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18th National Sports Festival, Eko 2012, opens glamorously

The highly anticipated and heavily advertised 18th National Sports Festival – Eko 2012 – opened last night with a glamorous ceremony having the Nigerian Vice President Namadi Sambo, the Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola, Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi and many other

Weekend Update: Nigerians in the Premier League

  By Arinze Ude Osaze Odewingie and his side West Bromwich Albion are flying high contrary to expectations and won their fourth game in a row on Saturday – the first time ever. They beat Sunderland 4-2 to earn the

CAF African Player of the Year Award: No Show for Nigeria

By Obi Martins Okafor The Confederation of African Football (CAF) last weekend unveiled the final five shortlisted players for the 2012 African Player of the Year. Those shortlisted are Ghana’s Andre Ayew, reigning Player of the Year Yaya Toure, Ivory

Roundup: Nigerians in the UEFA Champions League

By Arinze Ude   Efe Ambrose and Celtic couldn’t replicate the effort and performance that saw them dispatch Barcelona last time out as they lost 2-1 to Portuguese side, Benfica, in Lisbon. Celtic will need to win their last group

Players offer bribe to play in the National Team

by Arinze Ude Former Nigeria national team coach, Clemens Westerhof has revealed that players bribed their way into the national team in the past. The self-acclaimed ‘Dutchgerian’ told Supersport.com players who did not merit a place in the national team

Nigeria Beats Venezuela 3-1!

By Obi Martins Okafor. The super Eagles claimed a 3-1 victory against Venezuela to send a scare towards our fellow AFCON contenders on how ruthless they can be when they really put their minds to it. Ideye Brown (48 ‘),

US Born Footballer, Bright Dike, Called Up For Venezuela Friendly.

By Arinze Ude. Portland Timbers striker, Bright Dike has been called up by coach, Stephen Keshi for Wednesday friendly duet with Venezuela in Miami. Bright Dike is one of players drafted into the team after John Mikel Obi, Onyekachi Apam

Weekend Update: Nigerians In The English Premier League.

By Arinze Ude. Osaze Peter Odemwigie and West Bromwich Albion travelled down to the DW Stadium to take on Wigan Athletic. Osaze had to settle for a place on the substitute bench, coming on for Irish striker, Shane Long in

Super Falcons Crash As Equatorial Guinea Rules Africa

By Obi Martins Okafor. The Super Falcons seem to be acquiring a sour taste. Following their semi-final defeat in the hands of the Bafana Bafana of South Africa, the Kadiri Ikhana female team went down flat in the hands

Who Will Lead The Super Eagles To Victory?

By Obi Martins Okafor. Nigeria triumphed against Liberia in the last AFCON qualifiers to book a place in next year’s AFCON tournament billed to take place in South Africa. The Super Eagles are lined up against Zambia, Burkina Faso, and

Weekend Update: Nigerians In The English Premier League.

By Arinze Ude. Nigerian-born, Nedum Onuoha, came on as a second half substitute for Armand Traore after the latter picked up an injury in their 1-nil loss against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Mikel Arteta saved Arsenal’s blushes after

FIFA Releases 23 Man List For The Ballon D’Or [FULL LIST]

FIFA on Monday released the list of 23 players and 10 coaches who are considered for the prestigious Ballon D’Or and Coach of the year awards respectively. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Zurich on 7 January

Zambia Tops The List Of the Nigerian Football Rivalry.

By Obi Martins Okafor. Nigerians might have been relieved to find their team in a less difficult group – or so some believe – drawn by CAF on Wednesday, but there is more to those teams hurled up with Nigeria

Amstel Malta Chosen As Official Drink For Williams Sisters Tour

By Arinze Ude. Amstel Malta has been signed on as the official drink of the planned visit of international tennis icons, Serena and Venus Williams to Lagos, Nigeria from Tuesday 30 October to Friday 2 November 2012. The Williams sisters

Update: Nigerians In Champions League 2012

By Arinze Ude. Elderson Echejile started his first UEFA Champions League match this season against Manchester United at Old Trafford for SC Braga of Portugal. The Portugese took a shock 2nil lead in the first 25 minutes through Brazilian, Alan

Sunshine Stars Fire Blank In Cairo

By Arinze Ude. Sunshine Stars couldn’t break down Egyptian Power House, Al Ahly in their African Champions League Semi-Final second leg Clash at The Militrary Academy Stadium in Cairo. The match was almost called off when Zamalek, Ismaili and other

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