Two players from the United Arab Emirate have fallen to the magnetic resonance imaging test carried out on virtually all players in the on-going FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the country.

Golden Eaglets coach, John Obuh, has said that he is battling to ensure that his players overcome the nightmarish start against Germany, when they confront Honduras in today’s match.

Chairman of the Marketing Committee for the on-going FIFA Under 17 World Cup, Mike Itemuagbor, said yesterday that the trophy tour his committee organised was not funded by the government.

The poor organisationthat has trailed the preparation of the Fifa Under-17 World Cup came to a head yesterday when the United States of America’s team based in the Kano rejected their bus driver when he nearly had a fatal accident while on duty with the team on board.

Perhaps reacting to the outcry of outright abandonment of the Golden Eaglets in the on-going Fifa Under-17 World Cup, the FCT Minister of State, Chuka Odom, last night made available 40,000 tickets to fans to watch the Eaglets against Honduras today at the Abuja National Stadium.

Determined to settle problems emanating from inadequate medical facilities for the ongoing FIFA Under 17 World Cup, sports minister Sani Ndanusa, we gathered intervened and appealed to Delta State to assist the LOC with Ambulance Vehicles.

The Local Organising Committee for the ongoing Fifa Under 17 World Cup is expected to start bubbling again from this week.
We gathered, at the weekend, that he Federal Government late last week approved additional N3 billion for them to take care of the financial crunch that has hit them and which Vanguard had made public.

Dutchman Jo Bonfrere has admitted to BBC Sport that he is keen to coach Nigeria for a third time.
His intervention will increase pressure on the current incumbent, Shaibu Amodu.

THE Nigerian Premier League (NPL) has been put on hold after five weeks of action as a result of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, which the country will host beginning Saturday.

The first place I saw (yes, we have never met) Orji Uzor Kalu was at Enyimba Stadium in one of Enyimba Int’l FC matches. Then he was not the governor of Abia State. The Supporters’ Club then drummed their lives out each match Orji was a spectator because he gave them lavish monetary support.