France striker Djibril Cisse will sign for Lazio from Greek side Panathinaikos on today, according to reports.

Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien could be out for up to six months following surgery on a knee injury he suffered in training last week, the Premier League club announced Monday.

German football coach Silvia Neid told a newspaper Tuesday she will consider stepping down following the team’s shock quarter-final exit from the women’s World Cup.

Nigeria ’s under-23 goalkeeper, Theophilus Afelokhai has blamed his defenders for their defective wall which allowed Ghana to score the first goal, during the weekend’s All Africa Games qualifying match held at the Baba Yara Sports Complex in Kumasi .

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced that the much-publicized mis-understanding between Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Samson Siasia and one of his star players, Osaze Odemwingie has been laid to rest.

Former captain of the national team, Kanu Nwankwo has described the defeat of the Olympic Eagles in the 2011 All Africa Games qualifier by their Ghanaian counterparts in Kumasi Sunday as bad news.

A day after his players were pelted with water bottles by Ghanaian fans during their training session at the Baba Yara Sports Complex, national under-23 coach Augustine Eguavoen was weekend night subjected to verbal abuse from some Nigerian fans, seething with rage over the team’s 2-0 loss to Ghana in an All Africa Games qualifier.

Edo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon. Iziegbe Anita Evbuomwan, has attributed the state’s victory at the 17th National Sports Festival to the unflinching support of the Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

World football federation FIFA has confirmed having received documentation from the so-called ‘Qatar whistleblower’ as reported in a WORLD EXCLUSIVE on SportsFeatures.com in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Nigeria Football Federation said on Monday that it shared in the disappointment of the generality of Nigerians over the failure of the National U-23 team, otherwise known as Dream Team, to qualify for this year’s All-Africa Games Men’s Football Tournament.

The so-called ‘Qatar Whistleblower’ has apologised for fabricating untrue stories about the country’s 2022 World Cup bid and which have amounted to one of the most devastating sports media hoaxes in years.

Injured 14-time major champion Tiger Woods, who announced earlier this week that he was pulling out of the British Open, is set to make an announcement on the Golf Channel on Monday.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said Monday he is hopeful Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri will still be at the club for the forthcoming season amid fevered speculation both could be on their way.

New Liverpool recruit Charlie Adam said Monday he was relishing playing for a “massive football club” as he joined the Premier League side on their first tour of China.

Former Super Eagles Captain , Sunday Oliseh believes Nigeria could have gotten better results from Rashidi Yekini at USA 94 and the team could have done better but for the deep rooted division in the team.