It is no more news that the World Athletics Championship was held last week and it coasted well in Berlin. The World Championship is the equivalent of the Football World Cup event loved by everyone, a version(U-17) of which is to be hosted by Nigeria this year.

Former Chairman of the Gombe State Football Association, Alhaji Ahmed Gara Gombe has taken his battle to rid sports of injustice and corruption to his home state with a call on the state governor, Alhaji Mohammed Danjuma Goje to investigate the sports commissioner, Alhaji Ahmed Yayari over an alleged ‘missing’ N12 million budget for the club’s FA Cup campaign.

The city of Kano will be agog today as the state football team, Kano Pillars, Nigeria’s flag bearers in the 2009 Africa Champions League aim to topple Al Hilal Omdurman of Sudan in the fourth leg of the group stage of the competition.

A one time junior national team captain, Franklin Howard has commended the united approach by players, coaches and administrators towards ensuring Nigeria beats Tunisia in the 2010 World Cup qualifier on September 6 in Abuja. Speaking in Lagos, Howard, captain of the 1981 set of Flying Eagles commended the total commitment shown by players and coaches of the national team towards making a success of the remainder of Nigeria’s group matches against Tunisia, Kenya and Mozambique.

The last two weeks have not been too nice for Nigeria because her name was dragged in the mud, first by the age scandal which is threatening the existence of the present U-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets and then the drug scandal involving her athletes as well as their woeful performance at the just concluded IAAF Championships in Berlin, Germany.