Alao-Akala urges sportswriters to re-brand Nigeria at Nations Cup
Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State has urged sports-writers to re-brand Nigeria at the 2010 January Nations Cup in Angola and the World Cup in South Africa.
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Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State has urged sports-writers to re-brand Nigeria at the 2010 January Nations Cup in Angola and the World Cup in South Africa.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton on Friday arrived in Abuja, as the Federal Government pledged that Nigeria would remain a staunch advocate of the Commonwealth’s ideals.
Nigeria lead the bidders to host the 2011 FIBA African Nations Cup but faces opposition from the Ivory Coast and Madagascar.
The Nigerian Super Eagles coach Shauibu Amodu has announced his team list for the African Cup of Nations in Angola ahead of the national team's pre-Nations Cup camping exercise, scheduled to start on December 29 in Durban, South Africa.
The third ticketing sales phase for South Africa’s 2010 Fifa World Cup has seen the number of tickets applied for hit the 500 000 mark in the first 10 days. South Africans made 77% of the requests, or 386 300 ticket applications, and the rest of the world 114 237 applications.
Fahrenheit 2010, a feature documentary that asks crucial questions about the impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, will be shown at the Labia on Orange cinema in Cape Town on Sunday 13 December at 8:15pm, on Monday 14 December at 6:15pm and on Tuesday 15 December at 6:15pm.