Arsenal donned their new, Brazil-style away kit and played like five-time world champions as they blew away the Indonesia Dream Team 7-0 at the start of their Asian tour on Sunday.

Istanbul (Turkey) – Ghana’s Ebenezer Assifuah won the Golden Shoe award after scoring the highest number of goals (6) at the 2013 FIFA Under-20 World Cup which rounded off in Turkey on Saturday.

Just as President Goodluck Jonathan is set to present the retrieved Sydney 2000 Olympics 4x400m gold medals to the Nigerian quartet, a member of the team, Enefiok Udo-Obong has expressed regrets that late Sunday Bada was not alive to share in the moment of glory.

France clinched a maiden under-20 World Cup title on Saturday after defeating Uruguay 4-1 on penalties following a goalless draw in Istanbul.

Nigerian football under the tutelage of former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi was tottering and the 2010 World Cup qualification was hanging on a cliff hanger. Then President, Alhaji Umar Musa YarÁdua, now late, was concerned and thought of the impact Nigeria’s absence in Africa’s World Cup would have on both soccer crazy Nigerians and the economy.

SPORTS administrators from various parts of the country Friday at Ogidi, Idemili North local government area of Anambra State paid tributes to the former secretary-general of the defunct Nigeria Football Association, NFA, P.O.C Achebe describing him as one of the best football administrators Nigeria ever had.

Onazi Ogenyi has had a steady climb from the Under-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets from where he shot into prominence when he featured for Nigeria in the U-17 World Cup which Nigeria hosted in 2009 to earning a place with the Super Eagles.

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has again come to the rescue of cash-strapped Nigeria Football Federation as his government has agreed to foot the bills for the camping of the national U-17 football team, the Golden Eaglets ahead of the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. As a result the Eaglets are expected to resume camping in Calabar immediately.

Akin Oshuntokun, a member of the committee to investigate the match bonus row in the Super Eagles, said that the committee would not interfere with the Nigeria Football Federation’s job.

Veteran coach, Lawrence Akpokona has called on the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF not to spare any footballer, referee and administrator who contrived the scandalous 146 goals scored by teams seeking promotion from the Nationwide league division 4.