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The English Football Association has launched an investigation into an official complaint from Chelsea after the club accused referee Mark Clattenburg of verbally abusing two of their players in Sunday's defeat by Manchester United. ``The FA has be...
Lionel Messi took his senior career goals tally to 301 as he scored twice in Barcelona's 5-0 victory at Rayo Vallecano, which put them three points clear at the top of La Liga on Saturday. The World Player of the Year got Barca's second just af...
Former Super Eagles midfielder Garba Lawal has said that there no longer small teams in African football as most Nigerians fans were happy that the Super Eagles were put in an easy group, but Lawal also its is a favourable draw as the draw for t...
A former Super Eagles Captain, Nwankwo Kanu, on Wednesday in Abuja praised President Goodluck Jonathan for the huge support he gave to the Presidential Retreat on the Sports Sector. Kanu told newsmen that the president’s support and personal inte...
Spain-based striker Ikechukwu Uche has said Nigeria will shine at the 2013 Nations Cup if the new team have enough time to prepare. Uche has therefore demanded for adequate preparation for the Eagles ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. ...
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has said that he is not afraid of facing any of the continent’s major teams when the draw is held for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tomorrow in South Africa. The Super Eagles are placed in Pot 2 and will be facing one...
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he would stand by his players if they decided to leave the field of play in protest at racist abuse following the treatment of Danny Rose for the England Under-21 side in Serbia. Manchester United manage...
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he is concerned about the gap developing between his spluttering side and the rest of the Premier League title contenders. Wenger’s team crashed to their second defeat of the season at Norwich City on Sa...
Former NFF President Sani lulu Abadullahi has envisaged lack of proper age documentation as the major problems of grassroot football development. The former FCT Director of Sports spoke in Gwagwalada Abuja at the weekend where he watched his pet team F...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration has vowed to revoke all areas designed for sports centres now turned into parks and recreation centres. It said the move was to accelerate sports facilities for sports development. The Honourable Minis...
The selection of players for the Glo Soccer Academy will start in Nigeria tomorrow at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. The Benin screening of players to the Academy which has been described by Chief Segun Odegbami, ex-Nigerian international,...
Lazio youngster Ogenyi Onazi has vowed to fight for a place on the final squad to the 2013 AFCON after his Eagles debut against Liberia. The versatile midfielder came on for the last 10 minutes in a 6-1 trouncing of the Lone Star in Calabar on Saturday...
Host of the 2013 Nigeria Polytechnics Games (NIPOGA), Federal Polytechnic Bida has said that it will require not less than N1.49billion to stage the competition successfully. The President of NIPOGA council and Rector of the host institution, Engineer ...
Telecommunications company, Globacom, has commended the Super Eagles for its outstanding performance against the Lone Star of Liberia on Saturday in Calabar. Glo in a statement gave kudos to the Super Eagles for not only defeating the Liberians c...
Bruce Rufai, younger brother of former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, said on Tuesday that his brother was now in a stable condition after he suddenly collapsed on Monday evening in Lagos. Bruce told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lag...