THE 2013 Nations Cup qualifier between Rwanda and Nigeria will not be played at the Amahoro Stadium, but a smaller facility also in the capital city of Kigali, officials have disclosed. Secretary general of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Musa Amadu, informed that he has been officially communicated by his counterpart from Rwanda FA that [...]
Premiership giant, Chelsea, is planning to open a multi-million Naira football academy in Lagos. The club’s Nigerian representative, Noah Olivier and President Soccer Africa Sports Management, Dominic Egbukwu, disclosed to Daily Sunsports that the camp would be sited on Victoria Island, Lagos, and would serve as Chelsea’s breeding ground for promising young Nigerian players. Said [...]
Family members, close friends and associates converged on Newark, the largest city in New Jersey, Saturday for a private funeral service for music diva, Whitney Elizabeth Houston. Even though it was an invite-only service, some of her fans from across United States still made their way to Newark, the city of her birth, which has [...]
Multiple award-winning superstar, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly called Tuface Idibia, shocked his fans last Tuesday night when he proposed to actress Annie Macauley, one of the mothers of his five children. The Benue State-born singer was said to have proposed to Macaulay on Valentine’s Day to the surprise of Annie and his fans who gathered [...]
Nollywood star actress and Face of Hope Ambassador, Nkiru Sylvanus, wants to give back to the society that has done so much for her. The Abia State-born entertainer, who currently serves as a Senior Special Assistant to the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, recently unveiled I’ve Got Talent, a reality TV show, she intends using [...]
A Chinese court Thursday sentenced four top football referees to up to seven years in prison after convicting them of corruption and match fixing, reports Sky News. The court in the north-eastern province of Liaoning found the four former referees, including one who had officiated at a World Cup, guilty of “taking bribes, gambling on [...]
Chris Brown was so paranoid about keeping his attendance at Rihanna’s birthday party a big fat secret — he actually tried to FORCE partygoers to sign confidentiality agreements … TMZ has learned. Sources tell us, Chris refused to enter the private party Monday night at the famous Hearst Mansion in Beverly Hills until everyone signed [...]
PROSTITUTES in Lusaka’s Kanyama, John Laing, Chawama and Kalingalinga have offered themselves free of charge to every Jim and Jack as part of their celebration after Zambia beat Ghana 1-0. A check by The Independent Post (TIP) at nightclubs such as Kanyama’s Kanchembele and Chine Chikayeba found long queues of men waiting to have sex [...]
The music has suddenly stopped. The curtain has fallen and the voice has been stilled on a consummate artiste and a legend whose music and iconic persona had influenced a generation of up and coming singers. She was their model. They aspired to be like her, sang like her and wanted to follow in her [...]
Zambia lifted the Africa Cup of Nations Sunday after beating the Ivory Coast 8-7 in a dramatic penalty shoot out in the final in Libreville. Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba missed a penalty in the second half of regulation play as the match ended scoreless after extra time. Both teams were successful with their first [...]
As the University of Ilorin gets set to host the 13th edition of the West African University Games (WAUG), Wale Bakare of 200 level Zoology, reports the state of preparation. The common practice among West African universities is to compete every four years in various sporting events known as the West African University Games (WAUG). [...]
The Football Association have confirmed that Fabio Capello has resigned as England manager. Capello resigned following a meeting with FA chairman David Bernstein and general secretary Alex Horne at Wembley Stadium. An FA statement read: “The Football Association can confirm that Fabio Capello has resigned as England manager.” The statement went on: “This follows a [...]
Mali last night came back from a goal down to beat hosts Gabon 5-4 on penalties after scores were tied 1-1 at extra time at a packed Libreville National Stadium. Gabon’s loss means that the two host countries are out of the competition after Equatorial Guinea lost 3-0 to Ivory Coasts, Mali’s next opponents in [...]
Coach Keshi, on Thursday, invited 30 players to camp in preparation for their 15 February friendly match against the Lone Star of Liberia. The 30-man list comprised of three goalkeepers, eight defenders, 11 midfielders and eight strikers. Defender Oguchi, who plays for Nigeria Premier League, NPL side, Heartland Football Club, said the call up came [...]
Mr. Ope Banwo, the MD and CEO of Stingomania has sued Virgin Atlantic Airlines to the sum of one billion naira over violating of the company’s rights to ‘Ghetto Dreamz’. Ghetto Dreamz was produced to celebrate the life and times of Olaitan Olaonipekun, popularly called Dagrin. Stigomania holds the Copyrights to the movie. The MD [...]
Seventy-four people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday when Egyptian soccer fans staged a pitch invasion in the city of Port Said, in what a deputy minister called the biggest disaster in the nation’s soccer history. Violence at football matches across north Africa has increased significantly since political unrest began sweeping the [...]
Fifa has revealed that they are looking into the possibility of allowing a fourth substitute during extra time and are set to make a decision on the matter in the next month. The International Football Association Board are looking to protect players from injury whilst also maintaining the quality of the game right up until [...]
The Nigeria Football Federation will spend over N700 million (about $5 million) on the Super Eagles 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, MTNFootball.com reports on Tuesday. The amount is contained in the 2012 budget summary submitted to the House of Representatives by the leadership of the NFF. The Eagles will kick off the qualifiers at home [...]
For the three weeks the Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi and his assistant, Daniel Amokachi, will be with SuperSport as analysts in the Africa Cup of Nations, they will lose their pay. Justifying the action of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to cut the coaches’ salaries, the federation’s acting Secretary General, Musa Amadu, [...]
As it emerged this week the singer is expecting his sixth child from his African Queen Pero Adeniyi. According to sources Idibia’s long-time girlfriend and mother of his children is heavily pregnant and due in March 2012. Pero who was once married to Tunde Borokini already has two children, Rose and Justin, where as 2Face [...]
Nigeria dropped two steps in the FIFA world rankings released yesterday. Despite pulling a draw and a win against Botswana and Zambia respectively in the last quarter of 2011, the Eagles moved from the the 43rd position down to the 45th place, a position shared with Armenia. With coach Stephen Keshi working hard to return [...]
DUE to the ongoing strike action, the board of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has put on hold the 2011/2012 premier league matches. A release signed by NPL acting executive secretary, Tunji Babalola said the suspension of the one-week old top flight league will remain in force until the nationwide strike by labour is called [...]
THE ongoing nationwide strike embarked upon by the Organised Labour in Nigeria over the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy has forced the postponement of the much talked about international friendly between Nigeria’s Super Eagles team B and the Lone Stars of Liberia. The match which was billed to take place in Monrovia tomorrow had [...]
Angola completed their programme of pre-African Nations Cup friendlies with a goalless draw away against Nigeria on Wednesday. Angola, who drew at home with Cameroon and Namibia and beat Zambia in December friendlies, ended their sequence of matches unbeaten. It was Nigeria’s first match under coach Stephen Keshi, forced to pick a side devoid of [...]
Despite the unstable socio-political situation in the country, the national team currently in camp preparing for the 2013 Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda say they are battle ready to devour Angola in today’s international friendly. They however would lack support of fans because of the on-going strike over petrol price that restricts movement. For goalkeepers [...]