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Governor Alao Akala expressed his excitement at the qualification of Nigeria for the World Cup in South Africa. Speaking through his Special Adviser on Public Communications, Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Governor said the close shave with failure has made the lesson even more poignant.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC) has congratulated Nigeria, Cameroon and New Zealand after qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at the weekend.
The 1st ECOWAS Cycling Tour has been scheduled to flag off on Thursday November 19 in Lagos. The tour that will see 72 cyclists from 13 countries in the West African sub-region battle for honours is expected to move through Benin Republic, Togo and terminates in Accra, Ghana.
The jinx surrounding hosts nations failing to win the nearly 25-year- old FIFA Under-17 World Cup trophy again played out last night as the Golden Eaglets succumbed to a lone goal defeat from hard fighting Swiss tenagers.
The Governor of Ogun State Otunba Gbenga Daniel has described the qualification of the Super Eagles for the World Cup taking place in South Africa next year as a major boost for the country's sports development and an indication that Nigeria would continue to make progress in spite of all odds. Reacting shortly after the Super Eagles joined other nations to vie for honours in the land of Nelson ...
Globacom Limited, the Official Sponsor of the Super Eagles, Nigeria's senior national football team, has congratulated Nigerians, the players, coaches and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for Saturday's victory in Kenya which earned the nation the qualification ticket to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.
In a dramatic twist, the Super Eagles of Nigeria routed the Harambee Stars of Kenya, 3-2, in their final qualifying match for the South Africa 2010 World Cup. The result has finally got the Super Eagles the 'badly' needed ticket to be at the World Cup, in June 2010.
Though Nigeria failed to retain the FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy yesterday, the Golden Eaglets Sani Emmanuel yesterday pocketed two trophies to dominate the tournament's awards.
FIFA President, Sepp Blatter has expressed satisfaction with the organization of the Under-17 World Cup, Nigeria 2009 despite the initial hiccups. At a press parley last Saturday, he said he was satisfied that Nigeria and Switzerland (his home country) the best teams in the competition, got to the finals and expressed happiness with the quality of play so far displayed. He was pleasantly surprised ...
FIFA President Sepp Blatter at the weekend insisted that as far as the world football governing body was concern, every player that participated in the Under-17 World Cup (Nigeria 2009) were within the stipulated age bracket.
The Spanish Coach Gines Melendez said last night that winning the third place title was a satisfaction for him because they have achieved the objective of coming to the Under-17 World Cup, Nigeria 2009 that ended last night.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) would like to congratulate the three teams that qualified last night for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa next year.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa has congratulated the Green Eagles, Indomitable Lions of Cameroun and New Zealand for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa next year.
Cameroon's Indomitable Lions are through to the World Cup finals South Africa following a 2-nil victory over Morocco in Fez.
We expected a lot, but got almost nothing. When Antoine Hey was unveiled by the Prime Minister in March this year, many a fan thought the saviour to our national football woes had finally landed.
Steven Funk, a Canadian, and Jean-Louis Juchault from France have entered the East African Classic Safari Rally 2009 under the auspices of Race4Change.
Athletics Kenya will hold a regional track meeting on April 24 next year as a dry run for the African Athletics Championships three months later, Athletics Kenya secretary general said on Monday.
Ian Duncan's Ford Mustang is expected to be the centre of attraction when cars are presented for inspection to the technical officer of the Kenya Airways East African Safari Classic Rally on Friday.
Samuel Inkoom is the only member of the World Under-20 winning team that makes the Black Stars starting line up for the game against Mali.
Ghana completes qualifiers with a draw against Mali on Sunday in their last World Cup qualifying match at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
CAF President Issa Hayatou has extolled the leadership qualities of NFF President Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi. The FIFA Vice President who spoke in Abuja said the invitation of former leaders of the football federation especially the immediate past Chairman Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima to the commissioning of the FIFA Technical Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, shows that the NFF President is a progressive ...
Federation of International Football Association Vice President, Mr. Jack Warner has advised Nigerians to always have faith in teams.
I always knew I would one day be forced into making a comment or two about sports although I had decided to reserve any expression of my feelings, exciting or depressing, to myself. I was sure that I would mostly be assailed by the latter anyway, so why bother.
Celebrated African footballing legend, George Oppon Weah joined Chelsea's Michael Essien at a charity event during the weekend to launch a foundation that aims to provide basic amenities and improve the lifestyles of a targeted Ghanaian community in need.
THE MTN Kampala international marathon starts with a wheelchair event at Kololo airstrip today. Two other events -- a IHK Hope Ward Fun Run and a mock marathon will be held concurrently with the wheelchair race.
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