That Nigerian players are blessed with technique is never in doubt. In fact, their technical abilities marvel Europeans and other football nations. They are usually likened to those of Brazil, the kings of the game of soccer.

World football governing body FIFA has now set August 7 as the new date for the Draw Ceremony of the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals, which Nigeria will host October/November this year.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have dropped to the 34th spot in the July edition of the FIFA world rankings that have Confederations Cup winners, Brazil returning to the top on Wednesday, for the first time since August 2007, by jumping four places and knocking European champions Spain down to second spot.

Despite suffering a Federation Cup q-final defeat to Enyimba, Shooting Stars Chief Coach Franklin Howard says the team has come to stay, stressing that Tuesday’s result confirms the fact that 3SC can hold its own against the big boys of Nigerian football.

The national beach soccer team, otherwise known as ‘Supersand Eagles’ mauled their counterparts from Mauritius 13-0 in their first match of the African Beach Soccer Championship in Durban, South Africa yesterday.
Veteran striker Isiaka Olawale hit six goals past the hapless Mauritian goalkeeper as he nonchallantly announced his fourth appearance at the continental championship.

The secretary-general of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Bolaji Ojo-Oba, has announced that the country will not play a warm-up game before their World Cup qualifier against Tunisia in Abuja on September 6. Nigeria were on line for a friendly against Argentina before the Tunisia match in Abuja.

Chairman of Delta State Sports Commission, Amaju Pinnick, went into celebration yesterday when world football governing body, FIFA, officially announced Warri and Kaduna as venues for the U-17 World Cup that Nigeria will host this October.

Nwankwo Kanu has assured Portsmouth supporters that he will not be leaving Fratton Park at the end of his contract as he is close to agreeing a new deal.

Director of Communications of the Confederation of Africa Football, Suleiman Habuba, has sent congratulatory messages to a man of the people, Alhaji Abdulrahman Shuaibu, who has been turbaned the Talban Mubi in Adamawa State.

FIFA announced on Monday that one of four German journalists injured in a car crash on their way to a Confederations Cup semi-final match has died.

UNITED States of America Sunday night shocked the world when they took an amazing 2-0 lead against the kings of soccer, Brazil in the Confederation Cup final at Ellis Park, Johannesburg.

Amodu Shuaibu believes that the Eagles now have the conducive atmosphere and necessary support to deliver a 2010 World Cup ticket to Nigeria.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has set June 30 deadline for the submission of entries for the Nkoyo Ibori Classics slated to hold this weekend in Oghara, Delta State.

Abia State Governor, Dr. Theodore Orji, has called on Local Government chairmen in the state to rally round World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) Africa’s heavyweight champion, Osita Offor, popularly known as De Ultimate Commander towards his title defence against Joe Legend of Canada.

“You have done so   much for track and field in this country that I have come, on behalf of the board, to say ‘Thank you’ and to assure you that we will always endeavour to build on the blocks of your sponsorship.” This, was the opening  sentence of the newly elected President of the Athletics […]