It is taking Nigerian athletes home and abroad a great effort it seems, to shatter some of the national records that have been in existence for a decade and beyond. And in 2014 the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN officials are eager to see these records, particularly in the men’s events, erased.

As the Super Eagles confront the Atlas Lions of Morocco today in the quarter finals of the ongoing Cup of Nations, CHAN, taking place in South Africa, the Senate President, David Mark has urged the Nigerian team to put in their best in the encounter, reports Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Joseph Erunke.

Chelsea’s Ghanian international midfielder Michael Essien has joined AC Milan, the Italian Serie A side announced on Friday.

Agboola Pinheiro, a member, Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) on Friday said that a stakeholder’s forum to hold on Jan. 29 in Abuja would produce the 2014 action-plan for basketball.

According to him, the league is made up of young footballers who are prone to deviant behaviour and that there is need to engage experts with the ability to manage teenagers.