ONE of Nigeria’s most enterprising forward, Ike Uche has hailed the appointment of coach Lars Lagerback but warned that the appointment is no automatic guarantee to success. “It is a good thing that we have a new manager but we have to buckle up because time is not on our side”, the player who missed the Nations Cup in Angola due to injury said.

Odense Boldklub (OB) top scorer, Peter Utaka has welcomed the appointment of Lars Lagerback as Eagles coach to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Nigeria’s new Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback, said in Abuja yesterday that a place in the FIFA World Cup semi-finals is a realistic target for the Green Eagles.

Newly unveiled Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback, has been described as ‘a strict disciplinarian and an organised coach who is ‘not charismatic’.

After almost three hours of deliberation of its Technical Committee, the Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), has invited 118 chess players for the first stage of the World Chess Olympiad trials which will come up at the National Stadium, Lagos from 21st-27th of this month.