition 8-3 on aggregate.

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Andy Gift of Nigeria punches from Dayana Castillo of Colombia during the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2012 Group A match between Colombia and Nigeria at Bayil Stadium on September 29, 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Jamie McDonald - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Andy Gift of Nigeria punches from Dayana Castillo of Colombia during the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2012 Group A match between Colombia and Nigeria at Bayil Stadium on September 29, 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Jamie McDonald - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Baku 2012: Nigeria top group despite Colombian scare

Halimatu Ayinde scored her second brace of Azerbaijan 2012 as Nigeria U-17 women's team finished top of Group A following a 3-0 victory over Colombia, a result that sends the South Americans home from the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Chinwendu Ihezuo of Nigeria heads her side's tenth goal during the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Group A match between Azerbaijan and Nigeria at Lankaran Stadium on September 25, 2012 in Lankaran, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Chris Brunskill-FIFA)
Chinwendu Ihezuo of Nigeria heads her side's tenth goal during the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Group A match between Azerbaijan and Nigeria at Lankaran Stadium on September 25, 2012 in Lankaran, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Chris Brunskill-FIFA)

Baku2012: Nigeria hits host Azebaijan for 11

Nigeria registered a demoralising 11-0 victory over FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup hosts Azerbiajan, seeing them eliminated, with Chinwendu Ihezuo playing a part in eight of them.

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