THE trouble in the house of Rangers International of Enugu is far from being over as the board of the club after its meeting yesterday resolved to advertise the position of Christian Chukwu (Technical Adviser) and four other technical positions for the best Nigerian coach. The other positions that are up for grabs and open to all Nigerians include Chief Coach, Team Manager, Assistant Coach and Goalkeepers trainer.

Olympic silver medallist Phillips Idowu insists he can handle the pressure of being one of Britain’s few medal prospects at the forthcoming World Championships.

Shawn Crawford is one of the more colourful characters on the athletics circuit, but the man who glories in the nickname ‘Cheetah Man’ is hoping that he can upset the odds here and take the 200 metres title.

Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is a three time Olympic 100 m champion in athletics for the US Olympic Team. Devers grew up near National City, CA and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984.National City, CA. Sweetwater’s football and track stadium is named Gail Devers Stadium.

WITH barely a year and half to the next general elections, controversy lingers in Ekiti State over the 2007 poll. The dust raised remains thick as a part of the state returns to polling centres tomorrow.

LINFORD Christie’s niece is on track for Olympic fame AND the Miss World crown. Gorgeous Rachel Christie, 20 who trains with gold medallist Linford, 49 is tipped to represent Britain in 2012 as a 400m sprinter and heptathlete.

IF information from the designated arms collection centres in the six states of the Niger-Delta, where penitent militants were supposed to turn in their weapons, register, take the oath of renunciation and receive the presidential amnesty is anything to go by, then, the Federal Government has a problem in its hands, despite the official grandstanding to the contrary, as militants are still holding back the arms in their various camps.

NDUKA Ugbade is becoming a fading memory. How many remember that he was the only person to lift the FIFA U-16 trophy as high as nervousness could permit, that cold night, 24 years ago in China? After that edition, FIFA changed the competition to U-17, Nigeria was also the only winner of the FIFA U-16 competition.

As the athletics world prepares to descend upon Berlin for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (15-23 Aug) it’s appropriate to take a quick overview of the German capital’s rich athletics history in which some of the sports greatest legends were made, and numerous significant barriers broken.

Reigning world 100 and 200 meter champion Tyson Gay leads a star studded American squad into the world championships with hope of redemption after struggling at the Beijing Olympics.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah Kano -  Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State  has described the recent visit of the renowned scholar, Professor Wole Soyinka, to the state as a great inspiration to him and the state government. According to a statement from the Director of Press to the governor, Sule Ya’u Sule, the governor while receiving […]

By Chioma Obinna Any fake and counterfeit drug offender apprehended for dealing on fake and spurious pharmaceutical products faces a life sentences in India if current moves by the country’s Drug Regulatory Agency succeeds at the parliament. Presently,  India and China have been identified as the flashpoints of the battle against counterfeit drugs in Nigeria. […]

WORLD attention would shift to athletics with all its funfare as the World Athletics Championship begins from August 15 to August 23 in Berlin, Germany.

Gusau – The Zamfara House of Assembly yesterday urged Gov. Mahmuda Shinkafi to set up a judicial commission of enquiry to investigate the alleged N1 billion fraud during the immediate-past administration. The House unanimously adopted the recommendations of its special investigation committee which called for the setting up of the probe panel. The committee said […]

The Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups (COSEG) has dragged the Federal Government, Attorney General and the National Assembly to a Federal High Court in Lagos over the creation 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State.