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Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, has said that Newcastle striker, Shola Ameobi is healthy and fit for next month’s Mandela Challenge in South Africa, despite media reports to the contrary. Keshi who put a call to the experienced attacker to find out the true situation of things when the reports broke out on Sunday,   was told by Ameobi that he had only a knock on the arm and he would be ready for the friendly against Bafana Bafana. [caption id="attachment_405091" align="alignleft" width="250"] Shola Ameobi[/caption] “I have spoken to Shola and the guy is fit and healthy and will be available for the Mandela Challenge. He told me so himself, so any other news to the contrary I don’t believe”. The Eagles resumed their preparations for the second leg tie against Cote D’ Ivoire in Abuja on Monday evening with the coaching crew concentrating on shooting and accuracy in front of goal. In the course of the session, top striker Gambo Mohammed and...

Shola Ameobi has been taken to hospital for X-rays after damaging his hand in Newcastle United 3-1 friendly defeat to Rio Ave, a development Alan Pardew can scarcely afford given his dearth of centre forwards. It is even worse for Nigeria coach, Stephen Keshi who recalled the veteran striker to the national team who was not at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa after he made his long-awaited debut for Nigeria in November in a friendly against Venezuela in the United States of America. [caption id="attachment_405091" align="alignright" width="250"] Shola Ameobi[/caption] Ameobi was recalled for next month’s international friendly against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa, the Mandela challenge. He was taken out of the match with few minutes left with what looked like a broken wrist and if the scan report confirms the general fears, the bulky striker could be out of action for club and country for weeks. The 31-year-old is one of the few striker...