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Nations Cup: All eyes on quarter-final clashes

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Zambia, Cote d’ Ivoire, Gabon and Ghana appear the likely winners of the 2012 Cup of Nations quarter-finals across central Africa this weekend. The football feast begins Saturday with two fixtures in Equatorial Guinea — Zambia and Sudan in mainland port city Bata followed by the co-hosts and Cote d’ Ivoire in island […]

Picture: Scores die in Egypt’s soccer stadium stampede

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

In terms of global visibility there could hardly be a greater contrast between Wednesday’s soccer disaster in Egypt which claimed the lives of at least 73 people and the world’s worst recorded stadium disaster in which 340 people died in Moscow in 1982. Video footage of the riot in Port Said between fans of […]

Security fears threaten Arsenal tour of Nigeria

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

PASSIONATE football lovers in Nigeria, who already look forward to the proposed Arsenal pre-season playing tour of the country in June, may have their hopes dashed if feelers emanating from the English Premier League club are anything to go by. Stakeholders in the English Premier League side are beginning to query the rationale behind taking […]

N1.2m Facebook account, House summons Nigeria’s sports chief, Ekeji

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Chief Patrick Ekeji is reportedly being summoned by the House of Representatives over the Commission’s expenditures, including N1.2 million for Facebook account. In a high profile investigation panel set up by the House of Representatives over allegations of financial misappropriation and abuse of office, Chief […]

Robbers attack Sunshine Stars

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Dare devil armed robbers attacked Nigeria Premier League side Sunshine Stars of Akure on their way to Katsina-Ala for the Week five match against Lobi Stars of Makurdi. The men of the underworld swooped on the team around Isua-Akoko in Ondo State and succeded in carting away valuables items like handsets, team jerseys, bags, boots […]

It’s been difficult signing Taye Taiwo—Mark Hughes

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

QUEEN’S Park Rangers coach, Mark Hughes said getting Nigerian international, Taye Taiwo to play for him is a coup of sort. Hughes yesterday told the club’s website he had courted the left back for three years before capturing the player finally. Hughes was keen on the Nigerian left-back while managing both Blackburn Rovers […]

Kenya protests Nigeria’s ‘over-aged’ player

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Kenya’s female Under-17 team has written petition to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), claiming that its Nigerian counterpart fielded an over-aged player in a World Cup qualifier at the weekend. A top CAF official disclosed that the body has received a formal complaint from Kenya in this respect. The Nigeria’s Under-17 girls, nicknamed Flamingoes, […]

Nations Cup: Cote d’Ivoire coach happy with slow start

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Cote d’Ivoire have made a habit of starting well and fading at the end in the Africans Nations Cup, so coach Francois Zahoui was more than happy with their slow start this time. Zahoui, who has put the Elephants back on track after their first-round exit at the last World Cup, saw nothing wrong […]

West Brom place £8m tag on Odemwingie

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Despite the speculation linking Nigeria’s Osaze Odemwingie with a move from West Brom, the club on Monday attempted to put off potential suitors of the striker by putting an £8m price-tag on his head. The striker has been heavily linked with Fulham this month while Championship promotion hopefuls West Ham are also said to be […]

Don’t kill football with court cases – Ladipo

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

The recent Justice Donatus Okorowo’s verdict, declaring the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) boards illegal has been described as another clog in the Nigerian football’s wheel of progress. The President of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo, while reacting to the Abuja High Court judgement, said that it […]