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GUNNERS' coach Moses "Bambo" Chunga has taunted championship rivals Dynamos by suggesting that they are having nightmares ahead of their Super Sunday Showdown at Rufaro where a defeat will spell the end of the Glamour Boys' battle for the CBZ Premiership title.
THE mess in the Zifa Division One leagues amid serious allegations of corruption -has exploded to the surface with the Eastern Region being dragged into the League of Shame that has already tainted the championships in the Northern and Southern Regions.
NJUBE Sundowns defiantly declared that they are not the kind of team to wear relegation robes but have admitted that they are desperate to claim the scalp of Shooting Stars when the two teams meet in a CBZ Premiership tie at Rufaro this afternoon.
THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association have called for the spirit of Fair Play to prevail during the epic Super Sunday Showdown between CBZ Premiership leaders Gunners and championship rivals Dynamos at Rufaro, writes Augustine Hwata.
South Africa has honoured the 32 nations participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup by raising each of their national flags during a ceremony at the South African Football Association's (SAFA) headquarters in Johannesburg.
Amodu Shaibu left Lagos yesterday for Luanda to attend the Nations Cup draw. He was accompanied by NFF Secretary General Bolaji Ojo-Oba. The super Eagles coach told KickOffNigeria.com that he expects to pick a good camp site for the Eagles as soon as the draws are made. "We have to make sure that we pick a site where we can concentrate properly and focus well for the tournament," he said.
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 draws for next year's Africa Nations Cup (CAN) are scheduled for today at the International Conference Centre Talatona in Luanda, Angola.
Mozambique coach Mart Nooij has refused to deny or confirm speculation that he has been lined up to take over World Cup-bound Nigeria.
NFF President Sani Lulu insists that it would be an 'injustice' to fire Super Eagles coach Shuiabu Amodu, after he qualified Nigeria for the 2010 World Cup.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) would like to congratulate the six teams that qualified last night for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, filling the last of the 32 positions for the tournament.
A message of congratulations has been sent to the Super Eagles striker, Mr. Osaze Odemwingie, from his kinsmen in Uhronigbe in Orhiomwon Local Government Area of Edo State over his emergence as Nigeria's Footballer of the Year in the Africa Independent Television (AIT) organised awards.
Shaibu Amodu, the Eagles' Chief Coach, would next week know whether or not his services with the national team would be retained.
Despite his disqualification by the Executive Committee of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Sports Minister, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, insists he is eligible to contest for the NOC presidency at the forthcoming election.
Twenty four hours after Nigeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, coach Amodu Shuaibu was at the National Stadium, Abuja to watch the final of the Fifa U-17 World Cup which Nigeria lost to Switzerland. There, he told his Nairobi story:
AT last the long awaited authentic, solid-gold, FIFA World Cup trophy arrives in Dar es Salaam today, as part of its all Africa tour.
MAINLAND'S Kilimanjaro Stars and Zanzibar Heroes will know their opponents today, as the draw for the regional Senior Challenge Cup is held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Let us learn from history. When GENOCIDE was being committed in Rwanda in 1994, US-led United Nations did not want to intervene and so tried to deny that genocide was taking place.
Unsung Switzerland stole the show in Abuja, dashing Nigeria's hopes of crowning an exciting tournament with their fourth FIFA U-17 World Cup title. Taking part in the competition for the first time in their modest history, the Swiss made light of their status as newcomers and Nigeria's imposing pedigree to win the country's maiden FIFA title.
Oba was blowing hot minutes after Nigeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup. Here are his exact words as he celebrated Eagles 3-2 victory in Kenya :
WORKAHOLIC Eagles striker, Osaze Odemwingie is yet to come to terms that the Eagles have landed in South African for the 2010 World Cup. The CSKA of Moscow player who remains the only vibrant player in the Eagles said that it was all to him like a fairy tale the day after the Eagles beat Harambee Stars of Kenya 3-2. "It's like you are in a deep sleep and be waking up and going back dreaming.
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has pointed a finger at the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) fragile leadership, as the main factor that hampers the development of the sport in the country.
KILIMANJARO Stars' quest to end fifteen-years wait for Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup silverware, will once again come against strong oppositions this year.
THE Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club (DGC) golfer, Siamini Salehe had a dismal final round, but managed to win the inaugural Tanzania Caddies Open title at the club course today. He posted 91 gross.
Kenya coach Twahir Mihiddin has said Harambee Stars must be wary right from the group stage following the release of the Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup draw on Thursday.
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