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Lars Lagerback’s planned meet and greet with his 44-man provisional World Cup squad is in serious jeopardy after several European clubs wrote to the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF withholding permission for their players to attend. Everton, Olympic Marseille, Hapoel Petah Tikvah and Alania are some of the clubs that have written formally to the Nigeria [...]
When Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State unfolded his four cardinal objectives as he assumed office, one of them was aimed at ensuring the cleanliness of the major cities of the state. Since the inception of the administration, there have been concerted efforts to achieve sustainable waste management in the state. The efforts culminated [...]
Rivers State Director of Sports, Sir Daobu Harvest Harry says that the Rivers State Government is committed to putting in place necessary facilities including accommodation for all participating athletes and officials before the 17th National Sports Festival tagged “Garden City Games 2010” commences in November this year. Speaking with Tidesports on Friday, at the Alfred [...]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) insists a planned two-day training camp in England will still go ahead as scheduled despite clubs in Europe refusing to release their players. The new Nigeria coach, Lars Lagerback, intends to bring the players together as part of his preparations for the World Cup in South Africa in June. However, [...]
Nigeria’s preparations for the World Cup may well suffer even more setbacks after it was learnt that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are demanding hefty cash payments from teams, who wish to engage the Super Eagles in warm-up matches prior to South Africa 2010. Indepth investigations by our source have revealed that organisers for Nigeria’s [...]
Coach International Table Tennis Federation (lTIF) Level I Clinic has lauded the organisers, saying they had learnt a lot from the exercise. Union Bank Table Tennis Club coach, Samson Ajayi, said that the clinic touched all aspects of the game which would be of immense benefit to them. Ajayi said the theoretical and practical aspects [...]
Former Under-20 coach Ladan Bosso says he is surprised that midfielder Rabiu Ibrahim and two other players from the Flying Eagles team that he coached were not included in Lars Lagerback’s list of 44. Ibrahim has become one of the most alked about players in Nigeria, and former coach Shuaibu Amodu was heavily pilloried for [...]
Nigeria Premier League top scorer, Ahmed Musa, has revised his goals target for the season after getting his first senior international call-up. Musa, who is having a breakout season with Kano Pillars, had originally set a 20-goal target for himself this season. That figure would have obliterated the current 17-goal record set by Ishaya [...]
Delta State Football Association Chairman, Amaju Pinnick has been handed a warning by the NFF’s Disciplinary Committee after he tendered a written apology over his statement criticising the NFF. Pinnick had asked the NFF to apologise to the Rivers State government over its handling of the matter involving Sharks Football Club, but faced by [...]
Nigerians travelling to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup will have their accommodation worries eased with the provision of accommodation facilities at the Naija Village. Premium Sports CEO, Nkechi Obi, whose company has been licensed to run the project by the NFF, says the Naija Village will offer up to 3, 500 beds at [...]
