Nigeria’s football suffered a big blow yesterday as the country’s Premier league champions, Kano Pillars Football Club were bundled out of the CAF African Champions League by AS Vita of the Democratic Republic of Congo on a 4-3 goals aggregate.

Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke has issued a warning to host cities of the 2014 Brazil World Cup ahead of a key visit to the nation. Valcke will arrive in Brazil today in order to assess the readiness of venues for this summer’s tournament.

Cross River state government is in a race to complete the refurbishing of the U.J Esuene Stadium tartan tracks, which is in bad shape. The yearly Calabar Carnival was partly responsible for the damage. Of late the stadium became a destination for athletics as the Cross River State government embarked on an aggressive develop-ment of athletics talents in its locality and also its decision to sponsor the All Nigeria track and field championships for three years running made the stadium a beehive for athletics activities.

The Orubebe Invitational Golf Champion, OIGC that will be held in Sapele, Delta State is about to shape the way things are being done in Sapele. A city once regarded as the most famous in the Niger Delta Region. Sapele is an ancient city that is enveloped in several levels of memories ranging from Port Services, West Africa’s most popular Wood Industry, AT & P, Sapele Athletic Club and others too numerous to mention.

Stevan Jovetic and Samir Nasri scored as Manchester City reached the FA Cup quarter-finals with a potentially significant 2-0 victory over Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.