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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...
The Nigeria Football Federation has condoled Vanguard Media Limited over the death on Saturday night of ace photojournalist Sylva Eleanya. NFF spokesman Ademola Olajire, who worked with the respected photojournalist for almost 10 years at Vanguard, was...
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. ...
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola is scheduled to test strenght on court as he plays an exhibition match during the final ceremony of the 2012 Governor’s Cup at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan on Saturday, 27 October. The Local Organising Commit...
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...
Nigeria women league champion have maintained an unbeaten record in the ongoing final round of the Africa Champions Cup for Women holding in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire. After two games in the preliminary round of the continent’s biggest women cl...
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,...
The Federal Government has appealed to philanthropists and the organised private sector to spend part of their profits on youth development through sponsorship of sports. The Minister of Sports, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, made the appeal on Saturday in Il...