By Solomon Nwoke FORMER African fastest woman, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi is so sure that the present Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) boss, Chief Solomon Ogba has the capacity to turn- around the lot of athletics in the country.

JUST as the call for Austin Jay Jay Okocha to return to the Eagles gathers momentum, ex-international, Binebi Numa, has warned him not to succumb to temptation. “Those who are calling on Okocha to come-back are saboteurs.

While the reason adduced by Amodu may sound unreasonable elsewhere, it is perfectly logical in the Nigerian context. The way football analysts and fans criticize the coach and players and call for the employment of Siasia after every match is not encouraging at all. Friendly matches are not supposed to be a do or die […]

THE temptation to give up on Nigeria is high. Often, there are more than enough reasons to think along this line. The media are replete with stories of embezzlement, official tardiness, and countless indications that ours is a country under going serious challenges.

A former Super Eagles international, Victor Ikpeba, and ace broadcaster, Larry Izamoje, have defended the style of Coach Shaibu Amodu during games.

Event sponsors NNPC/Mobil have releases the over 5 million naira prize money for this week end’s track and field championship holding at the National Stadium Abuja.

Solomon Ogba, not gifted with height, walked tall yesterday when legendary Lee Evans arrived the country courtesy of his invitation as the new President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria.

Delta’s victory at 19th edition of the National Darts Open competition in Makudi, Benue State will mark the beginning of good things for the players in the state.

Guinness Nigeria Plc has unveiled former Super Eagles’ captain, Austin Okocha, as its soccer ambassador.
Announcing this in Lagos, Devlin Hainsworth, the Managing Director of the brewery firm, said that Okocha’s exceptional soccer achievements qualified him to become an ambassador of soccer.

Nigeria’s Under-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, will tackle two-time African champions Gambia next month, according to the team coach, John Obuh.

The NPL (Nigeria Premier League) has slapped a six-month ban on Warri Wolves player Okey Nwabeke and has handed life bans to two fans following an incident before a league match between Enugu Rangers and Warri Wolves in Nnewi last season.

Super Eagles goal keeper trainer Alloy Agu has said that the technical crew would intensify their monitoring of players at home and abroad but insisted that time had run out for them to try unknown players. He called such an exercise, gambling.

As at the close of entries on Saturday evening more than 700 athletes had entered for the Mobil Championship and still counting.

Abia State Governor, Theodore Ahamefule Orji, has charged World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) African Heavyweight champion, Osita Offor, better known as De Ultimate Commander, to ensure that he gives a good account of himself in Scotland, where he will be fighting in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship.

For the past few days, the Nigeria mass media has witnessed a plethora of comments, opinions, suggestions and criticism, for and against a pronouncement by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over Warri Wolves qualification to fly the country’s colours in next year’s CAF Cup competition.