Football

World Footballer of the year Lionel Messi, David Villa and Jordi Alba last night completed a great escape for Catalan giants Barcelona to reach the last eight in the Champions League. The Blaugrana produced a magnificent comeback at home to recover fro...

Arsenal of England are eyeing an unlikely upset against four-times European champions Bayern Munich today at the Football Arena, in Munich. This is coming as Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes has refused to accept the favourites tag for the title this season....

Chelsea interim boss Rafael Benitez has said Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson ignored his handshake before Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final. The pair have had an increasingly fraught relationship since the Spaniard’s time at Liverpo...

The CAF Executive Committee convened on Friday in Marrakech, on the eve of the 35th Ordinary CAF General Assembly has pegged the Nations Cup draw for early next year. The draw for the qualifying stages of the Orange AFCON 2015 will take place either in...

CAF president Issa Hayatou was yesterday re-elected unopposed, extending to almost three decades his tenure in charge of African football, but Nigeria Football Federation president Aminu Maigari failed in his bid to replace Amos Adamu on the CAF execut...

Chelsea in a remarkable comeback produced an excellent second half display with goals from Juan Mata and Ramires cancelling out Wayne Rooney and Chicharito’s early finishes. The first half was dominated by the Red Devils as Chelsea endured a torr...

Thompson Oliha, a former Super Eagles midfielder, on Saturday appealed to the Federal Government to fulfill its  promise to the team after it won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Tunisia.

Oliha told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone on Saturday that he had yet to receive the house promised by government.

``I beg the Federal Government to fulfill its promise of giving every player in the team a house for our victory in the 1994 AFCON.

``I have yet to receive my own house which the government promised me 19 years ago; my great country has disgraced me and some members of the victorious team,’’ Oliha said.

He urged those in charge of allocating the promised houses to members of the team to release them.

``The people in charge of the allocation should please come out of their shells and give us our rightful possessions,'' he said.

According to Oliha, players that chose Lagos for their own houses were allocated houses while he and the rest who picked Abuja have yet to get their allocation.

Nigerian international, Sunday Mba has voiced his opinion over the long drawn battle between Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs, Warri Wolves and Enugu Rangers. Both clubs claim ownership of the player but the midfielder has now declared...

National Sports Commission (NSC) has demanded for a retraction and unreserved apology from the Nigerian Pilot Newspaper over its recent report that the commission and the National Assembly had shared the sum of N1.5b approved by the federal government ...

Ryan Giggs is poised to reach yet another milestone in his extraordinary career on Tuesday when he is expected to make his 1 000th appearance in senior football. The indefatigable Welshman took his tally of appearances to 999 last month with a goal-sco...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has moved into the ownership saga of Super Eagles midfielder, Sunday Mba. The tussle over the Nations Cup revelation involves three Nigerian premier league sides, warri Wolves, Rangers International of Enugu and Do...

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has said striker Osaze Odemwingie was dropped from the 2013 AFCON because of “character problems”. Keshi caused a nation-wide stir when he axed West Brom striker Odemwingie from his provisional squad to the Natio...

Ahead of two international friendly matches against Botswana on March 3 and 5, the Golden Eaglets will tackle Bob Osim Academy at the famous Saint Patrick College in Ikot Ansa; Calabar today, February 27.The practice match will kick off at 4pm. Last ye...