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PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has showered cash rewards on members of the U17 football team the Golden Eaglets and athletes who participated in the recent the U18 African Youth Athletic Championship.

NIGERIA'S impending Confederation Cup and World Cup campaigns suffered a big blow yesterday after it was revealed that Chelsea winger Victor Moses and Kasimpasa playmaker Kalu Uche have pulled out of the squad.

NIGERIA'S European-based Super Eagles are expected to flock into the team's German camp today ahead of the busy summer schedule that includes playing two World Cup qualifiers and participating in the Confederations Cup.

CRYSTAL Palace have indicated that they will be willing to sign Osaze Odemwingie if they win the Championship play-off on May 27 and secure a move to the English Premier League.

SUPER Eagles striker Brown Ideye is eager to join Newcastle United during the summer transfer window as he weighs up offers from several Premiership clubs looking for his signature.

HULL City manager Steve Bruce has declared that Super Eagles winger Sone Aluko will be central to the newly-promoted club's ambitions to stay in the English Premier League next season.

SUPER Eagles Victor Moses and Mikel Obi have added the Europa League trophy to their collection of silverware after Chelsea beat Benfica 2-1 in the final of the tournament in Amsterdam last night.

SPAIN'S World Cup winning coach Vicente Del Bosque has tipped Nigeria to do well at the forthcoming Confederations Cup in Brazil believing that the Super Eagles will at least reach the semi finals.

WESTERN Union is offering Nigerian football fans free autographed shirts of Chelsea winger Victor Moses under its Pass programme as the player prepares for tomorrow's Europa League final against Benfica.

SUPER Eagles striker Osaze Odemwingie admits that the relationship with some of his West Bromwich Albion (WBA) teammates has become strained following his four-month spat with the club.