Shooting Stars of Ibadan might have defeated Federation Cup winner, Heartland FC 1-0 at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium in last weekend week 35 games of the Nigerian Premier League, but still has not scale through the bar of relegation.

At the last All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, Nigerian sports officials were grateful to the sport of athletics for bailing out Nigeria from embarrassment. And the sports minister, Yusuf Suleiman indicated that the country’s athletes will be given all the required support to excel at the London 2012 Olympics.

The Chairman of Edo Football Association, Chief Abel Ehigie, has reiterated his promise to the people of Edo State that his administration will take football to the desired height.

Following the success of the Nigeria Independence Corporate Run held last year, the Lagos State Sports Endowment Fund (LSSEF) has kicked started plans for the 2011 edition with a briefing in Lagos.

The Dôme Disney Village in Paris, France will host this year’s World Weightlifting Championship from November 5 to 13, 2011 and the Chief Coach of the Weightlifting Federation of Nigeria, Patrick Bassey is positive about the performance of the lifters in the championship.

Former coach of Shooting Stars Football Club, Niyi Akande has said that Samson Siasia’s lack of managerial skill was his major undoing during his spell as Eagles coach.

After much foot-dragging, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF yesterday dispensed with the services of Super Eagles Chief Coach, Samson Siasia despite his plea for more time to put together a ‘strong’ team for the future.

Moments before the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, picked up courage to announced the sack of Samson Siasia as the Super Eagles Chief Coach, two ex-internationals, Folorunso Okenla and Tajudeen Disu expressed disappointment in some of the ex- colleagues who were scrambling to take over Siasia’s job.

Francesco Bruscoli, FIFA manager in charge of development programmes in Africa, has directed football associations to set periodic targets for their technical directors to implement programmes and ensure their sustainability.

A Moscow court handed down a 20-year sentence Friday to a young Russian Muslim for the murder of a football supporter that sparked unprecedented racist riots outside the Kremlin walls.

Arsene Wenger told Arsenal shareholders on the eve of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea that his team will fight to get their season back on track.

Come October 29, 2011, all roads will lead to Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos venue of the maiden edition of a body building championship tagged ‘Mr Flex Nigeria’, as body builders flex muscles for N2.5m prize money.

A CPC chieftain Dennis Aghanya has attributed the problems in the nation’s sports sector to the unwillingness of sport administrators “to put round pegs in round holes”.

As the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation meets today in Abuja to discuss the fate of embattled Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia, a former assistant Secretary General of the NFF, James Peter has called on the football ruling body to terminate their romance with the former international and appoint a capable hand for the job.

Sunshine Stars FC of Akure left Lagos yesterday evening for Tunis, where they will battle Tunisian side, Club Africain in the second leg of the CAF Confederation cup semi-final on Saturday.