Nigeria’s second representatives to the 24th FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Men, Lagos Islanders have fallen out of the competition without even taking a shot.

The glare of the global football world will be on the Cape Town International Convention Centre at 7 pm on Friday 4 December 2009, when the 32 teams who made it through to Africa’s first FIFA World Cup™ and their legions of fans find out exactly where they will be playing —and who they will be playing against.

WITH the incumbent president of the Nigeria Olympic Commission (NOC), Alhaji Habu Gumel battling opposition to retain his seat, former President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Dr. Cosmos Maduka has said he (Gumel) should allow others contribute to the body.

The facilities in Kaduna that hosted some of the games of the recent FIFA U-17 World Cup would face yet another test as is host the final of this year’s CBN All Financial Institutions Football Competition, which has been scheduled to hold next month.

Abuja -Rotimi George-Taylor, the president Nigeria Boxing Federation has said that most secretaries of the National Sports Federations are redundant and has therefore urged the Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Engineer Sani Ndanusa to ensure henceforth they are given mandates.