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Nigeria striker Yakubu is due to arrive in China to seal a move to Guangzhou R&F. Officials from Guangzhou and Yakubu’s representatives have been negotiating the deal. The Blackburn Rovers striker, who scored 17 league goals last season, is n...
Fenerbahce defender, Joseph Yobo has hailed the signing of Dutch winger Dirk Kuyt by the Turkish side. Kuyt moved from Liverpool early in June on a three year deal after spending six years on Merseyside. “I was happy when I heard the news of the ...
The Jos ultra modern 44,000 sitting capacity FIFA standard stadium under construction in the heart of the Tin-city will be commissioned in 2013 in readiness for the state’s bidding for the hosting of the 2014 National Sports Festival. Governor Jo...
The Bauchi State Commissioner of Youth and Sports, Alhaji Muhammad Adamu Lassi has confirmed that athletes from the state that won medals at the last National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt are yet to be rewarded by the state government. This is comi...
Nigeria at the weekend selected 44 athletes and six coaches to represent the country at the 18th African Senior Athletics Championships scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 27 at the Stade d’Lamite in Port Novo, Benin Republic. The Team Nigerian...
The annual FCT handball Championship starts today at the Old Parade in the nation’s capital. The championship which is being organised by the FCT Handball Association in collaboration with Centre for Children and Youth Excellence in Sports will s...
Ahmadiyya College and Government Girls Secondary School, Zing, Taraba over the weekend emerged overall winners of boys and girls Nestle Milo Basketball Competition for secondary schools decided at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Lokoja Stadium, Kogi Stat...
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has pledged his administration’s support to football players in the state with necessary incentives that will help them exhibit their potentials and enhance their national exposure. He gave the pledge while re...
President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr. Sani Ndanusa has maintained that Team Nigeria’s target to the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Games is to win medals and feature prominently on the gold medals zone. Speaking at the 2012 Oly...
Real Madrid playmaker Ozil has disclosed that after the Mannschaft’s 4-2 win in the quarter-final they now have renewed belief that they can go all the way and win the Euro 2012. Mesut Ozil believes that the three changes in attack that Joachim L...
Two of the most successful European teams in recent times; Spain and France will go head to head tonight in the quarter finals battle of the European Championship for a place in the last four. Spain is the current world and European champions and the f...
In the wake of the controversy that trailed England’s 1-0 win against the co-host, Ukraine, the introduction of goal-line technology has appeared on the front burner. The debate is underway, as many a pundit is calling for the introduction of goa...
Nigeria skipper Joseph Yobo has prayed for a favourable draw in the qualifiers for the 2013 AFCON, while warning no team will be a pushover. The Fenerbache of Turkey defender told MTNFootball.com that: “I know the next round of qualifiers would n...
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has signed for Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua on a two-and-a-half-year deal. He will team up again at Shanghai with ex-Blues colleague Nicolas Anelka. Drogba, 34, said: “I considered all the offers I have...
Five-time champion Roger Federer will face “mystified” German Tommy Haas in the final of the ATP grasscourt tournament after the two tour veterans clinched straight-sets semifinals wins on Saturday. Federer reached the Halle final for the s...