Happy FM, an Accra-based radio station, on a sports programme yesterday, announced that three prominent players of the senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, failed to join their colleagues to Angola to play a FIFA sanctioned international friendly match, scheduled for today.
The 2009 edition of FIFA Under-17 World Cup hosted by Nigeria is over. The concluded round leather tournament has revealed that if there is the political will to resolve the country's knotty problems of underdevelopment, there would always be some ways just as we have just muddled through the recent competition triumphantly.
No doubt, there is yet to be a weekend in Nigerian football history in recent times comparable to last weekend. It was one 'blessed' weekend that saw seeminly impossibile situation turned to possibility. It was a weekend that God answered the prayers of teeming Nigerian football passionate fans.
It is the high season for football and the excitement of fans across the globe is at fever-pitch. The passion and adrenaline is flowing ceaselessly. Several World Cup qualifier matches are on and fans have been held spellbound as to who's in and who's out.
THERE are fears that Beastmania, which has been a big part of the heartbeat of the Springboks and world rugby, could come to an abrupt ending -- shattering the dreams of a talented Zimbabwean prop and millions of fans who have fallen in love with him.
BAFANA Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has advised visibly heavy striker Benni McCarthy to seriously consider a move away from English premier league side Blackburn Rovers during the January transfer window if he wants to lead the national team to the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
At 15, Mateus Alice's world fell apart. A bright and dedicated student from the city of Beira in Mozambique, he was told that a prized scholarship he had won to study in the United Kingdom had been given to someone else.
A Zimbabwean studying in the United States is making waves in college hockey.
I do not know Shaibu Amodu beyond the fact that he is chief coach of Nigeria's senior football team, the Super Eagles. He and I have never met one on one before beyond hearing him speak on TV on matters football and Super Eagles.
It was jubilation galore for sports lovers, friends and relations of the successful participants in the season 2 of the Oceanic Football Talent Hunt with Jay Jay Okocha, as 15 players that emerged finalists were unveiled. Each of the winners was presented with N1,000,000 and a car with the Most Valuable Player (MPV), Osi Isoa David driving home in a four-wheel drive Jeep
Ghana completes qualifiers with a draw against Mali on Sunday in their last World Cup qualifying match at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
Algeria defeated Africa's football champions, Egypt, 1-0 today to take Africa's sixth place in the 2010 World cup.
Silverbacks' preparation for the Nakuru 7s has received a huge boost from Friends of Rwandan Rugby-one of Rwanda Rugby federation key partners.
Golden Eaglets coach, John Obuh who is awaiting official confirmation as new national U-20 coach, has revealed that once he takes over the Flying Eagles job, the silver winning 2009 U-17 national team should not expect automatic shirts.
ANGOLA versus Mali will be the opening game of the tournament. Group A will be based in Luanda, Group B will be in Cabinda in the north of the country, Group C will play in Benguela, and Group D will be based in Lubango.
