Switzerland to play without Xhaka over fake Covid certificate
"Today I clearly see that I made the wrong choice. It was a mistake. I am sorry," he wrote, adding that he was "cooperating fully with the relevant authorities".
16 Eagles train in Abuja, Aiyenugba to arrive today
Only seven players were still being expected as at the time the national senior football team, Super Eagles, set out to their first training at the mainbowl of the National Stadium, Abuja, Tuesday evening, ahead of Sunday’s 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying cracker against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia.
2010 World Cup: Nigerian applicants top list of volunteers
As the registration for volunteer jobs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup holding in South Africa closed at midnight Monday, Nigerians topped the list of applicants outside the host country with 750 applications, ahead of the USA with 554 applications.
U-17: MRI won’t stop Eaglets — Obuh
Nigeria Under-17 team coach, John Obuh, has expressed confidence that the country will put up a credible performance at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, despite a recent age cheating scandal in which 15 members of the squad were discovered to be above the age allowed for the competition.
Students strike won’t distrupt Eagles’ match — Police
The police in Nigeria have announced that a planned strike by university students will not affect Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Tunisia in Abuja.
FIFA orders fresh MRI test on Eaglets
The furore surrounding the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test, conducted on the Golden Eaglets by the Nigeria Football Association, assumed a new twist yesterday after FIFA ordered a fresh bone tests to be performed on players, who would be playing at the Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria, to detect teams, who have picked ineligible players.
