Nigeria are among the favourites going into the FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009, given that the squad includes a series of players who helped  win the FIFA U_17 World Cup Korea 2007. The pressure is, therefore, firmly on the shoulders of coach Samson Siasia to mastermind a triumphant campaign. However, the Flying Eagles finished […]

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will not be lacking in support when they begin their campaign to win the FIFA World Youth Championship in Egypt this week. Oche Peters, a former Udoji United coach who runs the Supreme International Sports Academy in Cairo, says their performance at the 5 Nation tournament earlier this year when they finished […]

Like every Nigerian, John Momoh (OON), Chairman/CEO of Channels Television, is worried about the steady decline of sports in the country and he, with his team at the Lagos-based televison station, are set to stem the slide. The decline, he said, apart from administrative failures, stems from the neglect of grass-root sports development from where […]

By Solomon Nwoke CHINA ‘85 Nigeria’s Under-17 winning team captain, Nduka Ugbade, has said that the Flying Eagles opponents in their opening match of the FIFA U-20 World Youth Championship, Venezuela, could be a surprise team of  Group B of the Championship which starts  today. Nigeria’s match against Venezuela comes up on Friday, but Ugbade […]

Chairman of the Nigeria’s Professional League board, Oyuiki Obaseki, has sent words to Heartland and Kano Pillars, describing them as “good ambassadors of the Nigerian league.”