Defending champions Yobe Desert Warriors is expected to lead Nigeria elite hockey clubs in finals of the International Energy Insurance (IEI) Premier Hockey League this Friday, August 24, 2012 through to September 1, 2012 at the Abuja Hockey Pitches.

Super Eagles skipper, Joseph Yobo played his first competitive game in the European Champions League qualifier for Turkish side Fernabahce against Emmanuel Emenike’s Spartak Moscow on Tuesday, with a huge sigh of relief that he is back to competitive football after three months.

Nigeria’s U-20 Women National Team were on Wednesday denied a second victory by Brazil who got a late equalizer to secure a 1-1 draw at the on-going FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Saitama, Japan.

Strikers Osaze Odemwingie and Brown Ideye will be recalled by Nigeria as they gun for a win in next month’s AFCON qualifier in Liberia.

Fernando Torres’s controversial late goal proved decisive as Chelsea staged a second half recovery to secure a 4-2 Premier League victory over promoted Reading at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.