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Nigeria: Nigerian national football team coach, Stephen Keshi has been sacked as the coach of the Super Eagles after a spate of bad results in the on-going Orange Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Keshi has been coach of the national team since November 2011 and won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations has relieved off his duties this Thursday morning.
This is after the super eagles secured a win against Sudan, 3-1 in Abuja yesterday. Before that, Nigeria had received unbearable losses in the qualifying stages from Congo, and Sudan, and earning a draw in South Africa in their first 3 games.
Former Super Eagles coach Shuaibu Amodu has been appointed take over from Keshi assisted by Gbenga Ogunbote to undertake and supervise the remaining qualifying games with Congo and South Africa.
A statement released by the Executive Committee of the NFF read thus “However, in the interest of Nigeria football and the desire to ensure qualification for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals, the Committee decided to relieve them of their duties with immediate effect”.
Nigeria Football Federation has also said that after the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, a foreign coach will be brought in to tinker the Super Eagles.
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