A former Spokesman of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Austin Mgbolu, on Tuesday expressed his disappointment with a former Ethiopian Coach, Sewnet Bishaw, for alleging that FIFIA favoured the Super Eagles to qualify for the upcoming World Cup.

Real Madrid left-back Marcelo will miss both legs of his side’s Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund due to a hamstring injury.

We want to make sure we play well. We want to keep improving. There have been little signs recently that we are – we’ve had some good results and we need to try to build on that. We are playing against a good side, but it is the sort of night where in recent history United have risen to the occasion,” said Moyes

The Brazilian government halted work on two temporary tribunes for Sao Paulo’s World Cup stadium after the death of another construction worker, media reports said.

“We know what are our strong points and where we have to go to win the game. If you look at the tie FC Barcelona is the clear favourite, but we know what our strengths are and how we can use those strengths to inflict a lot of damage.”

Former Ethiopia coach Sewnet Bishaw has launched a scathing attack on FIFA, claiming world football’s governing body conspired to see them miss out on a place at the 2014 World Cup.

The Nigeria Football Federation has blasted former Super Eagles’ Assistant Coach, Mr. Sylvanus Okpala for dragging the name of His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR into the small matter of his (Okpala’s) retrenchment by the Federation.

John Utaka has said he would be disappointed if coach Stephen Keshi failed to pick him on his provisional World Cup squad.

Nigerian wrestlers have won the African wrestling Championship in Tunis.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria has banned legendary Lee Evans, the first human being to run 400m under 45 seconds.

Lee Edward Evans is a winner of two Olympic gold medals and was unbeaten in his hay days of track and field, performing his feat at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.