FIFA destroying football industry – La Liga chief
The president of the Spanish football league, Javier Tebas, accused FIFA of acting "irresponsibly" following the announcement of discussions regarding a possible 64-team World Cup in 2030, in an interview with an Italian sports daily published Tuesday.
Yak, Ogbuke are jokers for Amodu — Ikpeba
A former Super Eagles player, Victor Ikpeba, believes Chinedu Ogbuke and Yakubu Aiyegbeni could be the joker for coach Shaibu Amodu when Nigeria meets Tunisia on September 6 in Abuja.
Musa’s header lands Enyimba FA Cup
It was a brilliant goal that capped a beautiful football evening. The turn out really showed that Lagos remains a great home of football, a position that Warri also has a tradition to contest, going by their passion.
Enyimba fulfill promise to fans
When Enyimba placed third on the league table, their club chairman, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, promised their fans that they would make up with the FA Cup. The cup, he said, would assuage the hunger of their fans for a league title they felt they had everything to win.
Poor crowd control as fans invade pitch
The Football Federation last night at the Teslim Balogun Stadium still showed incompetence in the area of crowd control, a problem they have always encountered in hosting international matches in Abuja.
Kenya displace USA, Nigeria flops
After Nigeria’s team to the 6th IAAF Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy, failed to achieve anything of substance, attention shifts back to the local scene as athletes round off training ahead of the Mobil Track and Field Championship slated for next weekend in Abuja.
