The New Year no doubt will usher in a lot of new developments in Nigerian sports and for Bayelsa State owned football club Bayelsa United, a new management awaits the 2008/2009 Globacom Premier League champions.

Having finished year 2009 on a low note, Shooting Stars General Manager Mutiu Adepoju is disappointed but confident that the New Year will bring good tidings to his Ibadan based side.

Enugu Rangers’ players and officials are still waiting for the package promised them by Enugu State governor Sullivan Chime. Rangers, prior to the Christmas break enjoyed a good run in the Globacom Premier League and the management is confident that it will continue in the New Year.

Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia will visit a specialist about a hand injury that has prevented him from swinging a club for several weeks.
Garcia said Tuesday that he still feels pain in his right hand after not playing for nearly a month. He sprained the wrist during the third round of last month’s Dubai World Championship, where Garcia finished seventh.

Come February 6th 2010, Sapele Athletics Club Golf section in Delta State will be a beehive of activities as the best of lady golfers from the South South zone lay siege at the newly constructed golf facility as Lady Golfers Association of Nigeria (LGAN) Vice President South Liz Ogbetuo hosts her inaugural tournament.

Nigeria’s best female golfer Uloma Mbuko is set to turn pro this year. Mbuko who for years dominated the ladies scene, winning virtually every tournament in the country, finally decided to turn pro two years back but she could not secure a sponsor. Last year, Mbuko financed her trip Nelson Mandela’s country where she secured a trainer, who would help her fine tune her game as she prepares for the big journey ahead.

When one of Nigeria’s greatest footballers, Chief Olusegun Patrick Odegbami (MON) sauntered into the premises of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) about 12 years ago, he didn’t know that the project he was building with the company was going to grow into a world brand.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has been advised to monitor the Super Eagles players on and off the pitch in order to know their needs and encourage them. Former chairman of the Nigeria Football Association now federation, retired Brigadier-General Dominic Oneya gave this advice in an interview with Saturday Vanguard sports in Lagos.

EAGLES forward, Osaze Odemwingie, is optimistic that the Eagles would make waves when the African Cup of Nations begin in Angola next week. The Locomotive of Moscow forward said that his confidence of a good outing became strong after Coach Shaibu Amodu named a 24- man list for the battle of Angola.

Sani Ndanusa, the minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission has given the Nigeria Football Federation and the Eagles a tall order that the African Cup of Nations trophy must be won in Angola.

Eagles and Everton striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, has promised to bang in goals for Nigeria at the Angola 2010 Nations Cup, this according to him was to announce his return to full fitness.

Coach Amodu Shuaibu appears to be learning fast.While the Presidential Task Force on the World Cup plans to hire a foreign coach for the World Cup if he fails at the Nations Cup in Angola, the head coach of the Eagles has a strong plan to nip their plan in the bud.

There have been serious efforts to attribute the 9-1 defeat to the fact that Zaire’s coach was Yugoslav, but the records merely reflect Africa’s disgrace.No African winner of the Nations Cup, since then, if it managed to get a World Cup ticket, made a respectable impact.

According to retired international midfielder Rabah Madjer, it is practically impossible to imagine Angola not progressing to the knockout stages of the African Cup of Nations for the simple reason that they are hosting it.

WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye has revealed he could take part in a “new Rumble in the Jungle” fight in Africa.The 29_year_old Briton secured his world title with a points victory over Nikolai Valuev in November and is set for a mandatory title defence against Puerto Rican John Ruiz early in 2010.Providing he beats 37 year old Ruiz, Haye could face Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko later in the year.