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  • Emenike: I will be champion of Turkey again

    Emenike: I will be champion of Turkey again

    Nigeria forward Emmanuel Emenike has told AfricanFootball.com he will lead Fenerbache to another Turkish league championship in the new season.

    And another league conquest will see ‘The Yellow Canaries’ feature in the UEFA Champions League at the end of a ban imposed on them from the competition.

    “We are focused on the new season and the biggest target is for us to retain the Turkish league and get back to Champions League football,” Emenike told AfricanFootball.com.

    “We are good for the Champions League and we will fight to be there again.

    “I am sure everybody is missing Fenerbahce in the Champions League, a team with character like us are needed in such a competition.

    “I am not happy to be missing in action at that level but I believe we will be back there.”

    Fenerbache have already shown they mean business by clinching the Turkish Super Cup on Monday at the expense of fierce local rivals Galatasaray.

    Emenike said the team’s fighting spirit won the prestige final for them.

    “Fenerbahce is a team of fightersand we always triumph in games because of our determination.That was secret of our victory against Galatasaray,” he further told AfricanFootball.com.

    “It was a tough game, a football war, but I am happy we came out victorious.I am so proud of this team and the fighting spirit.

    “Winning the Super Cup fulfilled a dream for me and I believe it will go a long way for everybody who fought hard to defeat Galatasaray.”

    Fenerbache will begin their title defence on Sunday at home against Emenike’s former club Karabukspor.

  • I want to go to Brazil a champion — Emenike

    I want to go to Brazil a champion — Emenike

    SUPER Eagles hit-man, Emmanuel Emenike has insisted that he want to go to the World Cup in Brazil as Turkish Super Lig champion.

    The Nigerian, who has been out of action for about a month now, is set to play his first game today against Elazigspor.

    Emenike in his pre-match comments said: “I miss being on the field of play, so I’m excited as I look forward to playing in Monday’s (today’s) game against Elazigspor.

    “The game is very important to us, so I hope to start scoring again.

    “Aside me aiming to score, I also want to be useful to the team. However, my biggest goal is to lift the Turkish Super Lig trophy at the end this season as I want to go the World Cup a champion.”

  • GUS 10: DENNIS OKIKE IS THE ULTIMATE CHAMPION!

    GUS 10: DENNIS OKIKE IS THE ULTIMATE CHAMPION!

    Dennis Okike has emerged the 10th Ultimate Champion! He outsmarted Dr. Edmund Umeabuani and Ifunanya Onike in the waters of Usaka River, where the final battle among the three finalists seeking for the 10th symbol took place.

    On the final day of the search, the warriors got a message from the Council of Elders ordering them to pack their bags and make their ways to where they usually draw water. There, Chidi was waiting to give them the next set of instructions – the final search for The 10th Symbol.

    To do that, each of them would make use of a clue which would take them to two different locations, to retrieve two pieces of the map that would lead to where The 10th Symbol was buried. It was a race against time and the last man to return to the next location was evicted.

    Edmund and Ifunanya’s first clues led them to the Place of the Talking Drum to retrieve the first map piece; while Bobby and Dennis went to the Mud Field. Subsequently, Bobby and Dennis headed to the Place of the Talking Drum for their second piece, while Edmund and Ifunanya raced to the Mud Field. Edmund returned first, followed by Ifunanya. Dennis edged Bobby out of the quest when he beat him to the finishing line. Thus, Bobby was instantly evicted.

    With their maps pieced together, the remaining warriors had all they needed to proceed to find the Sceptre. On their maps, three spots were marked ‘X’ as possible places where The 10thSymbol was buried. Ifunanya was in the lead, having figured out the direction first. However her first attempt at crossing the river with the aid of a rope saw her falling into the water while Edmund and Dennis moved on.

    Edmund arrived first and headed straight to one of the spots marked on the map and began his search. Dennis joined shortly. Ifunanya had barely stepped in the river when Dennis raised what turned out to be a false alarm. All he had was a piece of debris laying under the river. The protracted search had the warriors glancing at their maps intermittently as Dennis kept digging up dirt after dirt from the river.

    After several futile efforts, Dennis eventually dug up the Sceptre from under a slanted palm tree in the river, and thereby ended the long search for The 10th Symbol.

    He was instantly inducted into The Order of Heroes as the 10th Ultimate Man by the show anchor-man, Chidi Mokeme.