It would have been a hell of a story, wouldn’t it?”
Tom Watson summed things up perfectly in the immediate aftermath of his ultimately failed bid to provide us with the greatest script in the history of golf.

Former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu has said that Austin Okocha should not be compelled to come out of retirement to salvage Nigeria from missing out on a place to among the 32 nations that would grace the soccer fields of South Africa, when the World Cup comes to Africa for the first time in 2010.

TWO Spanish football managers, Miguel Angel and Manuel Daniel, have declared that there are unknown Nigerian talents that could dislodge Fernando Torres from the Spanish national team. Angel and Daniel from Muzoz Rivas and Baizan Cares FC in Spain could not hide their admiration for Nigerian talents that they said that they would make stars out of the abundant talents that abound in Nigeria.

ENUGU — The sack of Christian Chukwu, Chief Technical Adviser of Rangers International of Enugu, has seriously been frowned at by players of the club.

FIFA Vice President Jack Warner yesterday described Bauchi as one of the best centres for the U-17 World Cup Nigeria will host from October.

So much work in such a short time, yet the ripples have not given way.Athletes have had to be moved from one hotel to another for reasons bothering on lean purses of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. The new President, Solomon Ogba, knew how bad the situation was but never imagined the magnitude. And in trying to steer track and field from the rock bottom that he found it to a reasonable level, Ogba appears to be taking more than he can chew.

Former Chairman of Gombe State Football Association, Alhaji Ahmed Gara-Gombe has scored President of the Nigeria Football Association (NFF), Ahaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi low, stressing that he does not deserve to be returned as president when his tenure expires next year.

PATRIOTISM is a mere word, without meaning, and absent in government policies. Over time, governments of Nigeria have done little to impress on Nigerians the importance of loving our country.

SUPER Eagles Coach Amodu Shuaibu is one person who does not succumb to fear. Despite all the criticisms about his Eagles, Amodu remains constant that Nigeria would pick the ticket to play in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa ahead of Tunisia.

3SC boss Mutiu Adepoju has confirmed that 11 players have been placed on transfer as their services are no longer required by the team.
“Yes I can confirm to you that eleven players have been given letters placing them on transfer. It’s a hard decision to take, but since their services are no longer required we had no other option,” he explained.

AS the zero hour to the September 6 all-important cracker between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia draws near, ex international Chike Arisa has warned that Nigeria should brace up or be ready to swallow the bitter pill at the National Stadium in Abuja.

FORMER Super brat, Etim Esin has confessed that he needs Nigeria’s qualification for the 2010 World Cup even more than the players. The ex-international who was christened “Maradona’ because of his monumental skills said that he would use the World Cup in South Africa to shot himself back to reckoning and therefore is begging the team not to toy with the qualification.

Christian Chukwu yesterday rejected a letter informing him that his contract with Enugu Rangers will not be renewed.

ENUGU—FIFA Vice President, Jack Warner, yesterday, commended the government of Enugu for putting in place standard facilities at the Nnadi Azikiwe Stadium in readiness for the U-17 world Cup to be hosted by Nigeria from October 24 to November 15.

Egypt and Gabon have overtaken Nigeria’s Super Eagles in the latest FIFA ranking, released yesterday, which has Confederations Cup champions, Brazil, remaining top of the pack while Cote d’Ivoire are the highest ranked African team in the world.