The late footballer, Olufemi Adebayo’s mother, Mrs. Titilayo Adefemi, yesterday, lamented that it was a long time she saw her son even before his sudden death on Monday. Mrs. Adefemi, speaking at the family home in Ikorodu, Lagos, regretted that she would not see her son alive again. She revealed that she had not set […]
The Cubs of Cameroon will be clashing with group leaders, the Flying Eagles of Nigeria today in a game pundits have dubbed the final before the finale in the 2011 CAF Orange African Youth Championship tournament. Nigeria and Cameroon, two African giants, will be seeking their second victory after beating Ghana and Gambia respectively in […]
John Mikel Obi is confident he will reclaim his place in the Chelsea midfield ‘with hard work’. The Nigerian has lost his place in the Chelsea starting lineup and is now behind Michael Essien and Brazilian Ramires in the pecking order for the holding midfield role. But as the Blues get ready to face Manchester […]
Super Eagles starlet Ahmed Musa has been named in Nigeria’s 21-man squad to compete at the 17th African Youth Championship later this month. Musa is one of seven players who play football outside the country. Head coach John Obuh has named a squad that includes three goalkeepers, seven defenders, four midfielders and seven strikers. […]
Osaze Odemwingie has apologized to Samson Siasia for last week’s headline-grabbing twitter rant. The WBA forward angered the Nigeria coach when he left camp a day after playing an African Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia, and just before a friendly against Kenya. Hearing of Siasia’s displeasure, the striker responded with a withering barb on his […]
Under-23 Olympic Dream Team’s Chief Coach, Austin Eguavoen, has invited six foreign-based and 14 home-based players for the second leg of the All Africa Games and 2012 England Olympic Games qualifiers against Equatorial Guinea billed for Malabo this weekend. According to the the media officer of the team, Arafat Aliu, PSV Eindhoven’s midfielder, Rabiu Ibrahim, […]
Super Falcons Sunday evening whitewashed Namibia’s national women team ,Gladiators, 7-0 in an Olympic qualifier first leg in the National Stadium, Abuja. The African Champions, from the blast of the whistle, were in control of proceedings on the field with three of the players scoring brace in the one sided game. Desire Oparanozie opened the […]
English giants Arsenal are reportedly keen to sign Nigeria defender Taye Taiwo from Marseille in the summer to replace left-back Gael Clichy. Taiwo has been in the news lately, attracting interests from Liverpool, Newcastle, Fernerbahce, Atletico Madrid, Everton, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and other sides in Europe. According to People.co.uk on Sunday, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger […]
WORLD Footballer of the Year, Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona, Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez and Argentina’s captain, Javier Mascherano, are among the top stars who would not be in the South American country’s line-up when its faces the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a friendly game on June 1. According to a source close to […]
Nigeria legend and Portsmouth forward Nwankwo Kanu has praised his countryman Samson Siasia for the new life he has brought into the Super Eagles since taking over in December 2010. Nigeria have won three matches out of three under Siasia’s watch with yesterday’s 3-0 defeat of Kenya being the latest. The Eagles players who […]
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