One time First Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, Barrister Richard Nwabufo Obienu predicted that the present Board of the football house will run aground. He said so following the way the members pushed out the Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima Board.

Chief coach of Rangers Football Club of Enugu, Christian Chukwu (MFR) has lauded the decision to conduct an MRI scan on the Golden Eaglets to verify the true ages of players who will represent Nigeria at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

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.