The Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation will on Thursday meet in Abuja to give a verdict on the matter of Delta State Football Association Chairman, Mr. Amaju Pinnick, over public statements capable of putting the NFF and its leadership to ridicule.

Stand-in chief coach of the home-based Eagles, Daniel Amokachi, is one who does not toy with words. He often times sounds evasive. But after his team defeated a very technically disciplined Senegalese team in the final of the first WAFU Nations Cup in Abeokuta, Sunday, the former Ranchers Bees forward was expansive in his mood and generous in his comments.

Two months to the 2010 World Cup, former Nigeria international and Atlanta ‘96 gold medalist, Garba Lawal, has questioned the degree of patriotism and sense of commitment in the present crop of players in the national team and prayed that the new coach could reinvent that spirit in Eagles’ camp.

Heartland midfielder Ikechukwu Ibenegbu is hoping that his ability to deliver quality set-pieces will earn him a spot in Nigeria’s World Cup squad in June.

Delta State swimmers to the second Chief of Navy Staff open swimming championship again reaffirmed the notion that champions die hard as they swept the stakes and topped the medal table with a whooping 17 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze medals to win the three-day event.