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Barcelona’s player, Lionel Messi scored a hat trick to smash the Champions League goal scoring record on November 25 2014, by taking his tally in the competition to 74. The previous record of 71 scores had been set by Schalke striker Raul, former Real Madrid player over the course of 142 matches.
Raul's record dropped when Messi struck his first in the 38th minute against APOEL in Group F to give Barcelona a 2-0 lead after Luis Suarez had opened the scoring. He then struck again in the 58th and 87th minutes.

Stephen Keshi is set to return as the coach of Nigeria on the order of President Goodluck Jonathan barely two weeks after he was relieved of his position by the Nigeria Football Federation.
A source reported that the question is not if he is truly coming back to the Eagles but a matter of when he is resuming and how much he is going to earn since the order was a direct one from the president.

On Wednesday, October 22, the Super Falcons qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup to be hosted by Canada. This was achieved after beating South Africa 2-1 in one of the semi final matches at the ongoing Africa Women’s Championship in Namibia.

The Falcon’s ninth meeting with the Bayana Bayana in which a goal from Asisat Oshoala earned the Nigerians the win got the team a place in the Final of the competition.

Having lost to the South Africans at the same stage two years ago, the Falcons decided to use this opportunity as a revenge mission.

The Nigeria’s national team coach, Stephen Keshi has lost the battle to stay on as Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) early Thursday morning relieved him of the job despite the 3-1 win over Sudan on Wednesday.

The NFF in a communique issued on Thursday morning said in the interest of Nigerian football and the desire to ensure qualification for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals, it has decided to relieve Keshi and his assistants Daniel Amokachi and Ike Shorunmu of their duties.