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Vogts Unveiled As Nigeria's New Coach
German tactician Berti Vogts, who led his country to the European Championship crown in 1996, has been formally appointed the new manager of Nigeria.
Vogts admitted last week he had been in talks with the Nigeria Football Association over the position and on Monday (January 15) the news was made official.
Former Super Eagles captain Austin Eguavoen, who has been in caretaker charge since June 2005, is expected to stay involved in the coaching set-up as Vogts' assistant.
NFA Chairman Sani Lulu said Vogts' credentials were too good to turn down, despite underachieving in his last international post with Scotland.
"He has a strong track record including winning the World Cup with Germany as assistant coach to Fraanz Beckenbeur (in 1990) and he, himself, won the European Cup with Germany in 1996," said Lulu.
"Such a landmark put him miles above the other candidates," added Lulu, who admitted former Super Eagles manager Philippe Troussier had also been in the running.
Milla Declared Modern Africa's Greatest
Roger Milla has been voted the best player on the continent over the past fifty year by readers of Cafonline.com. Milla, who starred for Cameroon in World Cups spanning the 1980s and 1990s, finished top in a poll to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Confederation of African Football.
In recording 2,246 votes the former captain of the Indomitable Lions finished comfortably ahead of Egyptian legends Mahmoud El Khatib and Hossam Hassan, who came second and third respectively.
- Roger MILLA (Cameroon) - 2246
- Mahmoud EL KHATIB (Egypt) - 2165
- Hossam HASSAN (Egypt) - 2011
- Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) - 1840
- Abedi PELE (Ghana) - 1783
- Georges WEAH (Liberia) - 1604
- Didier Drogba (Côte D'Ivoire) - 1467
- Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) - 1209
- Rabeh MADJER (Algeria) - 1176
- Kalusha BWALYA (Zambia) - 1073
Togo Looks Hopefully Forward To New Era
Followers of Togo's Sparrow Hawks have received their first piece of good news since their surprise qualification for the 2006 Fifa World Cup - they have a democratically elected Football Association President for the first time in their history.
Avlessi Adaglo Tata was sworn in as the man to take Togolese football out of the dark ages at an extraordinary congress last week. He replaces Rock Gnassingbe, son of the late Togolese dictator Eyadema, after winning twenty-four votes to Gnassingbe`s eight. Former Prime Minister Messan Agbeyome Kodo finished second after polling 14 votes.
Togolese football has been bedeviled by infighting, corruption and disorder since they received the financial bounty that accompanies World Cup qualification.
Four managers have presided over the Sparrow Hawks in the last year and a bonus row almost led to the national side becoming the first team to forfeit a match in the history of the World Cup finals in Germany last June.
Star player Emmanuel Adebayor has threatened to retire from international football- despite being only 22-years-old- and Fifa ordered Presidential elections two months ago in an effort to end the crisis.
Tata last year gave US$6million of his own money to build a stadium for his home town club Union Sportive Massade, a move that may have convinced voters of his benevolent interest in developing the game in his country.
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