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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Nwankwo kanu - What They Never Told You

Human traffickers are using football dreams to lure young Ghanaian men to Nigeria – how to stop it

For a young man growing up in Ghana or Nigeria, few dreams burn brighter than becoming a professional footballer. Icons like Michael Essien (Ghana), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria) and Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) didn’t just win trophies. They escaped poverty, provided for their families, and earned the respect of entire communities.

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The Longest Unbeaten Runs in Soccer History

Some teams in history have refused to be beaten.

Sports Illustrated

Sports quiz of the week: champions, challengers, scorers, Ashes and Traitors

Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby, baseball, cricket, hockey, boxing, tennis and baseball?

The Guardian - UK

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The 25 Best Arsenal Players of All Time—Ranked

Discover the 25 greatest Arsenal players of all time, from legendary goal scorers like Thierry Henry to iconic captains such as Tony Adams.

Sports Illustrated

Innit innit boys and Super Eagles: how Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football

For the children of the Nigerian diaspora, displaced by war and split between two worlds, footballers from John Fashanu to Jay-Jay Okocha were a first glimpse of themselves in Britain’s mainstream

The Guardian - UK

Black Arsenal: how the club and its players set the pace for integration and ‘natural multiculturalism’

A new book explores how the north London side and stars such as Ian Wright became a gamechanger for Black culture and racial integration in defiance of ingrained prejudices

The Guardian - UK

From fallout to triumph: How Nigeria stunned the world to win Olympic gold in 1996

Nigeria were in crisis and little was expected of them at the 1996 Olympics - only for the Super Eagles to dig deep and achieve immortality

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Ranked! The 10 worst misses in Premier League history

Even the best players are sometimes guilty of taking their eye off the ball, as Erling Haaland demonstrated against Manchester United

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The best African footballers ever

Counting down the finest players to come out of Africa

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FC 24 Heroes list adds Kompany, Kanu, Riise and Berbatov

Alex Scott and Nadine Kessler also join the new FC 24 Heroes list

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Arsenal's best ever signings

Ranking Arsenal's finest transfer acquisitions throughout their history

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The televangelist who claimed to heal Aids and counted Premier League stars among his followers

TB Joshua – whose church has been linked to missing aristocrat Constance Marten – claimed to have healed thousands, including former Arsenal and Nigeria forward Nwankwo Kanu

The Independent UK

Rangers do an Arsenal as Michael Beale joins Arsene Wenger and Di Canio in greatest acts of sportsmanship

Rangers allowed Thistle to score an uncontested equaliser as Beale's show of sportsmanship came almost exactly 24 years after Arsene Wenger did the same.

Daily Record

Cody Gakpo’s Arsenal transfer audition set as Mikel Arteta to watch ace face Premier League test

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal transfer target Cody Gakpo faces his Premier League audition tonight against Leicester City.

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Arsene Wenger offered FA Cup rematch after 'most sickening moment' of Steve Bruce's career

ON THIS DAY: Arsenal hosted Sheffield United in the fifth round of the FA Cup 23 years ago on Sunday, but a goal scored by Marc Overmars led to fury from Bruce and the offer of a rematch from Wenger

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