Arteta agrees new Arsenal contract with pay rise — Reports
Mikel Arteta has agreed a new and improved contract with Premier League champions Arsenal, according to reports.
Abdominal pain forces Messi out of Club World Cup semi
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi will miss Thursday’s Club World Cup semi-final against China’s Guangzhou Evergrande in Yokohama because of abdominal pain, the Spanish club said. The Argentine wizard, who returned last month after a lengthy knee injury, is suffering from renal colic, a problem commonly caused by kidney stones. “His future availability will depend on […]
Blatter before FIFA judges
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter went to the world body’s headquarters Thursday to answer corruption allegations amid a report that Switzerland has frozen more than $50 million in accounts suspected to be linked to football bribes.
Siasia: We can surpass Beijing’s feat
Fresh from winning the CAF Under-23 African Cup of Nations, Nigeria coach Samson Siasia believes his achievement at the Beijing 2008 Olympics can be surpassed. Siasia, a veteran of football tournaments of sorts, won a silver medal at the 2008 Games, and after earning the right to be at the 2016 Games in Brazil, the […]
I’ll step on toes, Dalung warns NFF
Youth and Sports minister Solomon Dalung has called on the Nigeria Football Federation to pay all outstanding salaries and allowances owed to coaches and players before the Christmas celebrations. The NFF recently declared itself broke and unable to meet its obligations to staff and the national teams under its scope. But Dalung who was speaking […]
Sports Minister tells NOC to fight drug abuse
Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has urged the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) to join the fight against drug abuse by Nigerian athletes, saying that the menace was against the spirit of Olympism. Speaking during the NOC’s annual general meeting held at the Yankari Games Resort and Safari, the minister, represented by the director general of the […]
