Former Portugal international Luis Figo confirmed on Friday he has obtained the backing letters of six national football associations, with five being the minimum, to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency.

Yusuf Alli, a former Commonwealth long jump champion, on Friday said that Nigeria stood a chance of excelling at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games if the needful steps were taken.

As Nigeria reels from not being part of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Equatorial Guinea, a competition they won in 2013, former Super Eagles coach, Adegboye Onigbinde has said the cost to the Nigerian football fraternity cannot be quantified.

Football stars Joseph Yobo and Nwankwo Kanu were among the sportmen that supported the campaign of President Goodluck Jonathan in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Wednesday. The former captains of the Super Eagles urged Nigerians to re-elect Jonathan on February 14.

Nigeria won its first gold medal in the men’s double event of the Africa Senior Table Tennis Championship. The duo of Aruna Quadri and Kazeem Makanjuola defeated their compatriot Onaolapo Ojo and Jide Ogidiolu on Wednesday at the ongoing ITTF 2015 Africa Senior Table Tennis Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has disclosed that plans were under way to ensure the country excels at the 2015 All Africa Games and the 2016 Olympics.

Former youth international and team mate of late Nigeria goalkeeper Wilfred Agbonavbare, Micky Igbeka has called on the Federal government to take over the responsibility of training the children of the fallen football star.

The coach Samson Siasia-led team lost the first game 5-3, but they avenged this defeat by beating their hosts 3-0 in the second match played yesterday.

Kwesi Nyantakyi, President of the Ghana Football Association, on Tuesday said African countries would vote overwhelmingly for Sepp Blatter in this year’s FIFA elections.

The Orlando Magic’s Victor Oladipo, the 2014 NBA Rookie of the Year runner-up, and Brooklyn Nets standout Mason Plumlee are among four rising stars named Tuesday to the 30th NBA Slam Dunk Contest.