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Nigerian international Peter Odemwingie's strike proved to be the decider in a rare attack from West Brom who were camped in their own half for the majority of the fixture which invited pressure from Liverpool. Glen Johnson was the culprit of lacka...
A Real Madrid F.C. fan in Abakaliki on Saturday night squandered his school fee while celebrating the team’s victory over Barcelona F.C. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Real beat Barcelona 2-1 in an away match in the Spanish La Liga...
Newcastle turned up the intensity in their challenge for a place in next season’s Champions League competition after they capitalised on yesterday’s draw between Arsenal and Chelsea. Meanwhile, at the bottom, Blackburn boosted their hopes o...
World No 1 Novak Djokovic will try to deal Rafael Nadal another blow when the world’s two top players clash in today’s Monte Carlo Masters tennis final, where the Spaniard is chasing an eighth consecutive crown. Nadal recorded his 41st win ...
Real Madrid opened up a surely insurmountable seven-point lead at the top of La Liga following a 2-1 victory at the home of reigning champions Barcelona in Saturday's Clasico. Jose Mourinho's men brought Barca's 11-game winning strea...
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on Wednesday, in Abuja, inaugurated two standing committees and two ad hoc committees it said would be crucial to the rebuilding process of Nigerian football administration. The standing committees, which w...
Nigeria technical (football) director, Tom Saintfiet will now resume officially at his duty post in May, Spokesman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, disclosed that the Belgian is awaiting his work permit and accommodation to be...
Former U-23 National Team Head Coach, Kadiri Ikhana (MON) will be unveiled as Head Coach of the Senior Women National Team, nicknamed Super Falcons, tomorrow. Ikhana’s appointment as Head Coach of the Super Falcons was ratified by the NFF Executi...
Nigeria’s men beach volleyball team has failed in their bid to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games, losing the African sole ticket to the South African team in the final phase of the continent’s qualifier held at Flic en Flac Beach, M...
Nigeria is desperately shopping for a new venue for a 2014 World Cup qualifying tie in June following the deadly bomb attack in Kaduna. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have all but agreed to stage a World Cup qualifier at home against Namibia on ...
The Nigeria Football Federation is set to inaugurate two standing committees and two ad-hoc committees, which are crucial to the rebuilding process that the Federation has launched, tomorrow. NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari said yesterday that he i...
Twice Olympic and four-times world 10,000 metres champion Haile Gebrselassie may run his final competitive track race over the distance in Hengelo, Netherlands, next month. The Ethiopian, who will turn 39 tomorrow, dominated over 25 laps in the 1990s b...
Super Falcons coach, Kadiri Ikhana will consider only six overseas players for an African Women’s Championship qualifier against Zimbabwe. Last week, Ikhana invited 53 players for first phase of a training camp in Abuja, which ends on April 24. T...
Nigeria are desperately shopping for a new venue for a 2014 World Cup qualifying tie in June following a deadly bomb attack in Kaduna. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have all but agreed to stage a World Cup qualifier at home agains...
Austin Eguavoen, the Technical Adviser of Enyimba FC of Aba, has said that the team was poised to win the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) 2011/2012 title through its determined drive to succeed. Eguavoen told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...