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National Sports Commission (NSC) has reaffirmed its position that Team Nigeria contingent to the forthcoming summer Olympic Games in United Kingdom would not be an all comers affair, stating that only athletes that are capable of winning medals would b...
One of the main features of the just concluded Zone D Copa Coca Cola (North Central zonal championship) held at the Area 3 mini-stadium was the array of talents on display. It was a two-day event. Nigeria is known as one of the countries that has conti...
In the wake of their elimination from the CAF Confederation Tournament, Heartland FC of Owerri have said that they will now have ample time to focus on the local league. The club is also unhappy with its performance in the league and had expressed diss...
The Defenders basketball club of Abuja is currently the least ranked team in the Savannah conference of the DStv premier basketball league table. To escape relegation, they have tried all tricks in the books of basketball including buying of new player...
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, will tomorrow in Abuja unveil his hit squad for the three big games in the month of June. Already, 24 home boys have been sweating it out in Abuja for the past two weeeks, ahead of the international friend...
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi will replace Inter Milan ace Joel Obi, who has suffered a thigh injury and will be out for a month. Keshi lamented the absence of Obi for next month’s World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers. “It’s sad that he...
World football-governing body, FIFA has named Sudanese referee Khalid Abdel Rahman as the centre man for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Brave Warriors of Namibia, which is scheduled for the UJ Esuen...
Parents whose wards distinguished themselves in the just concluded Copa Coca Cola north zonal championship has applauded the sponsorship of the championship by Nigerian Bottling Company, the maker of coca cola brand. They described the annual grassroot...
African Footballer of the Year Perpetua Nkwocha will lead three foreign pros for an African Women’s Championship qualifier versus Zimbabwe. MTNFootball.com can report that Perpetua Nkwocha, Onome Ebi and Rita Chikwelu are the only three foreign-b...
After capturing the Madrid Open title and knowing he will climb back above Rafa Nadal to number two in the world, Roger Federer has set his sights on reclaiming the top ranking. The resurgent 30-year-old Swiss came from a set down to beat Tomas Berdych...
Robin van Persie will hold crunch contract talks with Arsenal tomorrow, Goal.com revealed. A meeting has been scheduled in London at a neutral location for Van Persie’s camp to begin face-to-face negotiations with senior club officials, including...
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) intends to organise an under-15 football championship in honour of late Super Eagles’ striker Rashidi Yekini. Alhaji Aminu Maigari, the NFA Chairman, disclosed this on Saturday in Ira, Oyun Local Gover...
If the glamorous English Premier League (EPL) over the year didn’t live up to all the media hype ascribed to its as the best league in the world in terms of entertainment and mind boggling of the round leather game, the 2011/2012 season cer...
Former Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital and veteran table tennis player, Dr Zacheus Olusegun Ajuwon is convinced the Team Nigeria table tennis contingent to the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Games is capable of making it to the podium ...
The Abuja Unity Polo Tournament packaged by the Abuja Guard Polo club in collaboration with some corporate organisations will gallop off next week at the Abuja guard brigade Polo club. The tournament is the third edition in series of the annual Unity p...