The Catholic priest described as painful the passing away of Keshi who, he said, had yet to recover from the sudden death of his beloved wife who passed on last December
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Udoji told NAN that as league defending champions, the club would ensure Rangers was defeated to keep their hope for a title defence alive.
He said: “I respect Rangers for what they have achieved this season, but as league defending champions, we are desirous of retaining the league title.
“Our match with them on Sunday is like a local derby and as such we will not take chances and we will try as much as possible to avoid too many mistakes.
MFM, however, has served the first closed door match punishment during its Match Day 27 fixtures against Heartland FC of Owerri, which it won 2-0.
The Olukoya Boys were looking forward to play the next match against Plateau United in the Match Day 29 fixtures before they were granted pardon by LMC
Rangers’ spokesman, Foster Chime, said in a statement in Enugu on Friday that the players and technical crew had intensified training ahead of the encounter
Paul Pogba has passed his Manchester United medical, according to the Daily Star.
Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech got down well to deny Giovani dos Santos – but he was beaten in first half injury-time by former Chelsea team-mate, Didier Drogba
The English giants have agreed to pay a world record fee of €110 million plus add-ons to Juventus for the 23-year-old and will also bear the agent fee due to Mino Raiola
The ex-Super Eagles midfielder said: “Few days to that visit, nothing was working and that was how we lost the ticket to play at the U-20 Africa Nations Cup.
She recalled that the Federal Government shortchanged him at the peak of his career, wondering why his state also reneged on its promise of building a befitting house for him at a choice area in Asaba, the state capital, for coaching the national team creditably well and winning laurels for the country as a footballer
NAN reports that the NFF Executive Committee had given the committee seven days within which to name a Technical Adviser for the senior national team following the federation’s failure to obtain Frenchman Paul Le Guen’s signature as coach of the team
Akpom, who has had loan spells at Brentford, Coventry, Nottingham Forest and Hull, started Arsenal’s friendly at RC Lens on Friday, when he failed to score but showed good linkup play with Alex Iwobi and fellow youngster, Jeff Reine-Adelaide
The General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Sanusi Mohammed, as well as NFF assistant directors (technical), Siji Lagunju and Abdulrafiu Yusuf, were part of the crowd that watched the evening encounter described by coach Manu Garba as an improvement on previous matches
Popoola, who was at the office of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, with the President of the NOC, Engr. Habu Gumel, for a meeting with Dalung, stated categorically that at no time did the Nigeria Olympic Committee deny or reject Mikel Obi as Captain of Team Nigeria
The 20-year-old Nigerian international has been an impressive performer since coming into the Gunners’ first-team last season, with his ability to drive forward with the ball and create space for himself in tight spaces a big highlight
The world’s number one football administrator wrote: “The FIFA delegation has now returned to Zurich with a host of unforgettable memories and having made many cordial new friendships. On behalf of the entire FIFA delegation, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for affording us such warm welcome. We all will keep wonderful memories of it forever in our hearts
The remains of the Big Boss, as he was fondly known, which arrived his home state of Delta from Edo State on Thursday in the N3 million casket, would be laid to rest in his village in Ila
Wondering why the writer thinks that the players are hungry and needed his money, Mikel asked: “Tell me the players who are in this team that are so hungry that will be looking up to me for survival?
The LMC also recommended to the Imo State Football Association and the Nigeria Football Federation to reconsider the role of the ISFA Security Committee Chairman, Teddy Isiadinso, who also serves as a Match Commissioner for the NFF
The screening was done by certified medical experts working with the Labakcare Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation on health-related issues
FIFA’s ethics committee on Monday banned Niersbach, who is also a member of the UEFA executive committee, in connection with the awarding of the 2006 World Cup to Germany