Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback, is compiling data on the players he has shortlisted on his provisional 45-man squad for the World Cup, and also speaking to the coaches of their respective squad, team spokesman Idah Peterside says.

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has always shown interest in sports.

He supervised the organisation of FIFA Under 17 World Cup last year and compelled the authorities to hire a foreign coach for the Eagles for the World Cup.

Ibrahim Isa Bio, the newly appointed minister and Chairman National Sports Commission, yesterday, visited the NSC secretariat in an apparent bid to familiarise himself with the environment he would operate for the next 13 months.

All the Nigerian athletes selected to participate at the maiden Youth Olympics August in Singapore are to undergo Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test to ascertain if they are within the stipulated age limit.

Chinedu Odiah got the marching orders as his club CSKA of Moscow went down to Inter Milan in Tuesday’s Champions League second leg quarter-final. Ordia who was having a good match was red- carded after he made a hard tackle at Inter’s Samuel Eto’o in the 49th minute. He had earlier on been warned by […]