All roads will next weekend lead to Abuja, the nation’s capital city for two events, the Verallen Scrabble Classics and the 2010 World Cup/Nations Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia.

Tests have revealed Caster Semenya’s testosterone level to be three times higher than those normally expected in a female sample, BBC Sport understands.

The Chairman of the Print media committee for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, Bolaji Adebiyi, said yesterday that Nigeria Football Federation has assured that the Eaglets would be ready for the event.

The list of nominees for the ground breaking AIT Football Awards is ready to be presented to the public. In a press release by event manager, Neo Media and Marketing, the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ehi Braimah, said the list is ready for the public. “The Award Committee first met two weeks ago at the […]

No fewer than 6,000 young footballers participated in the Zonal Trials of the ongoing Oceanic Football Talent Hunt with Jay Jay Okocha over the weekend at the playing ground of the Nigeria Army cantonment at Ikeja, Lagos.

Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini admitted Monday that managing all of the Spanish giants’ new stars “will not be easy” this season.
“That will be the big challenge of this project. Many were top players at their clubs, it will not be easy,” sports daily Marca quoted him as saying.

A total of 29 players in Nigeria’s team preparing for this year’s Fifa Under-17 World Cup are believed to have failed the MRI bone scan test.A letter from Fifa to the NFF over the weekend stated that: “13 out of the 36-man squad failed the test on level 6, while 16 others failed the tests on levels 4 and 5.” This means that only 7 out of the 36-strong squad are eligible for the tournament.

THE Management Board of Rangers International Football Club of Enugu wants former Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles, Clemens Westerhof, to handle the coal city club in the next season ahead of the September 5 interview slated for those wishing to take up the job and other vacant positions in the club.

Shaibu Amodu, the Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, has included Obinna Nwaneri and John Utaka but dropped Daniel Shittu and Joseph Akpala from the squad in his last minute decision to bloat his team to 23 for the crunchy September 6 South Africa 2010 World Cup qualifier against Tunisia in Abuja.

After a disappointing outing at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics concluded Sunday inside the Olympic stadium here in Berlin, the Nigerian contingent led by Athletic Federation of Nigeria president, Chief Solomon Ogba, will start arriving Nigeria today in batches.

A total of 29 players in Nigeria’s team preparing for this year’s Fifa Under-17 World Cup are believed to have failed the MRI bone scan test.A letter from Fifa to the NFF over the weekend stated that: “13 out of the 36-man squad failed the test on level 6, while 16 others failed the tests on levels 4 and 5.” This means that only 7 out of the 36-strong squad are eligible for the tournament.

AS Nigerians look forward to the September 6 all-important match against Tunisia in the 2010 World Cup qualifier, assistant coach of the Super Eagles, Daniel ‘The Bull’ Amokachi, said that “qualification is in our hands”.

Senate President, David Mark, was an angry man over the weekend following the dismal performance of the country’s contingent to the recently concluded IAAF World Championship in Berlin, Germany.

The 12th World Athletics Championships ended here in Berlin yesterday with Nigeria not being able to change their story since 1999 when they last won medals in the greatest athletics championships.

The board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria has appointed an eight_man investigation panel to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the recent dope failures by Nigerian athletes.