The Nigeria-Ghana rivalry was rekindled at the weekend in Lagos when the Accra Tennis Club visited Ikoyi Club 1938 Tennis section for the 2009 Nigeria-Ghana International Tennis Tournament.

While their names and faces have become familiar, the roads paved by Jamaican Usain Bolt and American Sanya Richards on the way to their World Athlete of the Year honours were anything but ordinary. Indeed, the pair continued to add superlatives to their already extraordinary resumes with total dominance in their respective events in 2009.

Nigeria’s Green Eagles have been valued at N1 billion by the Nigeria Football Federation as the Glass House seeks to renegotiate their sponsorship deal for the senior national team.

Nigeria defender Danny Shittu says he is making good progress on his way to recovery from the injury which kept him out of the Green Eagles decisive World Cup qualifying game against Kenya.

For the avoidance of doubt, NFF President Sani Lulu Abdullahi, said yesterday that the Federation has not at anytime declared vacant the position of Super Eagles’ Head Coach, currently occupied by Shuaibu Amodu.