Athletics Federation of Nigeria president, Solomon Ogba has always been seen in sports circles as the man with the midas touch. And, indeed, the man whose performance in Delta State as Sports Commissioner dwarfed all the other states in Nigeria has brought his magical touch to bear in athletics.

Zinedine Zidane, who has been tipped to one day manage France, will soon begin training to be a coach while he works at Real Madrid’s youth academy, the Spanish club said Monday.

Pinnick Amaju tried to analyse Nigeria’s chances of winning a gold medal here and asked “how can a whole country of more than 150 million be chasing one gold?”

Not only does Kobe Bryant think the US Olympic team of NBA stars could beat the 1992 Dream Team, but he says the 2008 gold medal squad he played upon would defeat the 2010 US world champions.

Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand has been charged by the Football Association in relation to comments made on Twitter in the wake of the recent John Terry racism trial.