FIFA president Sepp Blatter confirmed on Friday that he would favour playing the controversial 2022 Qatar World Cup in November and December.

“It   must  have   been love, but it’s over now”. Perhaps this is the song sprinter, Gloria Asumnu is humming under her breath after she was served a six-month suspension notice by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria. The quick to nettle athlete, according to the AFN, was fed the disciplinary soup for refusing to run the […]

Despite the tough weather conditions that characterised the early stage of the MTN World Golfers Championship in Durban, South Africa, the Nigerian Team gave a good account itself by finishing an all-time high 8th position. The biggest amateur golf tournament in the world, ended in South Africa, last weekend.

Coach Manu Garba is a devout Moslem. Humble and unassuming, Garba has steered the Eaglets to great heights at the 2013 FIFA u-17 World Cup final, which ended at the Mohamed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, with the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria beating Mexico 3 -0, which was a great show of football artistry by youngsters.

Nigerians by now are used to seeing their youth teams do well at the FIFA under age competitions, most especially the under-17 World Cup, which the Golden Eaglets have won a record four times and finished as runners up at four different occasions.