Nigeria Pull Out Of Egypt Friendly

Nigeria have ended their interest in playing Egypt in an international friendly in the United Arab Emirates on 11 September. The Egypt Football Association had been talking to their Nigerian counterparts for a match that would have taken place three days after the latter’s 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Liberia in Monrovia. The […]

Chelsea to pay Moses £50,000 weekly Moses

Newly-signed Chelsea player, Victor Moses, will earn £50,000 a week after he signed a five-year deal with the European kings. Moses, 21, has finally joined Chelsea after several of their bids were turned down by fellow English Premier League side Wigan Athletic. MTNFootball.com learnt that the former Crystal Palace star will earn at Stamford Bridge […]

Falconets arrive Tokyo ahead of q/final clash with Mexico

By CHIMAOBI UCHENDU Players and officials of Falconets have arrived the city of Tokyo ahead of their quarter final match against Mexico scheduled for Thursday. The team’s media officer, Ejiro Femi Babafemi, told Daily Sunsports that they were lodged at Hilton Hotel in the heart of the city and had the feel of the playing […]

U-20 World Cup: Falconets trounce Italy 4-0

Nigeria’s Falconets, on Sunday morning, trounced their Italian counterparts 4-0. With the defeat of Italy, the Falconets have qualified for the quarter-final of the ongoing Under-20 World Cup in Japan. The goals were scored by Ordega, who had a hat trick, and an injury time goal from substitute Igbinovia. The Falconets topped Group B with […]

Sierra Leone name Nigerian in squad risk FIFA sanction

Sierra Leone appear to have selected an ineligible player in their squad for their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final-round qualifying match against Tunisia on September 8 and risk sanctions from world football governing body, FIFA. The BBC reports that Nigerian striker Victor Igbekoyi Kayode was included in the 19-man squad after he showed interest […]

Wigan finally accepts Chelsea’s bid for Moses

WIGAN Athletic yesterday accepted a bid for Victor Moses from Chelsea, which finally met the valuation set by the club. The midfielder was at the receiving end of four unsuccessful bids by Roberto Di Matteo but Dave Whelan has finally agreed to sell the player on the fifth attempt. The club announced on its website […]

Olympics, Secession or Electricity-All Na Wash – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | August 20, 2012 – “A good fortune may forebode a bad luck, which may in turn disguise a good fortune…”  – Anonymous. In local parlance there is a word called ‘wash’. It actually has a relationship with some of its original dictionary meaning, especially in informal terms. […]

Lessons from the 2012 London Olympics & the Assange Affair – By Prof Emmanuel O. Esiemokhai

By Prof Emmanuel O. Esiemokhai | Abuja, Nigeria | August 19, 2012 – The success of the 2012 London Olympics is ineluctably linked with good organisation and the application of human intelligence at the highest level. There is evidence that there is no end to the ingenuity of men and women. Under favourable conditions, the […]

Soccer: Niger draw good for Eagles – Nwosu

EX-Nigeria international, Henry Nwosu, has told SuperSport.com that he is satisfied with the outcome of the friendly game between the Super Eagles and the Mena of Niger Republic. The game between both sides ended goalless at the Stade General Seyni Kountche in Niamey on Wednesday. “In my opinion I don’t think it is a bad […]

Can We Share in Their Glories? – By Anthony A. Kila

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | August 15, 2012 – Take a Nigerian and you have a survivor, take two Nigerians and you get two competing survivors, take three Nigerians and you get a series of contradictions. That in part is the story of Nigeria in the just concluded successful London Olympics. It […]

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