EX-INTERNATIONAL, Victor Ikpeba, the former Prince of Monaco has tipped the Flying Eagles to excel in Egypt during the World Youth Championship. Ikpeba said that the success of the Flying Eagles would not be surprising because of their Coach Samson Siasia.

THE most current issue with our football is whether Austin Jay Jay Okocha, former captain of the national team should be recalled to active service. These are desperate times and the tendency persists to think that the past holds lots of promises, more promises than the present.

By Onochie Anibeze Enyimba club chairman, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, has frowned at the federation for enlisting them for CAF Cup without allowing them to determine on which platform they would play in the continent. CAF Cup is usually foAr the team that wins FA Cup and the third placers in the national league of the countries […]

SPORTS in Anambra State may have suffered neglect in the past due to lack of commitment from the previous administrators who relegated sports to the background.

AFN President, Solomon Ogba, yesterday ordered that the top three winners in all the events of the Mobil Athletics Championship will face doping tests. Mobil starts next week.

The International Air-port Abuja will be agog today as athletes jet in, preparatory to the Mobil Championship holding next week.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria said yesterday that it was inviting students living in Abuja and its environs to tomorrow’s Grand Prix that will showcase top athletes from many countries.

Asenior staff of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, slumped and died in the office, Sports Vanguard can reveal. The death of Ibukun Omoseyi, senior driver at the Liaison office of the Federation in Surulere brought panic to the staff when the late Omoseyi slumped from his seat. A very dependable source informed that the late Omoseyi had reported to duty hale and hearty.

No less than 80 players drawn from around the Nigeria, Benin Republic and Cote d’ Ivoire are expected to storm the garden City of Port_Harcourt for the 2009 edition of the Royal Hoopers Basketball Elite Camp holding at the Police Officers Mess grounds situated in the GRA.

WORLD Soccer-governing body, FIFA, paid an unscheduled visit to Nigeria during the week and caught members of the Local Organising Committee for the cadet championship napping. Unlike in the past when they announced their coming, they came like a ‘thief in the night’ and visited some of the centres designated to host the championship.

DR Peter Singabele, board member of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, could not believe his eyes at the excellent facilities at the Teslim Balogun Stadium during the final of the Federation Cup which Enyimba won at the expense of Sharks of Port Harcourt.

Captain Victor Ezeji is lamenting Sharks’ inability to win a major silverware since the inception of the Port Harcourt based outfit, many years ago.

In 2006, Vanguard published the first story on Ogho Oghene Egwuro. Winning the 100m event in the Delta State Sports Festival was newsworthy, knowing the pedigree of the state in track and field and their ability to churn out athletes.

Nine years after Imo State-born Glory Alozie dumped Nigeria for Spain, the 2000 Sydney Olympic 100m hurdles silver medallist is one of the top track and field stars expected to run at this Saturday’s CAA Abuja Grand Prix.

The Nigeria Football Federation announced yesterday that Warri Wolves, which finished 4th in the Nigeria Premier League in the recently-ended season, will fly Nigeria’s flag in next year’s CAF Confederation Cup.