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Extraordinary Congress Fires NFF Maigari Led Board

An extraordinary congress of the Nigeria Football Federation, led by the acting Secretary General Lawrence Katken, together with some State FA chairmen met on Saturday and 'unanimously endorsed' the sacking of Aminu Maigari and his board members. See full story <a href="http://pulse.ng/sports/football/final-sacking-state-fa-chairmen-club-owners-sack-maigari-led-board-id2966261.html" id="322dc52c-9aca-5437-a1ef-8639b490fd53">here.</a>
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They set up an electoral and appeal committee for a forthcoming election into the new board of the NFF.

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Argentina Makes World Cup Semis After 24 Years:

A goal from Gonzalo Higuain secured a semi final place for the Albercelestes of Argentina after missing out of the last four of the World Cup in 24 years.

Djokovic breaks the an Old Heart:

Serbian Novak Djokovic beat Swiss great Roger Federer in 5 sets of the Wimbledon final played on Sunday.

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The match lasted for over four hours with Novak taking three of the five sets, having lost the first and the 4th sets. See full story here.

In the Women Singles final, Russian Petra Kvitova saw off 20 year-old Canadian player Eugenie Bouchard in two sets which lasted barley an hour.

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