It emerged yesterday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may investigate the controversial appointment of Lars Lagerback as coach of the Eagles.

Nigeria and indeed other African countries have been told to step up their administration of football, if the game is to grow in the continent.

Former Super Eagles defender, Uche Okafor has welcomed the withdrawal of all national teams from international football competitions in the next two years.

From 3:27 p.m. when a detachment of 14 policemen stormed the Glass House secretariat of the Nigeria Football Association, Abuja , yesterday, it was no longer business as usual.

Coach Milovan Rajevac is confident Ghana can deal with the pressure of attempting to become the first African side to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

Osaze Peter Odemwingie’s wish of playing in the Premier League has hit the rock as his Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow rebuffed a 1.6 million pounds (about N360m) offer from Birmingham.

A former Vice-Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Nwabufo Obienu has said the withdrawal of all national teams from international football competitions for the next two years, was good for the long-term growth of Nigerian football.

I have in my mind, the image of a stubborn child who refuses to eat and the mother threatens. “ If you don’t eat, I will call FIFA “ and the child quakes and succumbs.

Images of Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Samuel Eto’o are still festooned on posters all over South Africa—but sadly for them that’s their only involvement as the World Cup reaches its final stages.

THE feat so far achieved by the Ghana national team in the on-going 2010 FIFA world cup in South Africa in their qualification into the round of 16 has once again provoked an intellectual discourse on the imperatives of a transitional football development programme across lands and climes where the beautiful game is accorded real attention.