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Sunderland’s Ji Dong Won struck in injury time as they beat Premier League leaders Manchester City 1-0 at the Stadium of Light yesterday. The result leaves City ahead of second-placed Manchester United on goal difference, after they fell to a 3-2...
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has backed Robin van Persie to maintain his sparkling form in 2012. The Dutch striker was the Gunners’ hero again when he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Queens Park Rangers at the Emirates Stadium. He has fal...
Ghana key striker Asamoah Gyan may make the Ghanaian national team squad for the Nations Cup despite being ruled out of action for three weeks. The UAE-based attacker suffered what looked like a serious injury on Friday just weeks before th...
Former U-17 and U-20 coach, Sam John Obuh has revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation is the biggest culprit in the age cheat racket. He said the eradication of the menace of age cheating in football in Nigeria can only be tackled if the NFF puts...
Dolphin coach Stanley Eguma is worried about the weakness of the team. The NPL champions will line out today in the Super Cup against Heartland in Kaduna. “We will make do with the players we presently have in camp as most of our top stars are on...
Senegal is hitting next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea with seven world-class strikers. The Senegalese Football Association named their final squad for the competition yesterday. The coach Amara Traore 23-man s...
Top Dutch club PSV Eindhoven has terminated the contract of Nigeria Olympic midfield star Rabiu Ibrahim. The sack was with immediate effect. Ibrahim failed to break into the PSV first-team and was subsequently fired as the contract his England-based ag...
Sports loving Nigerians will not forget 2011 in a hurry. It is a year sports administrators in almost all the federations failed to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians. Nigeria boasts of 32 federations and a handful held tourneys in line with sp...
After the home-based Super Eagles managed a slim 1-0 win over an Abuja selected side in their build-up for the Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda, in February, coach of the team Stephen Keshi has said he is not yet impressed with their performance. K...
Six new players have been pencilled to hit the Super Eagles camp while six others have been decamped. Kano Pillars gangling attacker, Gambo Mohammed will lead the new six players including teammate Kabir Umar and four others to the Abuja camp. This com...
Super Eagles handler Stephen Keshi has promised that dressing disorder which is at the moment a practice in the camp of the Super Eagles must give way. Keshi said his rebuilding process in the national team will also mean compliance with good conduct.&...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will name a technical director as well as a new coach for the women’s team next week Wednesday. The NFF technical committee have recommended the candidates for the two top posts and the executive commit...
Home-based Super Eagles defender, Chibuzor Okonkwo, has described himself as the best full back in the Eagles camp. When asked by Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi about his readiness for the task ahead he said he believes more in action rather than tal...
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has charged his wards from the local scene to do all they can and give the foreign professionals a fight. He said he wants them to dethrone the foreign players. Keshi had his maiden meeting with the home-based national ...
Guinness Nigeria plc has renewed its sponsorship commitment with the Nigeria Football Federation and the Super Eagles. The sponsorship will last at least the next two years. Guinness has brought the country some of the best footballing experiences incl...