The secretary-general of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Bolaji Ojo-Oba, has announced that the country will not play a warm-up game before their World Cup qualifier against Tunisia in Abuja on September 6. Nigeria were on line for a friendly against Argentina before the Tunisia match in Abuja.

Chairman of Delta State Sports Commission, Amaju Pinnick, went into celebration yesterday when world football governing body, FIFA, officially announced Warri and Kaduna as venues for the U-17 World Cup that Nigeria will host this October.

Nwankwo Kanu has assured Portsmouth supporters that he will not be leaving Fratton Park at the end of his contract as he is close to agreeing a new deal.

Director of Communications of the Confederation of Africa Football, Suleiman Habuba, has sent congratulatory messages to a man of the people, Alhaji Abdulrahman Shuaibu, who has been turbaned the Talban Mubi in Adamawa State.

FIFA announced on Monday that one of four German journalists injured in a car crash on their way to a Confederations Cup semi-final match has died.