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Kano Pillars’ head coach, Baba Ganaru, fears his team face an early exit from the 2013 Caf Champions League. Ganaru thinks inactivity now threatens his side’s campaign in Africa’s premier club football competition. The coach, who was ...
The two UEFA Grade A Coaches from Manchester United, England have described the Glo Soccer Academy as a “fantastic programme.” Speaking at the Academy house in Lekki, Lagos, Adam Temple, one of the Manchester United coaches said the Academy...
FCT contingent for the 18th National Sports Festival tagged ‘Eko 2012 Games’ which kickoff tomorrow in Lagos, will depart Abuja yesterday with 148 and 65 officials for Lagos ahead of tomorrow’s opening ceremony at the Teslim Balogun S...
Globacom Limited and the Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Friday unveiled the top five nominees for the 2012 African Footballer of the year Award which Ghana will host for an unprecedented fourth time on December 20. At a joint Press Confere...
West Bromwich Albion took advantage of a howler from Sunderland goalkeeper, Simon Mignolet, to move up to third place in the Premier League with a 4-2 win at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. Steve Clarke’s side were leading through Zoltan Gera&r...
The Brazilian football federation says discussions to select the new Brazil coach will take place between Christmas and the New Year, with the announcement expected early in January. The federation needs to find a new coach after firing Mano Menezes on...
Chelsea have sacked Roberto Di Matteo following the 3-0 defeat to Juventus on Tuesday evening which left the club's prospects of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages hanging by a thread. The Blues needed a positive result in Turin to...
The National Sports Commission (NSC) appeal for support for the renaissance of the country’s sports sector after the dismal performance of Team Nigeria at the London Olympics Games has received a huge boost, as Akwa Ibom State government has vowe...
Yesterday’s papers in England claim there will soon be two managerial vacancies in West London as both Queen Park Rangers’ Mark Hughes and Chelsea’s Roberto di Matteo are said to be in line for imminent sackings. Hughes’s depart...
The world’s Most Valuable Football Club, Manchester United has approved two UEFA Grade A coaches for the Glo Soccer Academy as 33 talented African footballers moved into the Academy House over the weekend. The coaches will arrive Nigeria next wee...
Former Super Falcons’ coach, Ntiero Effiom Ntiero believes Golden Eaglets will beat the Junior Eagles of Mali for the Morocco 2013 ticket. The Eaglets edged the Malians 2-0 in the first fixture final round African Under17 championship qualifier a...
Islington-born Nigerian Striker Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa took his goal tally for the season to 12 as Northampton Town FC defeated Wycombe Wanderers in an Npower League Two clash at Sixfields, Northampton, UK on Saturday.
Two Nigerian superstars, Osaze Odemwingie of West Brom and Victor Moses of Chelsea will put patriotism aside for the meantime and confront each other in the English Premiership for the respective clubs. This is coming as both will also meet again in th...
Action continues this weekend in the English Premier League with embattled Arsenal hosting Tottenham Hotspur in a London derby at the Emirate Stadium. Arsenal and the Andre Villa Boas’ side are coming into this match on the back of disappointment...
Tomorrow’s CAF Champions League final may lose its traditional glamour due to fears of crowd violence as six times champions, Al Ahly of Egypt and Tunisian giants, Esperance Sportive will battle it out for the coveted African title with a restric...