Nigeria’s Mikel Obi is first in Kenya while Eagles coach Keshi expresses frustration over NFF travel arrangement.
Chelsea Midfielder Mikel Obi was the first Super Eagles player to land in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday for an all-important 2014 World Cup qualifier.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s head coach Stephen Keshi has expressed his frustration over  travel arrangements made by the Nigerian Football Federeation for the team's 2014 World Cup qualifier in Kenya on Wednesday.

The African champions flew from Houston, Texas on Saturday at 4pm local time to reach their training camp in Nuremburg, Germany.
They will then arrive in Kenya via Ethiopia on Tuesday ahead of the crucial match against the Harambee Stars.
Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/06/nigerias-mikel-obi-is-first-in-kenya.html

Congratulations to former Super Eagles captain and Montpellier forward, John Utaka who got married this weekend in France. Former teammate Kanu Kwankwo who was also in attendance at the wedding confirmed the news of the wedding on his Twitter page this afternoon.
Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/06/former-super-eagles-captain-and.html

The second leg the 2014 World Cup qualifier between the Harambee Stars of Kenya and the Super Eagles of Nigeria is expected to kick off 4 pm local time, which will be 2 pm Nigerian time on Wednesday June 5, 2013.  The game will be held at the Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya.

In their last encounter which was the first-leg of the qualifiers, Kenya drew 1-1 with Nigeria  at the U.J. Esuene stadium in Calabar, Nigeria.
Not very optimistic about this one, however, you are welcome to make your predictions.
Here's what I think will be the outcome of the qualifiers:
Nigeria 1-0 Kenya

Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/06/world-cup-qualifiers-super-eagles-of.html

Super Eagles in training  in Houston right before the game

It was a good game, and I will leave it at just that- Mexico opened the goal lines earlier in the first-half and it was on from there as Nigeria quickly responded with a goal of their own in the same half and right before the end of the second-half, the Super Eagles took the lead however in the second half, Mexico returned the favor by equalizing making it a 2-2 game.

In the end, Nigeria came down hard leaving Mexico defending crosses however after 90 +3 minutes of added time, it’s a 2-2 draw for Nigeria and Mexico.
Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/international-friendly-results-nigeria.html

So proud of this woman.

Burundi’s FA chief Lydia Nsekera is one of the  three candidates vying to become the first female full-time member of FIFA’s decision-making executive committee. The congress for of the representative is being held in Mauritius  and if elected,  the female representative will serve a full 4-year term.

Well, this means that for the very first time in the 109-year history of the Football governing body,  a woman will have voting right.

Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/burundi-fa-chief-lydia-nsekera-is-among.html

Football fans and journalist mob Super Eagles team at Houston Airport.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria received very warm welcome in the US as journalists and fans mobbed them at the Houston Airport on Tuesday. The team later held a work out session in the evening ahead of Friday’s international friendly against Mexico.

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi at a brief press conference stated that  Friday's friendly against Mexico will give him the chance to run the rule over some new players ahead of key World Cup qualifying games against Kenya and Namibia in June.
The African champions will play the Mexicans in Houston, and Keshi said on arrival his team will give a good account.
"We are here to give a good account of ourselves as a team and also as the champion team of Africa.
Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/football-fans-and-journalist-mob-super.html

Sidney Sam vs Nigeria Football Federation- NFF labels Sam 'disrespectful'
Sidney Sam is being labeled disrespectful by the Nigerian Football Federation after the 25-year-old midfielder who plays for Bayer Leverkusen stated he had no interest in ever playing for Nigeria.
Sam who is half Nigerian and German was at some point interested in switching his international duties from Germany to Nigeria; however, after he was called up for Germany's friendlies against Ecuador and the United States, the Bayer Leverkusen player claimed he never intended to represent the Super Eagles.

NFF spokesman Ademola Olajire told BBC Sport: "It's disappointing, disrespectful and not correct.
"If he's not interested, he's not interested and no-one is going to beg him to play for Nigeria.
http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/sidney-sam-vs-nigeria-football.html

Now in its fourth year, Jedi Live in LWKMD Tour boasts of the biggest line-­-up yet in North America and Canada! Featured Comedians include: Gbenga Adeyinka, Basorge, Helen Paul, Princess, Wale Gates, Emeka Smith, Seyi Law, Arthur Simeon,  Seyi Brown, Wamilele and of course , the incredible funny Host: Jedi!
When: Wednesday July 3rd 2013
Venue: Bowie Center for Performing Arts
15200 Annapolis Rd, Bowie, MD
Time: 7 PM (no African Time)
Tickets? Need more info? Call 202-649-0010 and visithttp://www.thelwkmdtour.com/www.thelwkmdtour.com/Intro.html
Tribex Marketing Group is a Proud Promotional Sponsor of the LWKMD

Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/mark-your-calanders-biggest-african.html

Superstar English player David Beckham bowed out of professional football by watching his most recent team PSG win from the bench. Bechkam watched from the sidelines as his professional playing career came to an end with his Paris Saint-Germain team-mates running out 3-1 winners over Lorient.

The 38-year-old newly retired player has spent 60,000 pounds on thank you gifts for his family. The former English captain splashed out on two Audi Q3s to thank his mum and his mother-in-law for their constant support - and years of babysitting duties - during his high-profile sports career.

Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/david-beckham-bows-out-of-football-with.html

This was Arjen Robben's 25th shot in a Champions League final. Perseverance is the key word today.

Indeed it was a final to remember and after several months battling it out, it all came down to today’s game between Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich at Wembley. Who would have thought it will be this two at the end, this is one of the main reasons I love football-its unpredictability.

Redeeming himself from last year’s penalty miss against Chelsea, Robben’s  last minute strike secured the Champions League win for Bayern today. The 29-year-old Dutch international rolled in the decisive


Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/congratulations-bayern-munich-2013.html

One Direction's Liam, Louis and Niall meet Cristiano Ronaldo and the rest of the team. Some members of boy band One Direction including Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Nial Horan visited the Primera Division giants Ciudad training base outside of Madrid in Valdebebas yesterday. The boys were greeted by majority of the club’s first team squad along with club manage Jose Mourinho.


1D member Niall tweeted a picture of himself and fellow band members Louis and Liam with the team, along with the caption: "Up there with some of the best days of my life! Training with Real Madrid !dreams are made of that stuff.
"Massive thank you on behalf of me and the lads to Real Madrid, Jose mourinho ,all the players! Unbelievable experience."

Source:
http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/one-directions-liam-louis-and-niall.html

Okay, if you live in the US, or any other country outside of Nigeria-1, you are African-2, have, or had an Event-3, you can share your pictures with WASAAFRICA

So long as you-own rights to the pictures, have a small background story to share and/or want to promote a cause. So, go ahead, have the parry and to show the world that 'we like to parry' and to rep your town, send us pictures, and videos from your events.

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Typo - it's Shittu

With the European league reaching its end for the season; it is about time to review some of the performances and contributions made by some of Nigeria’s top stars players in Europe.
Nigeria started off 2013 on a good note, winning this year’s African Cup of Nations can only be the beginning of better things to come as the competition not only ended what many prefer to call our dark days in football, but also exposed new and upcoming talents. The likes of Mba, Emenike, and Victor Moses really had their time to shine and they are still basking in that glory as their success in South Africa has apparently spurred them on in their various clubs.
The list includes
Danny Shittu
Victor Anichebe
 Victor Moses and Mikel Obi
 Emmanuel Emenike
 Odion Ighalo

Source:
http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/top-nigerian-players-in-europe-this.html

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The all-conquering female Swiss team have played 22 matches and won all of them, scoring an average of 5.7 goals per game in the process. Their overall goal difference record is 125:9.
With their unbeaten record of close to 2000 minutes, the girls decided to question the machismo of the Barca boys asking if they’ve got the balls to take up their unusual challenge.
This is no joke, In the promo video released, the girls are seen dragging a tractor across a pitch, some military style preparation and a little bit of target practice at Lionel Messi’s face.
Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/fc-zurich-challenges-fc-barcelona-to.html

No doubt,  he had one of the most controversial seasons in the history of club transfers,  but till date, both Odemwingie and the Management of West Brom are yet to move past the very awkward situation that occurred earlier this year.
The future of 31-year-old striker at Hawthorns became questionable upon his return to his club following his failed move to QPR in January.

West Brom boss Steve Clarke has admitted he does not expect Peter Odemwingie to be at the club next season.

Source:
http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/peter-odemwingie-expected-to-leave-west.html

The Super Eagles will play against Mexico next two weeks, in Houston, USA to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers and also the FIFA Confederations Cup. The Super Eagles will then proceed to Nairobi after the game in USA against Mexico, for the World Cup qualifiers on June 5, and a week later play against Namibia in Windhoek, before jetting out to Brazil for the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Head Coach, Keshi made a few changes in the team''s list, this time, we have 2 new additions to the team; Anthony Ujah of FC Koln and Kano Pillars forward, Gambo Mohammed got their first Super Eagles call up. However, Ahmed Musa and Fegor Ogude were left out of the friendly due to prior club engagements.

All in all, the proposed team will have 9 home based players and 16 foreign based players.
Source
http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/super-eagles-coach-keshi-has-invited-25.html

Liverpool F.C recently announced that it will take part in a post-season friendly match with Ajax Cape Town in South Africa later this month,precisely on the 21st. However, South Africa's Premier Soccer League (PSL)  are putting a stop to the international friendly on the grounds that  it would take publicity away from the country's cup final.

Ajax Cape Town have been refused permission by the league to play a friendly against the English club in Cape Town on May 21 in a move that was immediately criticized.
South Africa’s cup final, sponsored by the banking group Nedbank, completes the season on May 25, four days after the proposed friendly. The last round of league matches is on May 18.
Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/ajax-cape-town-barred-from-playing.html

Former Super Eagles midfielder, and Nigerian international Austin Okocha , better known as Jay-Jay Okocha has finally caught the twitter bug as he joined the social networking site yesterday.

Already, the 39-year-old soccer wonder has over 2000 followers and I am sure in a matter of hours this number will multiply following the amount twitter fans that have been waiting for their star.

Can't  help but notice the caption on his page “The Football magician”, I have to agree with this one, he was quite spectacular in his time.
Not that he needs any intro but soccer fans you can follow him at-@iamokocha.
Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/former-super-eagles-super-star-jay-jay.html

Kobe Bryant in legal fight to stop his mom from selling off $1.5M worth of early-year memorabilia.

According to court filings, Pamela Bryant struck a deal with Goldin Auctions in Berlin and received $450,000 up front which she intended to use for a new home in Nevada
Goldin Auctions of West Berlin wants to sell over 100 items from the Los Angeles Lakers' pro career and his days as a high school player in suburban Philadelphia. The keepsakes — including uniforms, rings and trophies — would be offered on consignment for Pamela Bryant, the athlete's mother.

Source:http://wasaafrica.blogspot.com/2013/05/kobe-bryant-is-in-legal-battle-with-mom.html