Former Super Eagles midfielder, Moses Kpakor has said the senior national team have shown enough commitment in their quest for a berth at the first World Cup on African soil and therefore told Nigerians still doubting the team’s qualification to rest their mind.

For nine days beginning from today, the German capital city, Berlin will be agog as it plays host to several athletes and officials from all over the world including Nigeria which has University of Nigeria’s Obinna Metu as the pivot of her sprint team in the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Championships.

Chairmen of clubs in the Globacom Premier League have expressed delight at the proposed payment of appearance fees and offer of prize money to teams participating in the 2009 edition of the Glo Super 4.

The Kwara State Government has offered assurances of safety and memorable experience to all the teams, fans and scouts that will be in Ilorin for the 2009 Glo Super 4 tournament.

ach of the 17 Local Councils in Imo State will send bus loads of supporters to Ilorin to cheer Heartland FC in their second attempt to win the Glo Super 4. Heartland lost at the knock-out stage of the Super 8 in Kano last year but rebounded to give a fierce chase to Bayelsa United in the 2008/09 Globacom Premier League season.

Chairman of Akwa United Football club, Isong Isang has said the club’s relegation from the Premier League does not signify that the club will not bounce back to Premier league next season.

General Manager of 3SC, Mutui Adepoju has corrected the notion that the former coach Franklin Howard was sacked and replaced by coach Philip Boamah, despite leading the team back to the elite division.

Big-name athletes continue to fall off the roster of those competing at the IAAF World Championships, which begin in Saturday in Berlin.

The World Championships in Athletics will be subject to the most comprehensive anti-doping program ever conducted by the IAAF – including both drug testing and educational activities. More than 1000 samples will be collected, both before and during the competition in Germany.

The IAAF Congress on Wednesday approved a new rule that will disqualify athletes the first time they false start in any given race. The rule will take effect January 1, 2010.
The rule will replace the current false-start policy of the first false-start being charged to the entire field, with only subsequent false-starts resulting in disqualification.