Captain Okey Odita has admitted that Enyimba were lucky to scrape a 1-0 victory over Sharks in the final of this year’s Federation Cup held weekend at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

I want to say that Nigeria will qualify for the World Cup. And it is only Okocha who can speak whether he will come back or not. There are many variables to one coming back to the team.

Public Awareness and Mobilisation Committee for the Nigeria 2009 Under-17 World Cup will hold its second meeting at the National Stadium Abuja today where critical programmes to sensitise Nigerians on the forthcoming football fiesta would be discussed.

Benue State governor and Athletics Federation of Nigeria honorary president, Gabriel Suswam, has guaranteed a happy ending for the Abuja Grand Prix, slated for this Saturday at the National Stadium Abuja.

Former disabled athlete, Aliu Adebayo, has decried the attitude of state governments in attaching unequal values to medals won by physically challenged athletes and their able-bodied counterparts. Adebayo, who won a gold medal in 100m at the All Africa Games in South Africa in 1999, lamented a situation where gold medal won by a disabled athlete is described as a disabled gold, adding that this attitude has helped to kill their fighting spirit and morale more than their physical challenges.