Eguaveon: No Time For Excuses
Posted by chinedu.maduka on Nov 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Austin Eguavoen
Ahead of the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco, and given the litany of disappointments that have greeted Nigerian football in recent times, football loving Nigerians opine that Eguaveon, the team’s coach, has no reason to fail
By Kennis IKE
The 2011 CAF U-23 Championship was originally scheduled to be hosted by Egypt. However, two months to the tournament, Egyptian authorities told the sports world...
Eagles’ Poor Outing: Fans’ Verdict
Posted by chinedu.maduka on Oct 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Eagles’ Poor Outing: Fans’ Verdict
As reactions continue to trail the Super Eagles’ abysmal performance at the crucial African Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea which cost the nation a place in the 2012 competition, Odinaka ANUDU captures the overall feelings of fans in this short drama sketch
GEORGE: Good...
Thumbs Up For Heartland
Posted by chinedu.maduka on Oct 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Thumbs Up For Heartland
Many who remember the exploits of Iwuanyanwu Nationale years before 2006 must be wondering how the club’s fate plummeted in recent times. On Sunday, September 25, the lion in the former Iwunayanwa Nationale, now called Heartland FC of Owerri, was awoken.
It was a fierce FA Cup final battle between the club and Enyimba FC of Aba. The event was hosted by the sports loving governor of Lagos State,...
Siasia’s Eagles: A Ticking Time Bomb
Posted by chinedu.maduka on Oct 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment
SPORTS
Recent happenings in the Super Eagles have exposed the level of indiscipline within the team, which many fans feel could pull the team down if not properly handled
By Odinaka ANUDU
The incident that preceded the Sunday, September 4, 2011 African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Madagascar is still fresh in the memories of Nigerians. The Samson Siasia crew had arranged a chartered flight that was billed to take...
Manchester United outclass Schalke in 2-0 stroll
Posted by on Apr 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Manchester United outclassed Schalke 04 in a one-sided Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday, with goals from Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney securing a 2-0 win for the English side.
United’s assured victory would have been far more emphatic but for a brilliant first-half display from Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
The German keeper performed heroics to keep the game scoreless going into the...
Falcons coach drops foreign based players from Namibia qualifier
Posted by on Apr 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Eucharia Uche, coach of Nigeria’s Super Falcons has confirmed that she would be prosecuting the second leg of the London 2012 Olympic qualifier taking place weekend in Namibia with a team comprising of only local players.
Nigeria won the first leg comprehensively by thrashing the Brave Gladiators of Namibia 7-0 and Uche is sure that the same can happen with the local players.
“Though we may not be able to have our...
Amos Adamu: Guilty or Not Guilty?
Posted by on Apr 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
The undercover reporters of The Sunday Times had posed as lobbyists for a consortium of American private companies who desired that the USA would get the bid to host 2018 FIFA World Cup. According to this report, the reporters had met Adamu, the Nigerian president of the West African Football Union initially in London, where it was agreed that the money would be paid to him “personally“. Adamu, in...
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