Babayaro, a member of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that government alone could not continue to fund football
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The 30-year-old Bolt dominated the sprint events over an unprecedented span of years, winning the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay at three consecutive Olympic Games
The world record holder over both the 100m and 200m events, plans to step away from the track at the conclusion of the 2017 season where he will be hoping to add to his collection of 11 World Championships titles
The first part of his report in July led to calls for Russia to be given a blanket ban from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in August.
Obi has not played a single minute of football for Chelsea this season after being frozen out by the Blues’ new Italian manager, Antonio Conte
Days after winning the 100m, Bolt was expected to decimate his rivals in the showcase event on Thursday evening and he did not disappoint as he led from start to finish
Majority of these Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports officials are collecting between $300 to $400 per day while the athletes are on $150
According to Barrister Dalung, the players’ grievances had to do with match bonuses, camp allowance and the five months salaries owed Chief Coach Samson Siasia
Sensationally, just one day short of his 28th birthday, Quadri beat Boll, the former World no.1 and the no.10 seed at the Olympics
This will be the first time any African will be getting to that stage of the competition at the Olympics
The team, popularly known as the Dream Team VI, arrived in Manaus, Brazil about seven hours before the encounter
“I was coach of Nigeria during the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, when we reached the final, and in 2016 we will aim to do more than reaching the final by winning the (gold) medal,” Siasia said
The former Nantes and Lokeren striker was in the dugout in 2008 when the Dream Team qualified for the final of the football event of the Olympic Games and he is aiming to win the competition in Rio de Janeiro in 2016
Nigeria had in the semi-final defeated Senegal
The match was played in Bata, Equatorial Guinea
A letter from world football-governing body, FIFA, informed the Nigeria Football Federation of the development on Thursday evening
Bach gave the hint, after a whistle-stop tour on Sunday of three African countries – South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia
Legal conditions could be created for FIFA to intervene if this does not take place, Zwanziger suggested
The decision to hold the World Cup in Qatar has been a subject of controversy with concerns raised over the high temperature in the Arabian country in summer