Messi readies for final farewell in Argentina send-off
Lionel Messi will bring the curtain down on his glittering Argentina career on Tuesday with a farewell friendly against Benin that marks the dawn of a new era for the South American champions.
Ndanusa frowns at facilities for Fifa U-17 World Cup
Sani Ndanusa, the Minister and Chairman National Sports Commission, yesterday, said the main venues for next month’s Fifa Under-17 World Cup are ready to host the cadet championship.
Nigeria must avoid this looming confusion — Keshi
Mali, trained byNigeria’s Stephen Keshi, would have still had a mathematical chance of qualifying for the World Cup had his team beaten Benin Republic and Ghana failed to beat Sudan the same weekend bad fate befell Nigeria in Abuja.
Oliseh blasts half-baked Eagles
Super Eagles’ former captain, Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh, says the current squad is lacking enough character to carry Nigeria through a difficult World Cup terrain like his team did in 2001.
Nigeria ’09: Mobilisation committee holds rally in Lagos, Ijebu-Ode
Public Mobilisation and Awareness Committee for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup swang into action last weekend as rallies were held in Lagos and Ijebu-Ode to sensitise Nigerians on the need to support the fiesta and be homely to all the 24 countries that will start football hostilities in Nigeria between October 24 and November 10.
Lulu rejects FIFA’s MRI
THE Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, may be spoiling for war against world soccer-governing body, FIFA, over the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, in their bid to flush out age cheats in the U-17 World Cup which Nigeria hosts in October.
