Barcelona has announced on its official website that it has reached an agreement with Xavi and Carles Puyol over a contract extension until the summer of 2016, while Lionel Messi will stay with the club until 2018. The deals will be penned in the comin...

Super Eagles defender, Godfrey Oboabona has said the domestic players are ready for the 2013 Afcon in South Africa. Oboabona is among the 22 domestic lads who hit Eagles’ camp in Abuja on Sunday for the start of training on Monday. The yet-to-be ...

Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that he is not planning to make any signings in the New Year. He said there is still no value to be had in the January transfer market. A 3-1 victory over Sunderland on Saturday ensured that Man...

Former Heartland defender, Chibuzor Okonkwo wants Super Eagles’ manager, Stephen Keshi to have a look in on him for the 2013 AFCON game. Though the door appears closed with Sunday’s resumption of camping by the invited domestic players, the...

Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, has declared that the team has reached a crucial bend in the preparations for the Nations Cup championship in South Africa next year and pleaded with Nigerians not to distract the team from focusing on set goals....

Heartland defender, Orji Kalu, is injured and will take no further part in Nigeria’s pre-AFCON plans. The player was declared unavailable by Nigeria’s head coach, Stephen Keshi as the nation prepares for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Kalu...

  The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Board on Monday suspended its Chairman, Victor Baribote, to enable the three-man committee investigating the crisis between the board and club owners complete its assignment.   The suspension is contained in...

Gerd Muller must be sick of the sight of Lionel Messi. For the second time in the space of six months he has witnessed the diminutive attacker break one of his long-standing records. By the end of the 2011-12 season the 25-year-old had surpassed the pr...

The 7th Annual Congress of the Nigeria Premier League will hold today in Abuja after the Nigeria Football Federation moved it from Kano. The Congress will now up from 10 am at a yet to be announced venue. Acting Executive Secretary who confirmed this i...

  Mikel, 25, joined the Blues in 2006 and has made 261 appearances, scoring two goals, as a defensive midfielder.   "Chelsea seems like my home now because I have been here for over six years and I enjoy my time here. I come into the tra...