The senior national football team will be taking on their Kenyan counterparts in the final group match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers this weekend.The match has generated a lot of interest among football enthusiasts in the country. While some remain hopeful that the Eagles still have a chance to qualify for the World Cup, others have outrightly written off the Nigerian team.

When the Tunisians tackle Mozambique tomorrow in the all important World Cup qualifier, Tunisian coach, Humberto Coelho would forbid his officials from monitoring proceedings from Kenya in the match against Nigeria. The Coach said that he does not want any distraction with information filtering into his camp from Kenya.

Manchester City captain Kolo Toure would love his brother Yaya to join him at Eastlands after admitting his sibling has had “hard times” at Barcelona.Yaya Toure, 26, has been linked with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United in recent seasons.

GREEN Eagles number one enemy, Tunisia said that they are aware of the odds against them as they fight the battle of their lives against Mozambique in the last World and Nations Cup cracker on November 14 in Maputo.

World champion Usain Bolt will start as the favourite to be named 2009 World Male Athlete of the Year at the annual ceremony in Monte Carlo later this month.

AS the zero hour approaches swiftly for the win or burst 2010 World Cup cracker against the Harambee Stars of Kenya tomorrow, CSKA of Moscow striker, Osaze Odemwingie, has asked his teammates to raise their game if they expect to win.

Etoile du Sahel striker Emeka Opara has turned down the chance to join top Egyptian club Ismaily after they insisted he undergo a trial, the player’s agent said.

Ghana qualified for their first FIFA World Cup four years ago, coming from behind in a group that included South Africa to snatch top place. For the 2010 finals, they qualified without any notable problems, much to the delight of highly-rated striker Asamoah Gyan.

The cold war between the Presidential Task Force, PTF, and the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, may have finally been buried as the PTF has cancelled the idea of chartering an aircraft with NFF chartering theirs, too.

Mozambican Mambas head coach, Maart Nooij, has urged the Super Eagles to defeat Kenya on Saturday, promising to repay them by beating the visiting Carthage Lions of Tunisia.

It is just two days to the end of 13th edition of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup but the storm is getting thicker for AIT, incidentally for the services the television company under Daar Communications provided for Nigeria.

Chief coach of the Golden Eaglets, John Obuh, has assured that the team will be returning to Abuja tomorrow with a ticket to the final of the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup by beating Spain in today’s semi-final showdown in Lagos.

Coach of the high riding national Under-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, John Obuh, has been recommended to take over the grooming of the national Under-21 team at the end of his present assignment in the on-going FIFA Under-17 World Cup. The recommendation is coming ahead of the Eaglets semi-final game against Spain even as the boys will all be elevated to same cadre with him.

When the draws for the final phase of the African qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup was announced pitting the Super Eagles against Tunisia, Mozambique and Kenya, most football followers in Nigeria heaved a sigh of relief.

FORMER Arsenal Vice Chairman, David Dean, would be among the dignitaries that would watch the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria when they tackle Spain in the second semi-final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup today at the Teslim Balogun Stadium. The former Arsenal boss was invited to Nigeria by FIFA and CAF member, Dr. Amos Adamu.