He also stated that he was informed that the last meeting, held in Ilorin, Kwara State, endorsed the introduction of the National Youth Games and the opening up of the National Sports Festival to all Nigerians
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The heroine and Nigeria’s best player on parade, who came in as a substitute in the 46th minute, scored a hat-trick in the second half to break the resilient Tunisian side, after Skipper of the team, Patience Okaeme, who had fluffed many chances scored Nigeria’s first goal in the 53rd minute
Amaju, who said that he was happy to be a part of the success story, confessed that if Nigeria sincerely hopes to discover talents and get replacement for high performing athletes like Blessing Okagbare, the National Youth Games is the answer to that puzzle
The accused (name withheld) was charged with the offence of defiling his daughter in his house on November 30 at 9pm
The former 100m and 200m African champion said she was more concerned on her specialty and familiar terrain, the field and track, and said that there is still much to be done in the coaches/trainers area
The former Huddersfield Town player was one of the six people arrested as part of a football spot-fixing probe
“Our victorious outing in AFCON this February is still very fresh in our memory and we want to repeat this again to prove to the whole world that the AFCON victory was not a fluke
President Jonathan recently approved about N78 million to fund the payment of outstanding salaries of the Super Eagles Coaches while Chief Coach Stephen Keshi got N35 million of the total amount
Yakmut said: “I would say it has been so far so good in terms of performance of the athletes (that are between 13 and 17) as at today (Tuesday), which is Day 3 of the competition
Nigeria was again pitched against Argentina at the 2014 World Cup draws on Friday in Bahia, Brazil while Bosnia Hergovina and Iran will complete the teams in Group F of the Mundial
Speaking ahead of the draws, Amadu disclosed that his wishes and prayers are for the Eagles to do very well in the competition and he is confident the team would do so with mother luck and hard work
This follows voting from members of the Technical and Development and the Media Committees from the initial list of nominees
Also appointed alongside Ogbeide are coach Henry Abiodun as Head Coach, Julius Kayode, a former junior international, as Assistant Head Coach, Tokunbo Akinyelure as Assistant coach 2 while Busuyi Olu-Ibukun will serve as goalkeepers’ trainer
The 30-year-old told BBC Sport: “I think I’ve been nominated for five years in a row and finally winning the award is amazing
“lt will focus on providing the right orientation for the footballers of the victorious Under 17 side, the Golden Eaglets, on their career progress; drawing a blue print for sustaining Nigeria’s performance at age-grade competitions, among others
He said: “President Goodluck Jonathan has shown more than enough commitment to sports in this country
Speaking to a delegation of Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) in Government House Benin City, on Friday, Oshiomhlole said “I regret my action”
“Brazil legend, Pele if you recall played in the World Cup at the age of 17 and we have other world stars that also made their senior national team squad for the World Cup so I don’t think it is bad at all to include these teenage stars in the CHAN squad
“We want them to know that they can play their politics but not to the detriment of our existence as a peace loving nation
Stadium supervisor Andres Sanchez and a representative of Odebrecht, the building company, paid tribute to the victims at a news conference in the canteen