The NRA action has been predicated by the crisis in the NFF, which culminated in the prevention of its key officials from attending the General Congress through the arrest and detention of the President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari; the General Secretary, Barrister Musa Ahmadu; and the Chairman of the Technical Committee, Barrister Chris Green
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You must be ready to reconcile with all institutions and individuals of interest such as government, FIFA, members of NFF and stakeholders.”
Danagogo harped on the importance of peace and tranquility, in which atmosphere progress can be achieved
This is coming just weeks after he emerged the captain of Manchester United FC under new manager, Lusi van Gaal
The meeting, which was chaired by the newly-elected President of the body, Tony Ubani of the Vanguard newspapers, had in attendance such eminent personalities as Jide Alabi of the Silverbird Group, Ade Ojeikere of the Nation, Ben Alaiya of SportsDay, Kunle Salami of New Telegraph, Duro Ikhazuagbe of ThisDay, Ben Alozie of The Union, Ben Memuletiwon of National Mirror, Dare Esan of Complete Sports, Emeka Ezeugwu of the Newswatch Group, Femi Olusetire of SportsDay, Peter Edema of Daily Independent, Desmond Ekwueme of National Weekender and John Joshua Akanji of the Sun newspapers group
“I think it’s important he gets a shirt on and starts playing again. That’s just what he hasn’t done in the last couple of years
Thadeus Yilmen, the state Chairman of SWAN, in a statement said as concerned stakeholders in sports development in the country, “we have been following with interest what has been ongoing in the Glass House, however we feel as a body we need to speak out
The former Liverpool midfielder scored 16 goals in 114 Spain appearances
A single first half goal from Alexis Sánchez was enough for the Gunners to take victory after they were held to a goalless draw in the reverse fixture in Istanbul last week
Looking lively in the game, the Nigerian launched several attacking forays into the vital areas of the Potters but he was replaced with Marko Arnautovic, who came on in the 63rd of the encounter
Speaking through his brother and representative, Emmanuel Ado, the coach said he had communicated with the football house to provide him with the tape as soon as he arrives in the country
The loan-man played his first 90 minutes at The Vic in the defeat, and afterwards urged his new teammates not to let the performance affect their league form
Some of the players accused the management of collecting the club’s grant from government and refusing to pay them
Our Abuja source hinted that the Bauchi State-born soccer administrator was released along with Barrister Chris Green
The Plateau State owner of Giwa FC, argued that the absence of the continental and world football governing bodies, CAF and FIFA, has no iota of effect on the emergence of his board
To this end, the Congress approved the dissolution of Amoni Biambo-led Electoral Committee and Election Appeals Committee and consequently set up new ones
Eto’o joins the Toffees on an initial one-year deal, despite interest from West Ham and Liverpool throughout the course of the summer
This agreement, which will be in place until after the matches in September, is to allow for the team to have a handler for the period in question
The result sends MK Dons into the third round, the point at which teams participating in the UEFA Champions League or Europa League enter the competition, with a first-ever win over the 20-time English champions
The source said: “We are not surprised that some persons were arrested and re-arrested because these security men are always around at the Glass House to keep vigil and monitor movements personnel within the secretariat
The Chelsea forward arrived at the Britannia Stadium on a season-long loan from the Blues earlier this month, but was not part of the travelling party at Hull on Sunday