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Sir Alex Ferguson: Soon ‘Once Upon a Time’ at Manchester United

By Arinze Ude Sir Alex Chapman Ferguson has announced that he will step down at the end of the season after 27 years as manager of the most famous football club in the world, Manchester United. Fergie, as he’s fondly

Werder Bremen Striker, Joseph Akpala, Recalled to Super Eagles

By Arinze Ude Werder Bremen of Germany striker, Joseph Akpala has been recalled to the Super Eagles as a replacement for injured AFCON star, Emmanuel Emenike. Akpala, who recently returned from a lengthy injury layoff, is expected to play

Weekend Update: Nigerians in the English Premier League

By Arinze Ude QPR 1-2 NEWCASTLE Nedum Onuoha played all 90minutes for QPR as they lost their 20th game of the season while Shola Ameobi missed the game as Newcastle grabbed an important win. NORWICH 4-0 WEST BROM Peter Osaze

Globacom Again, To Sponsor The Nigerian Professional Football League

Globacom is back as the title sponsor of the Nigerian Professional Football League, after signing a new N1.9 billion three-year deal, with the League Management Company (LMC). Globacom, a leading telecommunications network provider in Nigeria and supporter of sports in

Enugu Rangers Crash Out of African Champions League

By Arinze Ude Enugu Rangers, the country’s remaining representative in Africa’s premier club competition, were ousted from the competition by Recreativo Libolo of Angola on Saturday. Recreativo beat Rangers 3-1 on the day and 3-1 on aggregate after the first

Weekend Update: Nigerians in the English Premier League

By Arinze Ude MAN UTD O-1 CHELSEA Mikel Obi missed the fourth game on the trot for Chelsea as he’s still side-lined with a hip injury. Victor Moses played all 90 minutes as Chelsea earned a slim win over Manchester

Sunday Mba Joins Enugu Rangers, At Last!

By Arinze Ude Sunday Mba is a free man at last, after Warri Wolves and Enugu Rangers reached an agreement over his transfer. The Nigerian 2013 AFCON hero has been out of action due to the tug of war between

Ideye has an Eye on the English Premier League

By Arinze Ude Dynamo Kiev striker, Brown Ideye has attracted the interest of EPL side, Newcastle United. His current employers have told the North-East English club that they would have to fork out £9 million if they are to acquire

Dream of “All-Nigerian” Final Squashed

By Arinze Ude Nigeria’s hopes of having their stars face each other in the final of Europa League were squashed on Thursday when Benfica overturned a 1-0 first leg deficit to beat Fenerbahce and set up a date with Chelsea.

NPFL Top Scorers’ Charts

By Arinze Ude 5 GOALS: Bishop Onyeudo (Gombe Utd), Isah Akor (Heartland) 4 GOALS: Dele Olorundare (Sunshine Stars), Nojeem Olukokun (Kwara Utd) 3 GOALS: Oghenekaro Etebo (Warri Wolves), Uche Ihiarulam (Bayelsa Utd), Gambo Mohammed (Kano Pillars), Lordson Ithull (ABS), Haruna

Rangers drag South African Club to FIFA over Transfer

By Arinze Ude Nigeria’s only remaining representative in the 2013 African Champions League, Enugu Rangers, have dragged South African club, Chippa United to Zurich headquarters of FIFA over the transfer of James Okwuosa. The erstwhile Flying Antelopes skipper left Enugu

Mikel to Play in Essien’s Charity Game

By Arinze Ude Super Eagles midfield dynamo, John Obi Mikel, has signed up for Michael Essien’s charity game billed for the 8th of June. The Real Madrid player will be hosting several World Class soccer players to a charity game

Emenike to Miss Confederations Cup

By Arinze Ude Nigeria bullish striker, Emmanuel Emenike, will miss this summer’s 2014 World Cup qualifiers and the FIFA Confederations Cup due to a knee injury. On returning from a lengthy injury layoff, the 2013 AFCON Golden boot winner picked

Anichebe halts his Nigerian Career

By Arinze Ude Everton striker Victor Anichebe has told Nigerian Football Federation and Super Eagles’ coach, Stephen Keshi that he doesn’t want to be picked for the national team for now. He had earlier been rumoured to replace injured striker,

UEFA Semifinals: Dortmund for final, but who will sail through tomorrow?

Did you catch the live match this evening? Real Madrid 2-0 Borussia Dortmund, but Dortmund sails through 4-3 on aggregate. And tomorrow; Wednesday 1 May at 7:45pm Nigerian/Central West African time (GMT+1), Barcelona faces Bayern Munich. It promises to be

U.S. College Basketball Star, Chiney Ogwumike, In Nigeria – for Internship

Stanford University Basketball star, Chinenye Ogwumike, a hopeful 2014 draft pick for WNBA, is resuming internship in Nigeria, with the Ministry of Petroleum. She would work as an assistant to the Special Adviser to the Minister for Petroleum – for

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