The game has been scheduled for November 14 and it is one of the friendlies that has been lined up to toughen the Nigerian side for the Nations Cup championship
Author: Kunle Alade
The visit of the Williams sisters is part of a two-nation tour that will see them play exhibition matches and train kids is aimed at promoting women’s rights
Arsenal and Reading had initially tied the match at 4-4 before the Gunners went ahead to take the match 7-5
The suspension is coming just as the Scotland Yard launched investigation into the same allegation for which Clattenburg was suspended by the FA: inappropriate language
These twin challenges, which have resulted unfortunately to loss of lives and property, have also led to loss of telecommunications equipment and an attendant degeneration of quality of service
The meeting observed that several efforts made to elect new officials for the Association had failed to yield result due to the security challenges facing the nation as well as finances
This encounter, billed for Wednesday at the Stamford Bridge, provides another opportunity to the reigning European Champions to avenge Sunday’s 2-3 loss to Manchester United
Solomon Ogba, the President of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, said the high level of government presence underscored “the fact that we are now ready to give sports the kind of attention it deserves.”
This year’s winners will either be defending champions, Esperance of Tunisia, or Al Ahly from Egypt and they will receive a cash prize of $1,425,000, while the beaten finalist pockets $950,000
In his post match comment, Super Falcons Manager, Kadiri Ikhana, expressed optimism that the team will do better in subsequent matches
The Eaglets performance was a far improvement on their 3-0 win at home in Calabar, Cross River State a fortnight ago as they virtually dominated the home team throughout the duration of the match
Chelsea made a formal complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg after accusing him of using “inappropriate language” to two of their players in the defeat by Manchester United
To reverse the abuse of sports and forge a new path requires a new breed of thinkers and implementer working with the old brigade
But for officials of the Nigerian Embassy on ground, the contingent would have been left unattended to following disclosure that the Guinean football association had misinformed them that the Eaglets’ scheduled Friday’s flight to Conakry had been cancelled
This fixture promises to be highly exciting and keenly contested as the Blues stake unbeaten run against the Red Devils
The fleet-footed ace, who is also Nigeria’s Football Ambassador, said he was impressed by President Jonathan’s personal interest in Nigeria sports
Arsenal’s limitations were exposed by an impressive Schalke 04 as they slumped to defeat at Emirates Stadium
Despite the unpredictability of football, it is not expected that Burkina Faso and Ethiopia will pose any threat to the qualification of Nigeria and Zambia for the quarter-final from the group
Airtel, which recently moved up one notch in global rankings to become the fourth largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers, added 10 million customers across its operations in 17 African countries in less than 12 months of having crossed 50 million subscribers
The defeat, Roberto Di Matteo’s first in the Champions League, means English teams have now failed to win in Donetsk in four attempts and leaves Chelsea with a less than straightforward path to the last 16