Roberto Mancini has demanded an improvement from Samir Nasri following the France midfielder’s lacklustre performance in Manchester City’s 1-0 League Cup quarter-final win at Arsenal.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Ayo Adeseun, who is also a member of the Senate Committee on Sports, has condemned the lackadaisical attitude of the Government towards the Nigerian Premier League and the development of local sports at large.

Coach Autin Egavoen was battling it out last night for 2012 Olympics soccer ticket and win or lose the football federation has decided to make it an official policy that local players constitute a certain percentage of the Olympic team.

Nigeria U23 coach, Austin Eguavoen is still lamenting the absence of his key players at the CAF Olympic qualifiers in Morocco two days into the tournament.

Shooting Stars Sports Club have been disbanded by the Oyo State government. Mutiu Adepoju, who was until the disbandment, the Chief Executive of the club, told KickOffNigeria.com that he received the information on Tuesday morning.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will use Wednesday’s League Cup tie with Crystal Palace to give fans a glimpse into the future – despite failing to win the last two games.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has turned down a one-year contract extension with the Premier League side and is looking for a big-money move to finish his career, his agent said on Tuesday.

Bright Ali, the goalkeeper of the national team, to the just concluded 3rd Amputee African Cup of Nations in Ghana, has blamed the team’s poor outing on inadequate preparations.

Nigeria’s hope for a ticket to the football event of the 2012 London Olympics will be determined today as the country’s U-23 male team take on their Senegalese counterparts in a must win match.

GOVERNOR Peter Obi pegged the return of 1,040 to missionaries in Anambra State on two points, the strive for improved quality of education and an admission that only the missionaries can halt the moral and physical deterioration in schools.

Ethiopian male runners on Monday made a clean sweep of medals and top cash prizes at the 7th edition of the Obudu International Mountain Race.

“We will probably meet Morocco in the final and I just need to prepare the minds of my boys so we will be ready when the time comes,” Eguavoen said.

Nigeria’s contingent to the just concluded Airtel Rising Stars Football Clinic, a one-week international football training programme in South Africa, has commended Airtel Nigeria for playing a central role in the development of grassroots football in the country.

Nigeria Olympic team goalkeeper Femi Thomas has assured that they will bounce back against the Junior Teranga Lions of Senegal.

Australia football boss Frank Lowy suggested Monday that Qatar could yet be stripped of its right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup following their controversial awarding of the global showpiece.