Chelsea duo Michael Essien and Didier Drobga are in the square ropes as Ghana and Cote’d Ivoire fight for who controls group B of the Nations Cup after Togo pulled out due to the terror attack.

SIXTEEN teams have been slated to feature in the second annual maritime Football competition organised by Nigeria’s leading maritime media company, Ships & Ports Communication Company Limited.

STEPHEN Okechukwu Keshi requires little introduction. I suppose the authorities of Nigerian football need to know him, if they were serious about the things they should do. If not for few hitches that attended his efforts in Togo, he would have taken Togo to the 2006 World Cup as the coach. He qualified Togo for the World Cup then the troubles followed.

Usain Bolt is likely to miss this year’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi, according to the sprinter’s manager.
Ricky Simms was quoted on Sunday as saying the Jamaican _ the Olympic and world champion over 100 and 200 metres and the 4x100m relay _ could not consider the October event a priority.

The incompetence of coach Shaibu Amodu’s technical crew was brought to the fore in Angola when Eagles’ striker Obafemi Martins made a sudden departure to Germany to seek treatment for his injured right shin.