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FOOTBALL DAILY HISTORY

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 Village people are not always behind your troubles, your greatest enemy might just be your poor attitude. THE STORY OF ETIM ESIN  - the Nigerian star footballer who could have been the World Best Player but lost it all due to youthful exuberance. Yes, before the days of Jay-Jay Okocha, there was a playmaker in the Nigerian team who was a great dribbler and was even nicknamed "The African Maradona". His name, Etim Esin. Who is Etim, how special was he, what did he do, and how did he lose it all? I was at my family house last weekend and in the course of discussing football and AFCON with my dad, he recalled a particularly interesting story of Etim Esin that caught my attention. I had to go dig for more, and here is everything I found. It was 1987 and the Nigerian U-20 team were in camp around Surulere, preparing to leave the country in a few days for the World Cup in Chile.  Etim Esin was the star boy of the team, a supremely gifted player who had something extra each tim...
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SPORTS UPDATE

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 Carlo Ancelotti becomes the Real Madrid manager with the most Champions League wins in history with 35 victories.
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Daily sports Gist

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 PSG ‘are considering NOT renewing Lionel Messi’s huge £740,000-a-week contract’ as they aim to cut costs to avoid More FFP sanctions
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The Death of Aka

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  The authorities believe that  his killing outside a popular restaurant in Durban on Friday evening was carried out by a paid hitman . On CCTV footage, a man wearing a white sweater and hat can be seen crossing the road and walking towards AKA and then firing two shots to the rapper's head, killing him instantly    On the opening track of his 2011 breakthrough solo album Altar Ego, AKA said he "never planned… never wanted to be a celebrity ".   But the South African, who was gunned down in Durban a week ago, did not hold back about his talents. A few days before his death, which police believe was a targeted killing, the award-winning 35-year-old rapper anointed himself as the best producer in his genre. Sparking a huge debate, the artist who also went by the nickname Supa Mega, tweeted: "Statistically speaking, since I've produced 90% of all my music, surely I'm the greatest SA hip-hop producer of all time." But already in 2014, on Congratulate, one of...
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