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Real Madrid has been listed as the world’s most valuable football club in the latest list of Forbes’ football rich list. Manchester United had held top spot since business analysts Forbes started compiling the list in 2004 but have been overtaken by Real. Barcelona now in third place and Arsenal fourth ahead of Bayern Munich in fifth place. In the ...

All times GMT Saturday 23 March Cameroon 2-1 Togo (I) Scorers: Samuel Eto’o 42 (pen), 82 / Dave Wome 47 Congo 1-0 Gabon (E) Scorers: Christopher Samba 67 Namibia 0-1 Malawi (F) Scorers: Gabadin Mhango 70 Nigeria 1-1 Kenya (F) Scorers: Nnamdi Odumadi 90+3/ Francis Kahata 36 Ivory Coast 3-0 Gambia (C) Scorers: Wilfried Bony 49 (pen), Yaya Toure 59, ...

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Kenya face an uphill task as they play defending Africa nations cup champions Nigeria in Calabar today in a 2014 world cup qualifier. The Super Eagles of Nigeria will be supremely confident given that they will be playing at home and are fresh off their glorious Africa cup campaign. Kenya will be playing with a new coach. Indeed Adel Amrouche ...

The Reading midfielder is hoping to toe the line of the Chelsea winger and force his way into the national team setup, Goal.com reports. Hope Akpan has declared his intention to play for Nigeria and hopes to emulate the career path of Victor Moses who declared for Nigeria and is now the proud winner of the Africa Cup of Nations. ...