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Picture: Olympics: Nigeria soar over Tunisia in men’s basketball

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Monday, July 30th, 2012

COACH of the Tunisia basketball team, Abdel Tlatli, has said that lack of real international exposure put a lot of pressure on his team in the match a against Nigeria. The Tunisians lost 60-56 to Nigerians in the men’s opening match at the London Olympics. He maintained that Nigerian players have always been at advantage […]

Picture: AYC 2013 qualifier: Flying Eagles soar above Tanzania

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Photo: Sun News Publishing Nigeria’s Shehu Abdullahi (l) in action Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 22:09 Nigeria’s Under-20 team, the Flying Eagles, took a massive step towards reaching the third round qualifying series of the 2013 African Youth Championship after it defeated host, Tanzania 2–1 yesterday. Enugu Rangers’ striker, Alhaji Gero, netted a first-half brace, before […]

Picture: Greek Olympic star banned from the London games for racist tweet against Africans

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Sports, Track & Field Thursday, July 26th, 2012

It was meant to be a joke, but the joke became a costly one for Voula Papachristou, a Greek track star who has been banned from participating in the London Olympic over a tweet she posted on account, @papaxristoutj. Her tweet which was written in Greek was translated as “With so […]

Olympics: Second dope test rules Nigerian athletes out of London

Posted by admin Headlines, Sports, Track & Field Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

The mandatory second test carried out on three alleged drug-tainted Nigerian athletes in Surrey, United Kingdom, has confirmed two of the athletes to have failed the dope test and completely ruled out of the 2012 Olympics. Vivian Chikwuemeka, Lauretta Ozoh and Regina George were alleged to have tested positive for banned substance. One of them […]

Olympics: I’m not scared of Americans, Jamaicans – Okagbare

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Sports, Track & Field Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare believes she can upset the pecking order at the Olympics and outshine her 100m rivals from Jamaica and the United States. The 23-year-old has hit form at the right time, dipping under 11 seconds twice this month to record victories at both the London and Monaco Diamond League events against her […]

Olympics: Team Nigeria seeks better outing at London Olympics

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

July 25, 2012 by Kazeem Busari When the athletes flying Nigeria’s flag at the London Olympics begin their events, their aims will not be to just feature in the Games but to win medals and etch their names in history. They have the chance, just as every athlete from other participating nations, to return home […]

Falcons battle Cameroon at African Women’s Championship

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

Defending champions Nigeria will have the chance to gain some revenge over Cameroon at the finals of the African Women’s Championship later this year. They were drawn in Group B on Tuesday by the Confederation of African Football with Ivory Coast and Ethiopia. The Indomitable Lionesses beat the Super Falcons to reach the Olympic football […]

Portsmouth coach dares Kanu, others

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, July 16th, 2012

PORTMOUTH manager, said Nigerian international Kanu Nwankwo can go ahead and sue the club even as he insists on dropping all the club’s senior players from the team. There had been reports that the former Nigeria striker could sue the club for breach of contract, but Appleton says he is leaving that for administrator Trevor […]

Kanu Goes to War with Portsmouth

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, July 13th, 2012

Former Super Eagles skipper, Nwankwo Kanu Former Super Eagles skipper, Nwankwo Kanu Thursday accused Portsmouth FC of England of ‘utter contempt and disrespect’ and pledged to continue to boycott training . To drum support for his action against Portsmouth, Kanu has already filed claims running into millions of pounds against the Blues with the English […]

Yobo sad over Fenerbahce treatment

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, July 13th, 2012

Nigeria skipper Joseph Yobo is sad over his treatment by Fenerbahce . Yobo has spent the last two seasons on loan in Turkey. With the Turkish vice-champions due to start pre-season training next week, the defender wants to know his fate. Negotiations are ongoing between the management of Everton and the Yellow Canaries on a […]