Minister and Chairman National Sports Commission, Sani Ndanusa, yesterday, urged the Golden Eaglets to beat New Zealand to advance in the Fifa Under-17 World Cup.

Nigeria Football Federation officials are making their own travel plans for Nairobi, after they were left unhappy with the seats allocated to them by the Presidential Task Force in an earlier arrangement.

On several occasions over the past 10 days, Hausa, Gabriel and Tanimu have left Kaduna University, dropped their books at home and headed off into a novel new world full of passion and enthusiasm.

Nigeria Head Coach, Audu Adamu, has picked the 12 players that will represent the country at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup taking place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates between 16th and 22nd of November.

Just like in the female basketball league where First Bank Basketball Club continued to dominate in the Zenith Bank Female League, Kano Pillars Basketball Club have retained the male title of the 2009 DStv Premier League concluded in Lagos Tuesday. They beat Lagos Islanders 83-72.