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July 02, 2008

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• Okocha Testimonial Gulps N100m
  About 100million was spent in organising last Thursday's testimonial match in honour of former Super Eagles captain, Austin Okocha. Daily Independent
   
• Contract: Kanu upsets Portsmouth chief
  PORTSMOUTH chief Peter Storrie admits he's surprised by claims from Nwankwo Kanu that he's unhappy with his new contract. Tribune
   
• Wenger names price for Obafemi
  ARSENAL coach, Arsene Wenger has declared that he is not prepared to pay more than £11m for the want away Newcastle striker,Obafemi martins. Tribune
   
• Yakubu feels at home with Yobo, Anichebe
  NIGERIAN international, Yakubu Aiyegbeni says he was able to settle quickly at Everton thanks to the number of African players at Goodison Park. Tribune
   
• Team Nigeria leaves for S/Korea July 14
  NIGERIA’S contingent to the forthcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics in China, Team Nigeria will travel to South Korea on July 14 in preparation ahead of the Games scheduled to start in August. Tribune
   
• WIMBLEDON 2008: Venus, Serena hit semi-finals
  Venus and Serena Williams are both one win away from another meeting in the Wimbledon final. Tribune
   
• Pompey in dark over Kanu quit threat
  Portsmouth’s Chief Executive, Peter Storrie, has admitted to being in the dark over the reason Nwankwo Kanu has yet to sign a new 12-month deal that has been on the table since January.The 31-year-old enjoyed a thrilling end last season, scoring the semi-final and final goals | The Sun
   
• No one Like Okocha
  A popular advertisement has it thus: ‘If it is not Panadol, it can be like Panadol’. This simply means that you can only get one original product of the drug in the market; that any other drug, which bears that name, is fake| The Sun
   
• Fifa to decide on Chad v Sudan
  Fifa says it expects to make a decision by the end of this week on the postponed 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Sudan and Chad. BBC