nigeria beat algeria in africa cup of nations third-place play-off

... nigeria again went close to going in front just before the break, but kalu uche's pass inside the area after a clever ball from kanu rolled away from goal after nsofor lost his footing at the crucial moment

nigeria 1-0 algeria

... an action-packed five minutes before half-time saw the desert hawks hit the target the with a weak hassan yebda shot straight at vincent enyeama, followed by kalu uche getting the ball in the net only to be ruled out for offside ... the last action of the opening 45 minutes saw almeria striker uche put clean through on goal by kanu, but he opted to seek out obinna instead of shooting from eight yards out with the with the goal gaping

nigeria beat benin 1-0 to get their africa cup of nations campaign back on track

... the goal atoned for yakubu's miss earlier in the first half, when put through on goal by kalu uche after 15 minutes, the big striker drilling a shot from inside the box past the target with goalkeeper rachad chitou beaten

nigeria back on track with win

... osaze odemwingie, who has shaken off a flu infection, came back into the side at the expense of ayila, with kalu uche moving deeper into a midfield role ... played in behind by a delicious uche ball, yakubu found himself played onside by boco, but contrived to side-foot the ball wide, to the collective groan of the nigerian nation ... yakubu then found himself with another chance to open his account, but failed to dig the ball out from under his foot and just poked it to uche, who was robbed before he could so much as look at the ball ... his low freekick was touched on by goalkeeper chitou and missed by yakubu, uche and odemwingie, only to cause half a dozen different sorts of trouble for goalkeeper chitou and fall for obasi ... shittu could have extended nigeria's lead five minutes into the second half, as chitou again had difficulty dealing with a low daisy-cutter, but yak and uche again arrived too late to take advantage

egypt into last cup of nations eight, nigeria edge closer

... the goal atoned for yakubu's miss earlier in the first-half, when put through on goal by kalu uche after 15 minutes, the big striker drilled his shot from inside the box inches away from the target with goalkeeper rachad chitou beaten

taiwo, nwaneri pay the price

... however, in what will cause nothing but chagrin for nigeria fans, striker yakubu ayegbeni will keep his place upfront while kalu uche is expected to lose his spot to the back to fitness osaze odemwingie

champions egypt off to winning start

... and moments later, kalu uche fired wide from inside the area ... in the 33rd minute, leftback taye taiwo launched an ambitious attack down the left wing before pulling back for kalu uche, who failed to hit the target

pharaohs humble eagles

... he was played clean through by kalu uche, and his firsdt touch got him away from ahmed fathi, and inside to unleash a unstoppable left foot effort past el hadary

martins makes nigeria squad

... midfielders: nwankwo kanu (portsmouth, england), john mikel obi (chelsea, england), dickson etuhu (fulham, england) sani kaita (lokomotiv moscow, russia) yusuf atanda ayila (dynamo kiev, ukraine), oluwaseyi george olofinjana (hull city, england), kalu uche (almeria, spain)

nigeria name 24 for afcon

... vincent enyeama, bamidele aiyenugba, austin ejide joseph yobo, danny shittu, obinna nwaneri, taye taiwo, elderson echiejile, yusuf mohammed, chidi odiah, onyekachi apam nwankwo kanu, mikel obi, dickson etuhu, sani kaita, yusuf ayila, oluwaseyi olofinjana, kalu uche yakubu aiyegbeni, osaze odemwingie, michael eneramo, obinna nsofor, obafemi martins, chinedu obasi