Nigerian men surrendered the 100m gold of the African Championships for the first time in eight years, when Obinna Metu and Ogho-Oghene Egwero failed to beat Cote’s Ivoire’s Ben Youssef Meite and Ghana’s veteran Aziz Zakare in Thursday’s final.

WHEN Sylvanu Okpala was employed three years ago as assistant coach to then Enugu Rangers Chief coach, Christian Chukwu, little did he know that his employers would treat him with such disdain as they are doing now.

A year after the present Executive Committee of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, led by Alhaji Habu Gumel, was supposed to have left office, it is still holding on tightly to power, refusing to hold election.

Nigeria became the first African team to reach the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final as they overcame Colombia with a 2nd minute goal in Bielefeld.

When the Super Four competition kicks off on August 2 to 8, 2010 in Ijebu-ode, Ogun State, Premier League Champions Enyimba say they will be in the best of form to prove to Nigerians that they are indeed the best in the country.