Former Stationery Stores FC coach Kashimawo Laloko foresees difficult hurdles for newly elected NPL chairman Davidson Owumi.

Super Eagles winger, Osaze Odemwingie has warned that Nigeria’s obsession with the Argentine threat, might end up jeopardizing the team’s aspirations at the World Cup, taking place for the first time on the African continent.

Super Eagles midfielder John Obi Mikel is eager to prove to Eagles coach Lars Lagerback that he is fit for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Spanish Club, Real Madrid has sacked its coach Manuel Pellegrini after an unsuccessful season, losing the league, La Liga to arch rival, Bacelona and crashing out of the Champions League.

Inactivity of the Eagles in recent months manifested in the team, dropping a step down on the FIFA rankings for the month May.

The Inspector General of Police, Ogbonna Onovo, has assigned nine police officers to travel with the Nigeria Football Supporters club to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup beginning June 11 to July 11. The officers will be attached to the supporters club throughout the World Cup period.

The national team yesterday held their Saudi Arabian counterparts to a goalless draw in a pre-World Cup warm-up match played in Wattens, Austria.

The Nigeria Football Federation has stated that it is not taking anyone to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa for the purpose of a jamboree.

Nigeria’s foremost queen of the track, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, has applauded the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, for introducing the Golden League series in the countries athletics calendar.|

MTN, preferred by many Nigerians, recorded another impressive feat in its determination to cater for people in the country. The company turned the commercial city of Kano agog last weekend following the arrival of the world’s biggest ball in the ancient city.