“It is always nice to score, especially at Wembley,” the prolific
Dutch striker told the crowd
Author: Bowale Odutola
The President of the NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, admitted at the
weekend that Abdullahi’s masterstroke of forging peace within the
Nigeria football family and giving ample support to the NFF to
adequately prepare Nigeria’s National Teams for major matches and championships, have contributed immensely to the new heights that our
football is scaling
City are now set to begin the 2013/14 English top-flight campaign at
Stamford Bridge and Nigeria’s ace, Aluko, is hoping for more of the
same come Sunday, with kick-off at 4pm
It will be recalled that Blessing Okagbare is one of the star athletes groomed by the Delta State Government and making waves in world athletics
World record holder and Olympic champion, Bolt, was disqualified from the 2011 final won by compatriot, Yohan Blake, after he false-started
Before celebrating, Olympic champion, Reese, put on a t-shirt bearing the words: “unleash the beast”, hugged Okagbare and then holding the Stars and Stripes flag, posed for photographers
Banies has been a target for United for the majority of the summer, with former Manager, David Moyes, keen to bring him to Old Trafford
Ameobi’s sudden change of heart appears to be due to Newcastle’s decision to actively look for a new striker to work with Papiss Cisse and new arrival, Loic Remy
At the Lagos zonal championship, a total of 64 matches were played by 76 teams consisting of players from academies and secondary schools in Lagos and Ogun States
Chindah said: “The hoodlums took six of them, including two Nigerians
but they decided to drop the two Nigerians among their victims,
probably in a bid to prevent being easily traced
Super Eagles Media Officer, Ben Alaiya, quotes Team’s Administrator,
Dayo Enebi Achor, as saying that Emenike opted out of the encounter in
order to quickly settle down at his new club
In June, the African Champions were rated as the 31st best in the world before they made a downward slide to 35 in the July ranking
“I am a professional so my duty is to always put in my best to help my club and country
The training camp was earlier scheduled to open in Abuja on August.
Omorodion said: “The situation is not peculiar to the federation as other African countries with players in American schools and International Clubs are also affected
He said: “I’ve heard a lot of speculation about my future and it’s been ongoing
While the NFF has not confirmed the Burkina Faso friendly, its President, Aminu Maigari, has confirmed that the Eagles will play against an African side in the September free window
According to the Competitions Manager, John Peters, the umpires were
selected from the 16 states, which have qualified officials, adding
that they are expected to handle proceedings throughout the
competition
“As regards the national team recall, let him (Osaze) get a club
first. He has to get a club before we can start talking of bringing
him back to the Eagles’ fold
The 24-year-old defender, who enjoyed a fine season with the Scottish
champions, was linked with a move to West Brom and Crystal Palace.
The event has since been held in five cities: the 2005 edition was
held in Abuja (Nigeria), 2006 in Accra (Ghana), 2007 in Lome (Togo),
2008 in Lagos (Nigeria), 2009 in Accra (Ghana), 2010 in Cairo (Egypt)
and the last two editions in Accra, Ghana