DR Congo Ineligible Player: NFF sent petition to wrong email – FIFA
One of the technical grounds on which FIFA dismissed Nigeria’s protest against DR Congo for fielding an ineligible player in the world cup qualifiers was that the mail which they used in sending the petition wasn’t the right one.
Idowu’s no show in Doha pains UK coach
UK Athletics head coach ,Charles van Commenee is disappointed by Phillips Idowu’s decision to withdraw from the World Indoor Championships starting today in Doha Qatar.
Emelieze, Egworo, Adigun bear Nigeria burden at Doha
Disquiet, that is the state in which Nigerian athletes sneaked into Doha, Qatar where the IAAF World Indoor Championships is running this weekend.
Semi-final target for Lagerback: Tall Order
Despite the chest-thumping in the Glass House after the successful engagement of a renowned coach, Lars Lagerback for the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup-bound national team, there is a subdued pessimism over the semi-final target handed the Swede by the panel of interviewers. Nigerians have spoken and queried the semi final target as a tall order baring the short time to the World Cup.
IDAHOR: Catalogue of deaths in football
Nigerian footballer, Endurance Idahor collapsed and died in Sudan while playing for Sudanese champions, El Merreikh on Saturday, in Khartoum. Reports suggest that the former national U-20 player was felled after a tackle left him on his back and couldn’t breath again. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
How Lagerback beat others to Eagles job, agent
Newly appointed Eagles’ technical adviser, Lars Lagerback burnt the ‘midnight candle’ and was adequately ready to take on for the Nigeria Football Federation interview panel, which screened four other coaches for the position.
