The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Lagos Chapter, has called on the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, to institute investigations into the circumstances surrounding the non-issuance of visas to the national U-17 female basketball team to the FIBA U-17 Championships in Spain and the disqualification of the national female boxing team to the Rio 2016 World Qualification Competition held in Kazakhstan.

Day two of the African Athletics Champio-nships in Durban, South Africa had little prospect for Nigerian athletes, even as Cote d’Ivoire’s Ben Youssef Meite and Murielle Ahoure clinched the gold in the men’s and women’s 100m event decided yesterday.

JOSE MOURINHO will make a shock bid for Aaron Ramsey — if he fails to lure Borussia Dortmund star Henrikh Mkhitaryan. The Special One is ready to wind up bitter rival Arsene Wenger by targeting the £50million-rated Arsenal star.

Nigeria need self-belief to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup finals, despite not being one of the top seeds at Friday’s third round qualifying draw, the team’s coach has said.

Football fans on Thursday said the N2 million fine imposed on Lagos-based MFM FC by the League Management Company (LMC) was in order and would serve as deterrent.