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Former Nigeria international goalkeeper Peter Fregene dies aged 77

Former Nigeria international goalkeeper Peter Fregene dies aged 77

Former Nigeria international goalkeeper, Peter Fregene, has passed away at the age of 77 after a long battle with illness, Afrosport reports. The former Green Eagles shot-stopper, nicknamed the "Flying Cat", was reported to have been on life support in the past few days. Fregene's passing was confirmed by his former teammates and ex-Nigeria international, Segun Odegbami, via a post on social media. Odegbami wrote on...

Pele: Football legend’s career by the numbers

Pele: Football legend’s impact during Nigeria civil war

Following the death of football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Pele, Afrosport reminisces on his playing career and a memorable event that took place in Nigeria when an armistice was called in the middle of the civil war in October 1969. A brutal civil war started in Nigeria in 1967 between the Nigerian Government and the Republic of Biafra (South-Eastern Nigeria) and the fight was...