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Cameroon's Confederations Cup Hope End in 1 - 1 Draw Against Australia

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Title: Cameroon's Confederations Cup Hope End in 1 - 1 Draw Against Australia
Author: Benson Chukwueke
Rating 5 of 5 Des:

So a fairly open, occasionally end-to-end game finishes 1-1, and probably finishes both teams chances of progression to the next round, ...

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So a fairly open, occasionally end-to-end game finishes 1-1, and probably finishes both teams chances of progression to the next round, too. They’ll both leave the pitch with fair claim to have shared the full points, but deep down it will be Cameroon who will be disappointed they didn’t wrap this up.<br />
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Caneroon sit at the bottom of Group B table after they lost 0 - 2 against Chile, while Germany defeated Australia 3 - 2 .And second fixture saw the two games ended 1 - 1 draws. Now Chile sits on top the Group B table with 4points and only one goal advantage over Germany...both team are most likely to qualify for the next round.<br />
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Cameroon will have expected more from the match against Australia - they shows signs of vibrancy and spark in attack, but it was all too sporadic.<br />
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Their sit-back-and-counter approach was largely effective, though they’ll be disappointed not to have wrapped this up in the game’s final quarter. It makes one wonder, paradoxically, how capable they will be of doing that when that scenario inevitably arrives in WC qualification against Nigeria.<br />
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Some commentriats sitting with us here believe that the game plan could pay-off against Nigeria who showed such lacklust defending, loosing at home 0 - 2 against South Africa in their recent  Afcon qualifiers.<br />
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Cameroon's Confederations Cup Hope End in 1 - 1 Draw Against Australia

So a fairly open, occasionally end-to-end game finishes 1-1, and probably finishes both teams chances of progression to the next round, ...

1 -New Betting Niche Taking The World By Storm - Be the First in Nigeria to Get Your Hands on This!

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Title: 1 -New Betting Niche Taking The World By Storm - Be the First in Nigeria to Get Your Hands on This!
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My presentation at the Sport Marketing round table in Protea Hotel Lagos Nigeria last weekend was an eye opener for most of the young...

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Cornel Borberly Seek to Sue Gianni Infantino - For Improper Influence in CAF Presidential Election

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Title: Cornel Borberly Seek to Sue Gianni Infantino - For Improper Influence in CAF Presidential Election
Author: Benson Chukwueke
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The UK’s Guardian newspaper has claimed that Swiss prosecutor Cornel Borbély, who was chairman of the Fifa ethics committee’s investigat...

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The UK’s Guardian newspaper has claimed that Swiss prosecutor Cornel Borbély, who was chairman of the Fifa ethics committee’s investigatory chamber, was in the process of examining complaints about the governing body’s president, Gianni Infantino, and general secretary Fatma Samoura when he was removed last month.<br />
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The complaints focused on allegations that the duo improperly sought to influence the election in March of Ahmad Ahmad to the role of president of the Confederation of African Football.<br />
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Cornel Borberly Seek to Sue Gianni Infantino - For Improper Influence in CAF Presidential Election

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Fubo TV will Stream the Football Match Live, and Other Sports Programs

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Title: Fubo TV will Stream the Football Match Live, and Other Sports Programs
Author: Benson Chukwueke
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When it comes to streaming TV, FuboTV wants to be the place sports fans go when they are looking to catch up on their favorite sports le...

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When it comes to streaming TV, FuboTV wants to be the place sports fans go when they are looking to catch up on their favorite sports league or team. So always check Fubo TV first, when you are searching for your favorite sports league or tournament going live streaming online.<br />
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Over the last few years, we’ve seen an explosion in the number of streaming video providers entering the market. While some are just trying to re-create a smaller cable TV bundle, others — like FuboTV — are going after specific verticals of content.<br />
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Sports — and especially live sports — are a huge business, but due to licensing fees many streaming providers skimp on those networks and their coverage. Since FuboTV is going after only sports fanatics, it can afford to spend on licensing sports networks exclusively, without shelling out for more traditional broadcast or cable networks.<br />
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With apps on iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices, FuboTV has been delivering streaming video to sports fans over the last few years. By focusing on sports exclusively, the company is hoping to serve a large market other streaming video providers are largely ignoring.<br />
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But the company has pivoted a little from its original mission. When it first launched, FuboTV mostly focused on soccer, offering up a wide variety of matches for fans of the sport. But it’s greatly expanded the number of channels and types of sports available to viewers.<br />
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By reaching agreement with Fox and NBC Universal, the company now has dozens of sports-related channels viewers can tune into. With those deals, the company has also changed its product offering: It sunset the $10/month soccer skinny bundle it previously offered and now sells a fatter $35 package of more than 55 channels .<br />
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In many ways that means FuboTV has to start over. Before it stopped marketing the smaller bundle, the company had signed up more than 75,000 subscribers. Now it’s in a position where it hopes to appeal to a wider group of sports fans that aren’t just soccer hooligans.<br />
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The funding will go a long way toward helping it do that. According to CEO David Gandler, the company will be increasing its marketing spend and use the funding also to develop new products that are designed specifically for people watching sports matches and related program.<br />
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Fubo TV will Stream the Football Match Live, and Other Sports Programs

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60 Minute Football Match - IFAB Set to Bring Radical Changes to the Game

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Title: 60 Minute Football Match - IFAB Set to Bring Radical Changes to the Game
Author: Benson Chukwueke
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The International Football Association Board, the sport’s rule-making body, will discuss proposals to switch to 60-minute games and stop...

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The International Football Association Board, the sport’s rule-making body, will discuss proposals to switch to 60-minute games and stop the clock when the ball is not in play.<br />
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The proposals have been included in a five-year strategy document called ‘Play Fair’ that has been designed to enhance the appeal of the sport.<br />
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The IFAB acknowledged that the plan to schedule games of two 30-minute halves would be a particularly “radical change.”<br />
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However, such a switch would minimise the incentive for time-wasting, the board added, with a stadium clock allowing spectators to see how much longer there is in the game – as is the case currently with rugby league and union.<br />
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An alternative suggestion by the IFAB would see referees stop their watch as play pauses in the final five minutes of the first half and 10 minutes of the second half.<br />
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There are a series of other proposals in the document, including allowing players to pass to themselves from a free kick or a corner and scrapping the issue of encroachment at penalty kicks by ordering play to be stopped if it is saved or if the ball rebounds off the woodwork.<br />
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The IFAB added in the document: “The aim of this document is to generate discussion and take a ‘fresh’ look at how the laws could make the game better.”<br />
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60 Minute Football Match - IFAB Set to Bring Radical Changes to the Game

The International Football Association Board, the sport’s rule-making body, will discuss proposals to switch to 60-minute games and stop...

100% Accurate Soccer Betting Formula - How Much Do You Want to Win This Week?

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Title: 100% Accurate Soccer Betting Formula - How Much Do You Want to Win This Week?
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eSports, Will It Be The Next Big Thing In Nigeria After Sports Betting? "Venture Capitalist Watch"

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Title: eSports, Will It Be The Next Big Thing In Nigeria After Sports Betting? "Venture Capitalist Watch"
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<span style="text-align: left;"> Most Venture Capitalist in Nigeria do not consider sports as a serious business. I guess many of them would be licking their wounds now, after they violently threw out Sports betting business plans and proposals presented to them years ago. They felt agriculture, energy and technology were the next big thing they should focus their investment effort for a significant return on investment (ROI).</span></div>
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But today, Sports betting companies like Bet9ja are raking in millions of Naira on a daily basis. The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) has been incredible. Nieslen stated that Nigerians spend N145m (one hundred and forty-five million Naira) daily on Sports betting.<br />
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Two times higher than revenue generated in the commodity market or even the real estate. Today, Sports betting brands like Bet9ja, NairaBet, Bet365, WGB, Donexx Bet.... have grown larger than Small and Medium Scale enterprises and can be comfortably enlisted in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market.<br />
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But it was like a joke years ago and VCs never gave such proposal a second looking. I don't know if they have learnt their lesson. Just as Sports Betting started years ago like a joke, and today we are introducing to you eSports.<br />
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A little stats on the global growth of eSports and how it is encroaching into Africa from Asia and America, may surprise you. And we are not just making up data, our sources are from Deloitte and Nexus.<br />
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eSports revenue grew by 25% from 2015 to 2016 ($400m - $500m) and is expected to grow globally by 95% in 2018...reaching $1.2 billion  Africa alone is expected to contribute 26% of total revenue growth in 2018 ($520m)..<br />
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 Already, eSports is bigger than basketball in terms of audience participation in USA. An average eSports event attracts over 40,000 live audience and tens of millons watching online. The live audience could be more in Korea where eSports enjoys it's best popularity... that is said to have currently exceeded soccer.<br />
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Some are linking the popularity of online video games to eSports. The top gaming related video star is Pewdiepie, with 40 million subscribers, and number two is Vanossgaming, with 15miliion subscribers. They may be the biggest stars, but collectively video gaming make up 10% of YouTube top performing channels.<br />
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Here in Nigeria, the very idea that people may be willing to watch other people play competitive video game for big money prize may surprise some venture capitalists. These VCs underestimate the market size of youthful population in Nigeria; and eSports isn't an elitist game. It is a game most youths (from age 12 - 35years olds) can easily get passionate about and very addictive too; once they have learn the rudiments.<br />
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Some big soccer viewing centers in Nigeria are already purchasing eSports equipment and restructuring the look of their center to have stands like a kind of mini-stadium...to host both Soccer viewing and eSports games. We have also engaged some individual and teams looking out for venture capitalists or Sponsors to fund what may be the maiden edition of eSports tournament in Nigeria.<br />
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Perhaps, my engagement with David Onwuka and his team from Awka Anambra state may have inspired me to write this article. Their vision to start-up a National eSports tournament in Nigeria is something more than a spectacle, but I wonder which Venture Capitalist or Sponsor will even pay close attention to their proposal.<br />
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Nigeria’s Dapo Ajibade Delighted in His Appointment At FK Moravac

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Dapo Ajibade expresses delight at being appointed the sports director of</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> FK Moravac<span style="background: white; color: #081f2c;">.</span></span></div>
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strongly believe that I enjoy God's grace," Ajibade told <b>Goal.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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never applied for that position, I was recommended. When Moravac President,
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"£185m" Neymar tops the list as the world's most valuable player

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<li><b>Neymar has been valued as the world's most expensive player after new studies</b></li>
<li><b>CIES Football Observatory research value the Barcelona forward at £185million</b></li>
<li><b>Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli is second on list based on a number of variables</b></li>
<li><b>Studies take into account club, interclub, international status, contract, age and position</b></li>
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Barcelona star Neymar is still someway short of matching the goalscoring feats of team-mates Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi, but the Brazilian has been valued as the world's most expensive player.<br />
In a new study by the CIES Football Observatory, the 25-year-old emerges as the most valuable footballer on the planet, ahead of Messi and Tottenham duo Harry Kane and Dele Alli based on certain key<br />
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Neymar is valued at an eye-watering £185million according to the research, based on performance, employer clubs, international status, contract, age, position and marketability.<br />
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A list of the 110 most desirable players in Europe's top five leagues have been released with each member being valued at a minimum of £40m.<br />
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Alli's meteoric rise at Spurs and England has resulted in him being the second-most valuable player on the continent, with the findings estimating his worth at £137m, while Kane's £135m will rise if he is handed the England captaincy permanently.<br />
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At 29 years old, Messi's prolific returns each season defies the view that his best days are behind him but the CIES studies value him at £134m with him unlikely to leave Barcelona during his peak years.<br />
Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann is the fifth-most costly player, at £132m, while Suarez comes in just beneath him at a market value of £124m.<br />
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Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba cost the club a world-record transfer fee last summer, and the France international has been given a value of £118m.<br />
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Gonzalo Higuain (£106m) is eighth on the list while Player of the Year Eden Hazard (£104m) and Paulo Dybala (£102m) are also in the top 10.<br />
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The oldest player to make the list is Cristiano Ronaldo, with the evergreen Real Madrid and Portugal star 11th on the list at a value of £99m.<br />
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The exclusive CIES Football Observatory algorithm is based on the thorough analysis of almost 2,000 paying fee transfers and the variables have led to the Premier League being heavily represented.<br />
Everton striker Romelu Lukaku is priced at £93m - £7m short of his club's valuation - while Monaco starlet Kylian Mbappe would command a fee of £81m based on the findings.<br />
Following deep analysis and consultation, Manchester City pair Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling have been included in the top 20, valued at £98m and £87m respectively.<br />
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Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez is 17th with a market value of £85m while Liverpool playmaker Roberto Firmino complete the top 20 with the Brazilian worth an estimated £75m.<br />
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Eric Dier, Sergio Aguero, Christian Eriksen, Bernardo Silva and N'Golo Kante all feature between 20-30, while Leroy Sane, Anthony Martial, John Stones and Philippe Coutinho would all command fees of more than £65m<br />
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Gareth Bale, who was the world's most expensive player before Pogba's move to United, has struggled through injury this season, and the Welsh wizard comes in at No 43 on the list at a value of £59m.<br />
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United transfer targets Andrea Belotti and Alvaro Morata are both rated highly, with the Torino striker valued at £64m and the Real Madrid forward priced a little lower at £54m.<br />
Tottenham have eight players on the 110-man list, with City (7), Chelsea (7) Liverpool (5), Arsenal (4), United (4) the other English sides to feature prominently.<br />
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TOP 50 MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS IN EUROPE'S TOP<br />
Player    Club         Value<br />
Neymar  Barcelona 18<br />
Dele Alli  Tottenham 13<br />
Harry Kane Tottenham 13<br />
Lionel Messi Barcelona 13<br />
Antoine Griezmann Atletico Madrid 13<br />
Luis Suarez Barcelona 12<br />
Paul Pogba Manchester United 11<br />
Gonzalo Higuain Juventus 10<br />
Eden Hazard Chelsea 10<br />
Paulo Dybala Juventus 10<br />
Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 99<br />
Kevin de Bruyne Manchester City 98<br />
Romelu Lukaku Everton 93<br />
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Muniuch 89<br />
Raheem Sterling Manchester City 87<br />
Yannick Carrasco Atletico Madrid 86<br />
Alexis Sanchez Arsenal 85<br />
Kylian Mbappe Monaco 82<br />
Ousmane Demble Borussi Dortmund 77<br />
Roberto Firmino Liverpool 75<br />
Eric Dier Tottenham 75<br />
Diego Costa Chelsea 74<br />
Edinson Cavani PSG 73<br />
Christian Eriksen Tottenham 73<br />
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Borussia Dortmund 72<br />
Bernardo Silva Manchester City 71<br />
Toni Kroos Real Madrid 71<br />
Koke Atletico Madrid 71<br />
N'Golo Kante Chelsea 70<br />
Saul Niguez Atletico Madrid 70<br />
Lorenzo Insigne Napoli 67<br />
Leroy Sane Manchester City 66<br />
Anthony Martial Manchester United 65<br />
Marc-Andre ter Stegen Barcelona 65<br />
Andrea Belotti Torino 64<br />
John Stones Manchester City 63<br />
Philippe Coutinho Liverpool 63<br />
Marcus Rashford Manchester United 62<br />
Mohammed Salah Roma 60<br />
Samuel Umtiti Barcelona 59<br />
Thibaut Courtois Chelsea 59<br />
Gareth Bale Real Madrid 59<br />
Jan Oblak Atletico Madrid 58<br />
Mauro Icardi Inter Milan 58<br />
Timo Werner RB Leipzig 57<br />
Sadio Mane Liverpool 56<br />
Thomas Lemar Monaco 55<br />
Ivan Rakitic Barcelona 55<br />
Heung-min Son Tottenham 54<br />
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Meet the 6 Nigerian Youngsters that Played Key Roles in England Historic 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup Victory

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Title: Meet the 6 Nigerian Youngsters that Played Key Roles in England Historic 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup Victory
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England defeated Venezuela 1 - 0 in a very thrilling finals. The Venezuelan team gained reputation as the tournament's favorite with a flair and free flowing style of play, you could almost bet the American champions would rule the world cup.<br />
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But England had to dig deep and took-on the never-say-die attitude of a typical Nigerian team at the world stage. Little wonder, but....<br />
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<b>Did you know six Nigerian youngsters played key roles in the English team conquest of the World?</b><br />
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 Nigeria did not qualify for the U-20 World Cup 2017 FIFA U-20... they crashed out to Sudan in the Africa qualifiers losing 2-3 on aggregate.<br />
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But then,  England’s Head Coach Paul Simpson decided to employ the resourcefulness of six Nigerian born UK citizen to fortify his squad, knowing Nigeria's pedigree in world youth soccer....And did it pay- off?<br />
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England’s Junior Three Lions named Everton player Ademola Lookman, Ovie Ejaria and Sheyi Ojo (both from Liverpool) Dominic Solanke and Fikayo Tomori (from Chelsea) and Joshua Onomah of Tottenham Hotspurs... And each of these players were instrumental to this success story.<br />
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<b>Who are these players?</b><br />
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<b>Ademola Lookman</b><br />
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Ademola Lookman  (Everton FC )<br />
Lookman is a 19-year-old who plays as a forward for Everton. The forward was born in Wandsworth, London to parents of Nigerian descent.<br />
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He represented England U-19s at the 2016 European U19 Championships. He has turned down the opportunity to represent Nigeria, choosing to switch his allegiance to England.<br />
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<b>Ovie Ejaria</b><br />
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Ovie Ejaria  (Liverpool)<br />
Ejaria is a midfielder who plays for Liverpool. Born to Nigerian parents, the 19-year-old trained with the Nigeria Under-17s team in 2013.<br />
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Although he committed to Nigeria, he accepted a call-up to the England U20 team in September 2016.<br />
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<b>Sheyi Ojo</b><br />
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Sheyi Ojo  (Liverpool)<br />
Ojo also plays for Liverpool joining them as a 14-year-old. Born to Nigerian parents, Ojo is eligible to represent both Nigeria and England.<br />
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He has so far played for England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 levels.<br />
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<b>Dominic Solanke</b><br />
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Dominic Solanke  (Chelsea )<br />
19-year-old Dominic Solanke plays for Chelsea and has represented England at the Under-17 and U-19 levels. He has even trained with the England senior team.<br />
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He is also eligible to play for Nigeria through his descent.<br />
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<b>Fikayo Tomori</b><br />
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Oluwafikayo Tomori  (Chelsea )<br />
Tomori was born to Nigerian parents in Canada but grew up in England making him eligible to play for the three countries.<br />
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He started off playing for the Canada Under-20 before he was called up for the England Under-19.<br />
He is 19.<br />
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<b>Joshua Onomah</b><br />
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Joshua Onomah  (Tottenham Hotspur )<br />
Though born to Nigerian parents, Joshua Onomah has represented England from the Under-16s to U-20s.<br />
The 20-year-old plays for Tottenham Hotspur.</div>