Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has commended Super Eagle’s Chief Coach, Amodu Shaibu, for leading the senior national team to clinch the 2010 world cup ticket.

SPORTS Minister, Sani Ndanusa, was without boxing gloves but he delivered a sucker punch when he described NOC President Habu Gumel as a landmine that needs to be uprooted for true Olympic spirit to reign in Nigerian sports.

The Under-17 team of Colts Abdarca football club, Accra, Ghana and their counterparts from Togo are in Uyo for the second edition of Akpabio Cup scheduled to kick off at the Uyo township stadium on Tuesday.

Two weeks after the curtain was drawn on the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, the Lagos Sub-Seat of the Local Organising Committee has declared its balance sheet.

Super Eagles forward Obafemi Martins is to undergo surgery in the coming days for a shin problem.Early reports say the forward, whose two goals helped secure a 3-2 win for Nigeria and took them to World Cup qualification, will be out for at least a month.

Nigeria’s second representatives to the 24th FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Men, Lagos Islanders have fallen out of the competition without even taking a shot.

The glare of the global football world will be on the Cape Town International Convention Centre at 7 pm on Friday 4 December 2009, when the 32 teams who made it through to Africa’s first FIFA World Cup™ and their legions of fans find out exactly where they will be playing —and who they will be playing against.

WITH the incumbent president of the Nigeria Olympic Commission (NOC), Alhaji Habu Gumel battling opposition to retain his seat, former President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Dr. Cosmos Maduka has said he (Gumel) should allow others contribute to the body.

The facilities in Kaduna that hosted some of the games of the recent FIFA U-17 World Cup would face yet another test as is host the final of this year’s CBN All Financial Institutions Football Competition, which has been scheduled to hold next month.

Abuja -Rotimi George-Taylor, the president Nigeria Boxing Federation has said that most secretaries of the National Sports Federations are redundant and has therefore urged the Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Engineer Sani Ndanusa to ensure henceforth they are given mandates.

By Kate Obodo The growing call for  the sack of  Super  Eagles chief coach Shaiubu Amodu has continued to attract more comments as some Nigerians and Sports Administrators vary in their opinion. For some, it is unreasonable and unfair to sack a coach after securing the Nations Cup and World Cup tickets, both events holding […]

By Kate Obodo Former Super Eagles defender Benedict Iroha has  added his voice to the growing list of commentators who have called for the sack or retention of Super Eagles chief coach Shaibu Amodu. He said  the coach should be given the  opportunity to lead the team to the Nations Cup in Angola and the […]

By Eddie Akalonu The FIFA U-17 World  Cup, Nigeria 2009 may have come and gone but a great ‘off the field’ feature of the championship was the expose concerning alleged age discrepancies of captain of the Nigerian side, Fortune Chukwudi by no less a person than ex- international Adokie Amiesimaka, an issue that would continue […]

Human Rights lawyer and social critic, Bamidele Aturu has added his voice to the debate on the use of over-aged players for age grade competitions. As a result therefore, he has called on the government to probe the recent allegation that overaged players were fielded in the U-17 national team which participated in the recently […]

Last Sunday, two Ghanaians, Hayford Nuako and Ocloo Raphael were evicted from the MTN Nigeria/Ghana Soccer Academy. This is coming a week after a Ghanaian, Adu Poku, was sent home from the competition. The Ghanaian soccer talents were evicted following the result of votes from viewers of the show across Nigeria and Ghana, as announced […]