The absence of members of the Chris Green-led Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation stalled the submission yesterday of the Super Eagles team list that would lock horns with Argentina in June 1 international friendly.

The defeat of the Super Falcons by Ghana over the weekend has lowered the medal estimation of the National Sports Commission at the forthcoming All Africa Games in Mozambique in September.

After a hectic international schedule which saw some of the players travel out of the country for a month, Nigeria’s domestic cricket scene will come alive this weekend with two finals of some of the season’s competitions.

Reigning Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya died overnight after falling from the second floor of his home in the town of Nyahururu, police said Monday.

Coach of the new WAFU Kings, Hawks of Togo, Tchanile Tchakala has described the Super Eagles team that fell 2-3 to his side in the final of the sub-regional football tournament Saturday as “very physical and lacking in depth.”

Former Nigerian number one goalkeeper, Raymond King was disappointed by Super Eagles assistant coach and goalkeeper trainer Ike Shorunmu for ignoring his advice on the choice of Sunday Rotimi over Ambrose Vazenkin as Eagles keeper in the final of the WAFU Cup on Saturday.

The draws for the lucrative Champions League group stage were made yesterday with Nigeria’s lone representatives, Enyimba drawn in Group A, where they face Hilal of Sudan, Coton Sport Garouna of Cameroon and Raja of Morocco.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has disqualified defending champions TP Mazembe of DR Congo from further participation in this year’s edition of the African Champions League.

Ex-international Okey Isima has urged Nigerians not to see the Super Eagles and Argentina match as a do- or-die affair, but a way of building the team.

Seigha Porbeni, one of the respected technocrats in Nigerian sports, has a message for President Goodluck Jonathan.

Association of Professional Footballers in Nigerian (APFON) has stated that club owners in the Nigerian Premier League should take action in the direction of their players and coaches welfare in the interest of harmony.

UNITY Football Competition, an initiative of The Strong Nation Ministry’s (TSN) enters its crucial stage this weekend as eight teams slug it out for the finals of the Unity Cup competition. Another set of eliminations have just been concluded in The Strong Nation Ministries funded Unity Cup as the final eight teams take the stage to slug it out for the finals of the football competition.

As the Super Falcons lock horns with the Black Queens of Ghana in the return leg of the All Africa Games qualifiers today, head coach of the team Uche Eucharia is confident the team will emerge victorious at the end.

The Hawks of Togo, Saturday, defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the final of the West African Football Union,(WAFU) Cup competition held at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta.

As the long awaited international friendly against the Albiceleste of Argentina draws nearer, Coach of Insurance of Benin, Rowland Ewere has said that Nigeria will come out victorious if they have adequate preparation.