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Anzhi Makhachkala striker, Samuel Eto’o has admitted money was the determinant factor in his move to Russia from Inter Milan of Italy. He agreed he was influenced by the money even though he insisted that anyone would have made the same decision....
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has charged the Super Eagles to rise to the occasion and defeat their Guinean counterparts in tomorrow’s Nation’s Cup qualifier. Senator Mark also redeemed the N1.6 million pledge he made to all t...
National U-23 coach, Austin Eguavoen has charged the 30 invited players for the first phase of the Dream Team V camping exercise, in preparation for the upcoming CAF U-23 championship which serves as the London 2012 Olympic qualifier to count themselve...
The Super Falcons have been promised a 100 percent increase in their match bonuses if they qualify for next year’s Olympic Games. The Falcons will travel to Cameroon for the second leg of their 2012 Olympic qualifier on October 22, with a slim 2-...
Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi will be fined 5,000 dollars for missing the Tuesday deadline to report to the Super Eagles' camp in Abuja. Team Media Officer, Mr Colin Udoh, said on Tuesday in Abuja that Eagles officials were unimpressed with t...
Former Technical Committee member of the Nigeria Football Federation, and proprietor of the Early Start Weekend Football Academy, Barr. Dudu Orumen has lambasted NFF president Aminu Maigari for travelling during the last Federation Cup final held in La...
Former Super Falcons coaches, James Peters and Rolandson Odeh hold different views on the invitation of off-form goalkeeper, Precious Dede to the senior national team’s camp. Dede is among the 27 players invited to camp by coach Eucharia Uche for...
The two most successful clubs in Italian football, AC Milan and Juventus go head-to-head today in a game which used to be regarded as ‘the glamour tie’ of the Serie A, before the Calciopolli scandal (which saw Juventus accused of match-fixi...
Hope of Nigeria hosting the African Cup of Nations in 2013 has been dashed. Consequently, Nigeria will not be able to host the continental fiesta following the decision of the Confederation of African Football to allow a swap between Libya and S...
Ajax coach, Frank de Boer has confessed his side were taught a lesson in counter-attacking in their 3-0 Champions League Group D loss against Real Madrid on Tuesday. The Eredivisie side started the match at Santiago Bernabeu bright...
Manchester City coach, Roberto Mancini has written off Argentine forward Carlos Tevez after the player refused to come on as a substitute during the 2-0 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Mancini said Tevez is finished. The 27-year...
Super Falcons forward, Perpetua Nkwocha will lead 32 other players to confront Cameroon in the race to qualify Nigeria for next year’s Olympics in London. Coach Uche Eucharia invited 27 players from the domestic league and an additional si...
Arsenal and Bolton will be meeting today at the Emirate Stadium, both sides would be battling to avoid being pushed to the bottom of the English Premier League (EPL). It has been a terrible start to the season for Arsene Wenger’s side, fol...
Guinea are talking tough ahead of a final Nations Cup qualifier against Nigeria with coach Michel Dussuyer insisting the pressure is on the Eagles to win. The Syli Stars have led Group B from the start of the qualifying campaign for the 2012 Nations Cu...
According to sources within the Nigerian Football Federation, the chief coach of the National U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, John Obuh, has started wooing the Nigeria Football Federation to allow him commence preparations for the 2013 edition of the Wor...