With three more games standing between the Super Eagles and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, renowned sports journalist and CEO/Chairman of the first sports radio, Brila FM, Larry Izamoje has urged the team to DIE (emphasis his) playing the games.

Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan say its planning to hit the Globacom Premier League in a big way come next season. The Oluyole Warriors secured a Premier League ticket after a tedious stay in the less fancied Professional Division One league.

Super Eagles fringe player and Bayelsa United defender Chibuzor Okonkwo says he will not be dorning the colours of 2009 Globacom Premier League Champions Bayelsa United come next season. The bulwark at the heart of Bayelsa United’s defence says he has achieved what he wants with Bayelsa United and it was time for him to continue his ambition in Europe.

When Lucas Glover won his first Tour event at Disney in 2005, he was the game’s hot new thing.
He looked likely to make the 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team. He was a star. Everybody loved him. And then they didn’t.
No more victories followed, and Glover, now 29, found himself written off. By last September, after finishing tied for 13th at the BMW Championship in St. Louis, he’d had it. Knowing his Tour card was secure for 2009, Glover walked away from the game.

The lack of a good nursery system in Nigerian sports over the years led to a sharp drop in the quality of talents, which has inadvertently led to a serious decline in sports in the country. Owing to this and other factors, Nigeria now occupies an unenviable position in continental and global sports.