Pele, who was the toast of everyone at the State House, was one of the members of a delegation of the International Olympic Committee which was led by its President, Mr. Jacques Rogge, on a courtesy visit to the Nigeria leader.
Speaking at the occasion, Yar’Adua said the Federal Government would implement a comprehensive sports development programme in the country.

Issa Hayatou, the president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), has given his vote of confidence in 2010 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Angola.

National boxing coach, Obisia Nwankpa, has attributed the failure of Nigeria in amateur boxing in recent times to lack of international exposure. He said that for Nigeria to bounce back to her winning ways in boxing there must be a conscious effort on the part of the Nigerian Boxing Federation, NBF, to organise foreign training tours and competitions to expose our young talents.

FATHER of Super Eagles’ striker, Peter Osaze Odemwingie (Jnr.), Dr. Peter Odemwingie, Tuesday in Benin, escaped assassins’ bullet in an assassination attempt on his life in the Edo State capital, Benin.

John Mikel Obi will this week sign a new five-year deal with Chelsea that will catapult him to the top rung of the club’s big earners.

ABUJA — Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, while declaring the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees in Africa open yesterday said that Nigeria’s acceptance to host the permanent secretariat of ANOCA was a means of demonstrating the resolve of the federal government to develop sports at all levels. Later, the president of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge performed the foundation stone laying ceremony for the permanent secretariat of the ANOCA.

Chief Solomon Ogba gathered athletes, coaches and offciating officials at the Nkoyi Ibori Classics on Saturday and bared his mind:

A combination of clinical finishing and solid defence allowed Nigeria to beat Ivory Coast 7-4 in a thrilling final of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Qualifier Durban on Sunday.

A MONTHLY soccer  tournament to consolidate the existing peace and unity in Warri South Local Government Area was weekend, flagged off at the Federal Government College football pitch, Warri. The competition which is the first to be organised by the local government since its creation is tagged: “Warri South Inter-Community Cup.” In an address at […]

Roger Federer made history on Sunday when he defeated brave Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 16-14 to win a sixth Wimbledon title and claim a record 15th Grand Slam crown in a classic final.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni  thinks he will be fit Everton’s opening match of the season against Arsenal. The Nigerian striker ruptured his Achilles against Tottenham Hotspur last November and has since undergone a strict rehabilitation programme. After responding well to treatment he has set his sights on the Toffees’ Barclays Premier League match with the Gunners on […]

Beach Eagles’ hero, Isiaka Olawale, has said that Nigeria rightly deserved to emerge African champions after shooting the team to a thumping victory over Cote d’ Ivoire on Sunday in Durban, South Africa.

Onyeabor Ngwogu, Nigeria’s best sprinter on the local scene at the weekend fell for an old trick most athletes adopt to frustrate out favourites for a title. He got disqualified from becoming the winner of the sprint event of the reinvented Nkoyo Ibori Super Classic.

A combination of clinical finishing and solid defence allowed Nigeria to beat Ivory Coast 7-4 in a thrilling final of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Qualifier Durban on Sunday.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni thinks he will be fit Everton’s opening match of the season against Arsenal.
The Nigerian striker ruptured his Achilles against Tottenham Hotspur last November and has since undergone a strict rehabilitation programme.