Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is combing the world for a creative midfielder in the mould of the legendary Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha.

THE annual Chief J.K. Randle Olympic dinner in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Nigerian Olympic Team to the 1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia, will hold on Tuesday December 13, at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.

The assistant to Lars Lagerback during last year’s World Cup, Roland Andersson, has been shortlisted by the Nigeria Football Federation for the vacant technical director post.

Augustine Eguavoen has moved to explain his shock decision to resign as coach of Nigeria’s under 23 football team, the Dream Team V.

Out-of-favour Nigeria striker Ayegbeni Yakubu sent a four-goal reminder to new coach Stephen Keshi at the weekend that he is not a spent force.

The International Olympic Committee on Monday confirmed Joao Havelange’s resignation as an IOC member after 48 years just days before an ethics hearing into allegations of corruption.

The Nigeria U-17 team is billed to take on the winner of the fixture between Mozambique and Kenya next month in the African qualifiers for next year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals taking place in Azerbaijan.

Lawal Raheem Adewole is not a very big name among football fans in Nigeria. On the last day of group A matches in the on-going CAF 2012 London Olympic qualifier the U-23 starlet suddenly shot himself to fame with a very rare hat-trick in Nigeria’s match against Algeria.

When Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi returns to begin his process of bringing back the glory days of the Eagles, three players from the Eguavoen-led disastrous Olympic team would be invited to the team.

Nigeria’s Emmanuel Emenike and several officials of his former club Fenerbahce been formally charged in an alleged match-fixing scandal in Turkey.

The Qatar 2022 World Cup Supreme Committee has started the process of distributing all ticketing proceeds from the international friendly match (Brazil v Egypt – November 14 2011) held in Doha last month to famine victims in Somalia. This is coming on the anniversary of Qatar’s successful bid to host the World Cup in 2022.

The mien of U-23 national coach, Austin Eguavoen was pitiable at the end of the 4-1 white-wash of the junior Desert Warriors of Algeria. The team won but they all filed out like mourners at a graveside. Not even Lawal who hit a hat-trick could celebrate his efforts, atleast, he got the ball for his efforts.

The 2011 edition of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Lagos chapter SWAN Cup kicks off December 12 at the National Stadium, Surulere Lagos.

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday affirmed that the present Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation was validly elected into office and therefore, legitimate.

Nigeria international John Mikel Obi has said his English club Chelsea will win the UEFA Champions League for the first time this season.