Spain's Cesc Fabregas (in red) watches as his shot hits the
goalpost and bounces to Nigeria's goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama
(R), who makes a save, during their Confederations Cup Group B
soccer match at the Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza June 23, 2013.
(Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters)  ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria's soccer
federation has imposed a life ban from all football-related
activities on the players and officials from the amateur clubs
involved in two matches that yielded a total of 146 goals
earlier this month.  Plateau United Feeders crushed Akurba 79-0
while Police Machine demolished Babayaro 67-0 in third division
promotion playoffs. Both winning teams had been looking for a
superior goal difference to advance.  "Investigation showed that
all the players and officials of the four teams were involved in
the shameful act," Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) vice
president Mike Umeh told a news conference in Abuja on Monday.
"It was embarrassing that in one of the games, a player scored
11 times while in the other