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As soccer pundits continue to celebrate the miraculous qualification of the Super Eagles for next year's World Cup final in South Africa, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has sent a budget of N1.3 billion to the National Sports Commission (NSC) which would be spent on both Nations Cup and the Mundial in Angola and South Africa respectively.
CIVICS players owe it to their head coach Helmuth Scharnoswki to post a victory over Hotspurs tonight, or their chances of ending among the top at the end of the season will be under greater threat.
SPORTS Deputy Minister Pohamba Shifeta described the current funding to sport from State coffers as 'peanuts', saying that something drastic needs to be done to address this 'injustice' to the talented sportsmen and -women in Namibia.
NAMIBIAN lightweight world boxing boxing champion, Paulus 'Hitman' Moses says he fears no-one when he enters the ring, including the famous Mexican fighter Marco Antonio Barrera, who he is set to meet in his second title defence early next year.
DICK Katende has turned down an offer by the Uganda Amateur Boxing Federation (UABF) to train the national team Bombers, reports Johnson Were.
TOMMY Okello scored a hattrick as KCC hammered Masaka LC to go top of the Uganda Super League at Nakivubo yesterday. Joseph Ochaya and Moses Oloya completed the rout with a goal each in the one-sided game.
CRANES boss Bobby Williamson will not take unfit players to the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup and the warning could rule out attacking midfielder Steven Bengo.
THE Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, has commended the management of Bukedde FM for uniting the people in Buganda through the revival of the traditional wrestling.
DESPITE defending champions D'Mark Power's pedigree, Kyambogo Warriors coach Gad Etau reckons it is time for his side to rise and shine in the basketball playoff finals series that tip off on Friday at YMCA Wandegeya.
THE Police Anti Terrorism Unit will be on guard against terrorism threats at the MTN Kampala International marathon on Sunday.
URU recently signed a 2-year $25,000 deal with S. Africa sports kit firm KooGa. Above, union boss William Blick admires a jersey from KooGa Africa manager Gary Goodwin
MAKERERE University students yesterday staged a demonstration protesting the university's refusal to finance their participation in next month's Inter-University games.
THE national golf team is in Kigali for the Rwanda Open as a build up to the International Teams Championship that tees off in Johannesburg, South Africa next week.
The Nigeria Football Federation will open a 'Nigeria Village' in South Africa as soon the 2010 FIFA World Cup draws are made next month and the country's centre confirmed.
As praises continue to trail the Super Eagles qualification for the 2010 World Cup, the team as presently constituted has been described as not good enough to make an appreciable impact in South Africa.
Coach Amodu has guided the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but most football fans still believe he lacks the technical ability to lead the team to the mundial and should be replaced with a more competent expatriate coach.
After falling to Brazil yesterday, African champions Nigeria needed all they could get today. Suffice it to say, it did not start well. It took just seconds for the Swiss to take the lead and goals followed in quick succession from Dejan Stankovic and captain Mo Jaeggy.
Barely a week after undergoing an intensive basic technical course in athletics, games masters and mistreses in Akwa Ibom State, will this week end put their acquired knowledge to the test when they line out their wards for the zonal finals of the Mobil sponsored Akwa Ibom State schools athletics championship holding Thursday and Friday November 19 and 20, 2009
All the 13 Countries from the sub-region to participate in the 1st ECOWAS Cycling Tour are expected to arrive Lagos today ahead of Thursday's flag-off of the championship.
Shaibu Amodu, the Super Eagles' Chief Coach, might have performed his last function with the national team as the Nigeria Football Federation is thinking about hiring a foreign Technical Adviser to pilot the team to next year's African Cup of Nations as well as the World Cup in South Africa.
FC Victoria won the Zifa Eastern Region Division One championship after they beat Maningi 2-1 at Mucheke while their rivals Masvingo United were held to a goalless draw away in Hippo Valley.
ZIMBABWE batsman Charles Coventry hit exactly 100 to help Matabeleland Tuskers pile 418 in the first innings on the second day of their Logan Cup tie against Midwest Rhinos at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday.
KIGALI Golf Club captain Rajan Tiwari has promised golfers a thrilling Rwanda Open, and he had every reason to be excited after Rwandair's Rwf11.3m sponsorship package into the four-day golf tournament.
RWANDA's former long distance ace Mathias Ntawukuriryayo has urged local athletes to seek early qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Silverbacks' preparation for the Nakuru 7s has received a huge boost from Friends of Rwandan Rugby-one of Rwanda Rugby federation key partners.
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