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Ameobi and Newcastle Part Ways After 14 Years

  Nigerian striker, Shola Ameobi has been released by his club side, Newcastle FC after 14 years at the club. The 32-year old, who is part of Nigeria’s provisional World Cup squad, has been at the club all his career

Nigerian Young Athletes Excel in Garbon

  Nigeria, contingent to the African Youth Games, the African version of Youth Olympics, has won three gold medals. The tournament started last week in Gaborone, Botswana and will come to an end next Saturday. Chika Joy Amalaha set

Mexican Players Banned From Sex and Beef

  Mexican stars, such as Javier Chicharito Hernandez and Giovani dos Santos have been barred, by Mexican coach, Miguel Herrera, from having sex and eating beef. The coach believes this will prevent his players from testing positive to banned drugs

England Releases World Cup Numbers

  The England team have released their World Cup squad numbers for the mundial in Brazil this summer. Senior players such as Captain Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney retain their number 4 and 10 respectively. Assistant captain, Frank Lampard

Latest World Cup News: Suarez May Miss the World Cup

  Uruguay striker, Luis Suarez is doubtful about participating in the World Cup after sustaining a knee injury in training on Wednesday. The Liverpool striker, who bagged 31 premier league goals last season, is set to be on the

Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare Breaks Records in China

Nigerian Sprinter and long jump star, Blessing Okagbare emerged at the top in both the long jump and 200m events at the Shanghai Diamond League meet, breaking two records at the championship. The Nigerian set a new meeting record in

Brazil 2014: Seyi Olofinjana, Jide Alabi, Shina Okeleji Announced as OSMI Presenters for World Cup

  Nigeria’s former Super Eagles player, Seyi Olofinjana, and ace broadcasters, Jide Alabi and Shina Okeleji, have been announced as presenters for Optima Sports Management International’s 2014 FIFA World Cup broadcast; Olofinjana will act as guest analyst. Optima Sports Management

Brazil 2014: Kanu, Okocha Lead Star Football Campaign to Support Eagles at World cup With #ShineOnNigeria

  Ex-internationals and one time skipper of the national team, Super Eagles, Nwankwo Kanu and Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha have been unveiled as campaign ambassadors for Star Football, a campaign to lead and cheer the Super Eagles at the 2014 FIFA

World Cup Fever Part 2

  Argentina, Belgium, France, Algeria, Portugal, Italy, Colombia, Spain, Holland, Chile and Australia all announced their provisional squads for the 2014 World Cup yesterday with notable omissions. France coach and World Cup 1998 winning captain, Didier Deschamps surprisingly left out

5 Ways Moses and Mikel can Spur Eagles to Glory in Brazil

The long awaited 2014 world cup finals is just less than a month to kick off. Nations who will be participating are already gearing up for what many have tipped to be the best world cup ever. Nigeria is not

World Cup Fever

    The stage is yet for another classic event – The FIFA World Cup. Here is a list of some of the squads of the participant countries at this year’s football mundial. Please note that most of these are

Ameobi Sees Red as Premier League Reaches its Climax

  LIVERPOOL 2-1 NEWCASTLE Shola Ameobi capped his call-up to the Nigerian national team for 2010 World Cup with a red card against Liverpool at Anfield on the penultimate day for the season. The striker, who scored his second goal

Osaze Odemwingie, Joseph Yobo Makes Super Eagles Provisional World Cup Squad

  Two of our favorite Super Eagles players, Osaze Odemwingie and Joseph Yobo have been announced as a part of Nigeria’s provisional 30-man list for the FIFA 2014 World Cup. The list, submitted by Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, which

Ex Eagles skipper, JayJay Okocha, Unveiled as Bullet Energy Drink Brand Ambassador

    Former Super Eagles skipper and Bolton Wanders FC skipper, Austin ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha, has been unveiled as brand ambassador for Bullet Energy Drink. “It was an easy decision to choose Jay-Jay as a face for Bullet Energy drink. His

The Benefits of Jogging

    Jogging! The thought alone makes me yawn and i’m sure many of you share this sentiment however, once I looked at the positive health implications my views changed dramatically. Health and exercise are seemingly trending presently as I

Nigerians in the Premier League

    NORWICH 2-3 LIVERPOOL Joseph Yobo missed yet another game for Norwich City over the weekend. The defender is yet to recover from his calf injury which has kept him out for over a fortnight. Liverpool’s Nigerian winger, Victor

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