Victor Moses’ Stoke City Move Set to Revive EPL Career
Victor Moses became one of the most sought after wingers in the EPL after an incredible performance for Wigan Athletic in the 2011/2012 season. This prompted Chelsea to sign him for the new season, but below par performance coupled with unsuccessful loan spells put his career in decline. Moses began his career in the championship […]
Keshi’s Proposed Separation With Super Eagles: Good or Bad?
The bond between the NFF and the Super Eagles coach seems to be losing its hold, with Keshi allegedly asking the NFF to forget about new contract talks. “Talks over a new contract shouldn’t drag on. I can’t wait any more – the NFF is not serious. “I have moved on. I can only […]
Iheanacho Needs to Move for First Team Football
It has been quite a revealing pre-season for the Nigerian sensation Kelechi Iheanacho after he made his debut with two goals in two matches for Man City. This has made his coach, Manuel Pellegrini brand him ‘a player for the future’. Iheanacho’s path is one trodden in past times, yet one that has led very few […]
Nigeria Holds Mexico to 1-1 Draw
The Falconets began their 2014 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup title bid on a shaky note. As they forced Christopher Cuellar’s ladies to a draw in Canada, Nigeria’s U20 women national team played out a 1-1 draw with Mexico in their opening group game of the 2014 Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup in Canada. Played […]
Okagbare Delivers Another Gold in 200meters as Ese Wins Long Jump Event
Yesterday, Nigeria’s sprint queen, Blessing Okagbare won the women’s 200m gold at the on-going Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. She clocked 22.25 seconds to confirm forecasts that the sprints medals were hers for the taking. Earlier on Monday, she won the gold in the women’s 100m with 10.85 seconds, setting a record while beating […]
NFF’s Attempt to Keep Keshi Should be Applauded
There is certainly no love lost between the NFF and the yet to be reinstated head coach of the Super Eagles. An affair which started on a good note after the Super Eagles won the African Cup of Nations title for the first time in almost two decades, appeared to have gone sour after […]
Okagbare Delivers Gold for Team Nigeria, Sets New Record
Multi-talented Blessing Okagbare won the women’s 100m in a Commonwealth Games record of 10.85 from Jamaican duo Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart, who took silver and bronze in 11.03 and 11.07 seconds respectively. Nigerian Okagbare won the long jump silver and 200m bronze at last year’s IAAF World Championships. When asked what her best event […]
Iheanacho Sets Sights on Premiership With Manchester City
17-year-old Nigerian Kelechi Iheanacho is with Manchester City from the Right to Dream Academy, based in Ghana. The Blues have close ties with the organisation and have previously signed Godsway Donyoh and Mohammed Abu from there. The academy is aimed at fostering the best African football talent, and on first look Iheanacho appears to […]
NFF Chairman Impeached as Board Seeks Contract Talks With Keshi
The Nigeria Football Federation board, yesterday, in Abuja impeached its chairman Alhaji Animu Maigari. The former chairman, coming from the brink of extinction after being saved by FIFA’s insistence, was sacked because the board members were not happy with the style of the president of the federation. The Board asked Maigari’s vice to take over […]
Omeruo Heads Back to Middlesbrough on Loan
If recent reports are anything to go by, 20-year-old Kenneth Omeruo who started all four of Nigeria’s matches in this summer’s World Cup in Brazil, will return to the Riverside Stadium to work with Aitor Karanka. The young Nigerian footballer has revealed that he is set to return to Middlesbrough on loan this […]
Nigeria Meets FIFA Deadline, Moves to 34th on the Rankings
The world football ban placed on Nigeria had put the nation’s football affairs at a standstill, but recent reports say that Nigeria has met FIFA’s conditions to lift its ban on the country after a regional high court squashed an order restraining the board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) from office. Troubled Nigeria Football […]
Omeruo Chased by Club Sides as Chelsea Want Him Back
Kenneth Omeruo started the year with a loan spell at Middlesbrough and was set to make a big move to a Premier League club side with great resistance from his parent club. Newly promoted English Premier League side, Queens Park Rangers are interested in taking on Nigeria World Cup defender on loan from Chelsea for […]
Implications of FIFA Ban on Nigeria
The news of the ban of NFF might have stunned many Nigerians but it didn’t take many sports analysts by surprise after the Federal Government placed a probe on NFF. The FIFA Emergency Committee decided to suspend the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with immediate effect, on account of government interference. Article 13, par. 1 and […]
Blessing Okagbare Leads Nigerian Team to Glasgow
Fresh from her awesome outing in the Prefontaine Classics in the USA, sprinter Blessing Okagbare, along with quarter-miler, Regina George and triple jumper Tosin Oke, has been confirmed for the ninth meeting of the 2014 season of the IAAF Diamond League on 11-12 July in Glasgow, Scotland. While Okagbare will compete in the women’s […]
All Africa Music Awards Extend Call for Entries Till July 21
Organisers of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, have extended the call for entries for the Pan- African music awards till Monday, July 21, 2014. Entry initially closed on Saturday, July 5, 2014 after it was opened on Thursday, May 15, 2014. AFRIMA Director of Sponsorship and Brand Communications, Ms. Matlou Tsotetsi confirmed […]
Joseph Yobo: The 100 Club Landmark
In the last World Cup there were so many landmarks achieved by teams, footballers and coaches. Among these achievements, the 100 club landmark is one of the most prominent with Neymar scoring the tournament’s 100th goal, Wesley Sneider achieving 100 caps for his country, Oliver Giroud scoring his country’s 100th goal in World Cup games, […]