Lagos State, under Governor Babatunde Fashola, has continued to build foundation for the rebirth of the state as the home of football in the country.

Former Davis Cup great, Sadiq Abdullahi, has blamed his generation of accomplished tennis players for the decadence that has become the lot of Nigerian tennis in the last decade.

ABIA State Governor, T. A. Orji, was blunt yesterday when he visited Enyimba International of Aba before their departure to Lagos to keep a date with their Federation Cup final against Sharks FC of Port Harcourt on Sunday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.

Lagos State Government has concluded plans to host the 2009 Federation Cup final scheduled to begin on July 12th, 2009 even as it said it has earmarked over N6 million for all the expenses concerning entertainment.
The opening match will be between Eyimba of Aba and Sharks of Port Harcourt.

AT last, Nigeria’s junior athletes who have been at the mercy of the Italian Embassy in the country finally left this shores last night for Rome to be part of the World Youth Championship which kicked off on Tuesday. The embassy eventually granted travel visas to the junior athletes after higher authorities prevailed on the Italians who had earlier remained adamant not to do so.