Uche Oguchi, one of the local players invited by Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, is excited about the opportunity to play for Nigeria in an international friendly match against Liberia. Coach Keshi, on Thursday, invited 30 players to camp in preparation for their 15 February friendly match against the Lone Star of Liberia. The [...]
Kenya’s U-17 female team have finally arrived Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria for tomorrow’s U-17 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria’s Flamingos. They were earlier scheduled to hit Nigeria yesterday but their inability to secure entry visa from the Nigerian High Commission in Kenya made them reschedule their trip. The East Africans will go into the tie, [...]
Ahead of the summer 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Nigeria Wrestling Federation has assured that Nigerian wrestlers are capable of securing six tickets at the final qualifying tournament to be held in Morocco next month. This was disclosed by Daniel Igali, the Technical Director of the federation, who said the wrestlers will start camping [...]
February 3, 2012, 2:20 pm | in
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Read More »P.M.Sports can report that Chief Coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi will release the list of his players for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Amavubi of Rwanda on 15 February. It was gathered that Keshi intends to release the names of invited players immediately after Nigeria’s friendly match against the [...]
Vice President of Nigeria Judo Federation, NJF, Olakitan De Souza, has expressed confidence in Nigerian judokas to secure tickets to feature at the London Olympics during the African Judo Championship in March. De Souza is convinced that Nigerian judokas will perform well in the African tourney which is also a qualifying championship for the Olympic [...]
February 3, 2012, 2:19 pm | in
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Read More »Former Sports Minister, Yusuf Suleiman, has appealed to warring factions in the current crises rocking the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to sheathe their swords and embrace peace. Suleiman counseled the warring parties in the crises to settle their differences, saying the problems may ruin Nigerian football if they fail to agree. “I appeal to the [...]
February 3, 2012, 2:17 pm | in
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Read More »Handball Federation of Nigeria, HFN, has postponed the National U-18 Handball Championship, for both male and female, scheduled to hold in Sokoto from 23 February to 4 March, 2012 indefinitely. General Secretary of the Federation, Olusola Luke, said in a statement that the postponement was due to the security situation in the northern part of [...]
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