The scenes at the U. J. Esuene stadium actually was turned to a carnival of some sort as the Golden Eaglets unfurled three big banners with different messages in appreciation of the state government’s support to the team
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Documents passed to Fifa by The Sunday Times show the Qatar bid team offered the cash to Samson Adamu, 26, the son of Amos Adamu, the Fifa executive committee (exco) member. The money was to fund a dinner and workshop on the eve of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, though it cost only a fraction of the sum offered
Nigeria’s last appearance at the Under-17 continental championship was in 2007 when the late Coach Yemi Tella guided the Eaglets to victory in Cotonou en route to Korea where they equally emerged world champions
Aregbesola cautioned the organizers to seek for parental consent of players that are under aged and also urged them to advise the players to take education serious while playing football
This was revealed by the Media Officer of the Warri, Delta State based team, Moses Etu, while speaking with sports Journalists in Asaba on the level of preparation for the forthcoming season
In form Nigerian international, Osaze Odenwengie, will be the cynosure of all eyes as West Bromwich face Chelsea
The Executive Secretary of the league’s management board, Tunji Babalola, in a statement, explained that the postponement was in compliance with the directive from the Nigeria Football Federation, the nation’s apex football ruling body
Inexperience on the part of Venezuela gave the Nigerian side the match that saw stand-in-captain, Austin Ejide, as the hero of the day
The team trained twice on Tuesday and looked very sharp for the assignment at hand, as the Nigeria senior team rolls on ground its preparations for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals in South Africa
The draw prevented Chelsea from climbing back into second place as they recorded their third league game without a win to lie three points behind Manchester United
Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, said on Sunday that the trio had different reasons for not being part of the game, but that should not bring fears to Nigerians as capable replacements have already been named for the encounter
Ekeji, who is a former national team skipper and coach, declared at the session that he was impressed by the modern day training techniques of the technical crew of the Super Eagles and wishes that all the sessions be recorded for review on a daily basis as that will help players and officials know areas that mistakes have been made
The Rivers State Commissioner for Sports, Fred Igwe, said on Sunday that it would have taken a while to get the money out if he had applied for funds so he had to look inwards to generate cash for the purpose
The team’s General Manager, Alloy Chukwuemeka, who disclosed this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, said Saraki believes strongly that the welfare of players should be a topmost priority to achieve excellence and to get the best performances
The profit comes after a £67.7m loss in the previous financial year
Speaking when officials of the US Embassy, led by former Mighty Jets of Jos star, Sanni Mohammed, grilled him on the new focus of the team, Amokachi said there is a new focus in the team and that is to return the team to its glory days when Nigerians will sleep easy when the national team has any important game
The Embassy officials still followed due protocols but all members of the team were shocked at the convivial reception that the team got as both American and Nigerian staff of the Embassy swarmed the team for pictures, autographs and pleasantries that are quite uncommon at the Embassy
Martins, popularly called weapon of mass destruction, poses the biggest threat to the star studded Madrid side going by his recent scoring form
The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated eminent Nigerians who have been appointed by the Confederation of African Football to help deliver a successful 2013 Africa Cup of Nations finals
The General Manager of Dolphins FC, Dumbor Awanen, said it is a plan for bring younger players who can be of benefit to the club in the long term into the fray