Rafeal Leao to wear no. 7 shirt after Ronaldo’s exit
Rafael Leao will wear Portugal’s iconic No. 7 shirt for the first time after Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure from the national team camp amid growing tensions between the veteran forward and coach Jorge Jesus.
No Nigerian ref for Nations Cup
The poor rating of Nigerian referees became glaring yesterday when the list of referees for the Angola Nations Cup was released and no Nigerian referee was considered good enough for the job. Sixteen referees and 16 assistant referees were selected.
2009 GLO-CAF Award Nominees emerge Dec 10
The race for the 2009 Glo-CAF Player of the Year has narrowed down to the final selection of five nominees as the Media Committee and the Technical and Development Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have sent in their votes in line with the procedure for the selection of nominees for the prestigious award.
‘Amodu ’ll be in South Africa’
Despite widespread calls for Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodu to be replaced with a foreign Technical Adviser, the NFF have reiterated their stand that Amodu will definitely be in South Africa next year.
WAUG excites Galadima
Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, former Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation, is looking forward to the forthcoming West Africa University Games Football and Hockey competition with high hopes.
“Kanu’s not yet finished”
Portsmouth manager, Avram Grant, said that long standing striker, Nwankwo Kanu, is not yet a spent force.
Grant who is on fire brigade mission at Portsmouth arrived at this conclusion as Kanu came off the bench to provide an assist for Portsmouth last goal of their 2-0 win over Burnley last weekend.
