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OLYMPICS: “No gold, no silver, no bronze, N2.3 bn down the drain”

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Monday, August 13th, 2012

LAGOS—The story of Nigeria at the 2012 London Olympics is “No gold, no silver, no bronze, N2.3 billion down the drain.” And now a top Nigerian sports official who is a member of an international sports federation wants the federal government to compel the sports ministry to account for how they spent the N2.3 billion […]

Olympics: Team Nigeria returns home empty handed

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Monday, August 13th, 2012

The London 2012 Olympic Games ended on Sunday with Team Nigeria returning home with no medal, raising questions over the N1.9bn budgeted for the Nigeria’s participation at the Games. It was an unusual record compared to the nation’s achievements at the Games in the past two decades. It was one that reminded Nigerians of the […]

African Youth Championship: Flying Eagles beat Tanzania 2-0

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Flying Eagles on Sunday defeated the Ngorogoro Heroes of Tanzania 2-0 in the second leg of their qualifiers for the 2013 African Youths Championship. Nigeria have thus advanced to the third round of the qualifiers on a 4-1 aggregate having won the first leg 2-1 in Dar es Salaam two weeks ago. The match, which […]

Eaglets’ 5-1 victory excites Amuneke

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Calabar – Golden Eaglets’ Assistant Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has expressed joy at his team’s 5-1 spanking of Diamond Stars Academy FC in a friendly at St Patrick’s College, Ikot Ansa, Calabar on Wednesday. The national U-17 team is currently camped in Calabar, ahead of the 2013 CAF U-17 qualifier against Niger Republic in September, this […]

Olympics: Help us find our athletes, Cameroon beg British police

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Cameroon Olympic officials have asked for help in tracking down seven of their athletes who have gone missing during the London Olympics, organisers said on Wednesday. The seven, including five boxers, a swimmer and a football player, have disappeared from the Olympic village in east London and are suspected of having left to stay in […]

Picture: Nigerian player dies on Romanian pitch

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, August 6th, 2012

A Nigerian player, Henry Chinonso Ihelewere, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a friendly match between Romanian second division teams CS Delta Tulcea and FC Balotesti on Sunday. Delta’s Ihelewere, 21, collapsed with no-one around him only 15 minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute. The game was played in the town […]

Super Eagles’ Ahmed Musa’s house burgled

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, August 3rd, 2012

NIGERIA international Ahmed Musa lost many valuables after his house in Kano was burgled on Wednesday. Speaking with MTNFootball.com from Moscow, the CSKA Moscow winger said he was sad about the incident but at the same grateful to God that no life was lost. “Armed robbers attacked my house in Kano today(Wednesday). I was sad […]

Sharks FC in road accident enroute to Kaduna

Posted by admin Headlines, NNP News, Rivers, Soccer, Sports, State News Tuesday, July 31st, 2012

Filed by New Nigerian Politics New Nigerian Politics has just been reliably informed that Nigeria’s Premier League Division 1 outfit, Sharks FC of Port-Harcourt, has been involved in a road accident enroute to Kaduna to honour their league match against Kaduna United FC in a midweek encounter. According to the source on the ground who spoke to […]

Arsenal stars thrill fans in Lagos

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

Arsenal fans in Lagos were treated to great dance steps by three of the clubs players, defender Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker and new signing Lukas Podolski on Sunday. The players were in Lagos for the launch of the Malta Guinness Low Sugar Workout, which took place at the Ball Room of Eko Hotel. Gunners’ forward […]

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 […]