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Football is essentially a game of decisions. The difference between defeat and victory can be as small as the decision to shoot or lay it off, to stay on the goal line or rush out and smother. Players have decisions to make, referees have decisions to ma
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Nwankwo Kanu, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang, Samuel Etoo & the Top Five penalty misses by stars at the Afcon
Goal.com
SPECIAL By Lolade Adewuyi | Goal.com Nigeria Editor When Gabon golden boy Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang saw his crucial penalty kick stopped by Malian goalkeeper Soumaila Diakite in the quarter-final of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, it was a rerun of a wel
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Anderlecht's Brazilian football player Kanu (Rubenilson Dos Santos), Anderlecht's Argentine Matias Suarez, winner of Golden Shoe, and Anderlecht's Argentine Lucas Biglia pose during a press conference of the Belgian first division football club RSC... View Photo »
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Arsenal are giving serious consideration to undertaking a close-season tour of Nigeria, as they continue the effort to grow the club as a global brand and to capitalise upon it in commercial terms. The board of directors are aware of the club's tremendou
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I had a terrible dream last night, it felt so real that this morning I had to splash water over my face several times and check the date repeatedly. I still have a massive sense of deja vu about it all and for the life of me, I cannot understand why this
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Former Super Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu's has been decorated with a high profile honour as an Ambassador of the well revered State of the Union (SOTU) coalition, to play a leading role in good governance of African Union nations. Kanu will kick-start t
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Standard liege's Kanu (C) vies with FC Copenhagen's Thomas Delaney (L) as Copenhagen's Ragnar Sigurdsson (R) looks on during their UEFA Europa League, Group B, football match at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on December 15, 2011. View Photo »
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Many of you will by now have read that Arsenal are intending to take a first team squad on tour in Nigeria in July of this year. The initial visit by an Arsenal delegation took place in December and was headed up by the club’s Marketing Director Angus Ki
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From Rashidi Yekini to Finidi George, Jay-Jay Okocha to Nwankwo Kanu, Nigeria has always been able to call upon a production line of exciting talent. Yet as the 2012 African Cup of Nations gets underway next week, the Super Eagles' omission from the cont
About Nwankwo Kanu
Wikipedia
Nwankwo Kanu (born 1 August 1976 in Owerri, Nigeria), usually known simply as Kanu and nicknamed Papilo, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Nigerian national team and for English club Portsmouth. His Igbo name, Nwankwo, means "Babyboy born on Nkwo market day". He is the most highly-decorated African footballer in... Full Article
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Standard liege's Kanu (C) vies with FC Copenhagen's Thomas Delaney (L) as Copenhagen's Ragnar Sigurdsson (R) looks on during their UEFA Europa League, Group B, football match at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on December 15, 2011.
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Standard liege's Kanu (L) vies with Copenhagen's Martin Vingaard during their Europa League, Group B, football match at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on December 15, 2011.
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Anderlecht's Kanu (L) vies with AEK Athens' Giannis Kontoes during an UEFA Europa league football match in Athens on December 1, 2011.
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R.Standard de Liege's players celebrates after their teammte Kanu scored against FC Vorskla Poltava during their UEFA Europa League, Group B, football match in Poltava on November 3, 2011.
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Luis Manuel Seijas (L) and Kanu (R) of Standard de Liege react after teammate Luis Manuel Seijas scored a goal during the UEFA Europa League group B football match between Vorskla Poltava and Standard de Liege, in Poltava, on November 3, 2011.
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Hanover's Ivorian striker Didier Ya Konan (L) vies for the ball with Standard Liege's Brazilian defender Kanu and Standard Liege's Turkish goalkeeper Sinan Bolat (R) during the UEFA Europa League Group B match Hanover 96 vs Standard Liege at the AWD-Arena in Hanover, northern Germany on...
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Standard Liege's Brazilian defender Kanu (L) and Hanover's striker Jan Schlaudraff vie for the ball during the UEFA Europa League Group B match Hanover 96 vs Standard Liege at the AWD-Arena in Hanover, northern Germany on September 15, 2011.
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(L-R) Anderlecht's Rubenilson Dos Santos 'Kanu', Anderlecht's Roland Juhasz, Anderlecht's Olivier Deschacht and Anderlecht's Milan Jovanovic take part in a training session in Brussels on September 14, 2011, on the eve of the Europa league, group L, football match between RSCA Anderlecht...
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Standard Liege's players celebrate after Kanu's 1-3 goal during their UEFA Europa League playoff second leg football match between Helsingborgs IF and Standard Liège at the Olympia stadium in Helsingborg, on August 25, 2011.
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Helsingborgs IF's Alvaro Santos (L) vies with Standard Liege's Kanu (R) during their UEFA Europa League playoff second leg football match between Helsingborgs IF and Standard Liège at the Olympia stadium in Helsingborg, on August 25, 2011.
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Anderlecht's forward Kanu (R) vies with Ajax Amsterdam's forward Miralem Sulejmani (L) during their Europa League football match at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium on February 17, 2011 in Brussels.
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Standard liege's Kanu (C) vies with FC Copenhagen's Thomas Delaney (L) as Copenhagen's Ragnar Sigurdsson (R) looks on during their UEFA Europa League, Group B, football match at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on December 15, 2011.
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