NIGERIA OLYMPIC TEAM STRANDED IN USA

Nigeria’s Olympic football squad are stuck in Atlanta because of a problem with the payment for a flight to Rio, BBC reports.

FOOTBALL LEGEND, PELÈ VISITS NIGERIA

 

                                       Pele

Nigerian fans of football legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pelé, will have the opportunity to meet their soccer idol August 11-12, 2016, courtesy of the Winihin Jemide Series (WJS) and Youth Experience Days Africa.

OVER 105,000 WATCH REAL MADRID BEAT CHELSEA IN US

LANSING, Michigan (REUTERS) - A near-record crowd of 105,826 saw Real Madrid score three first-half goals and hang on for a 3-2 win against Chelsea in a friendly at Michigan Stadium on Saturday (July 30).

MIKEL OBI DENIES GIVING OLYMPIC TEAM $30,000

John Mikel Obi, the captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics, has denied media reports making the rounds in Nigeria on Monday, July 28, 2016, that he gave 30,000 dollars to his teammates in the U23 team presently camping in Atlanta, USA.

KESHI' BURIAL: SON BLASTS FG AS CROWD BOOED PINNICK

Asaba – The remains of Stephen Keshi, former Super Eagles coach arrived Asaba from Benin by road on Thursday accompanied by his four children and other family members at exactly 4.24pm en route to Illah, his hometown for burial today.

FG SAYS NO MONEY FOR KESHI'S BURIAL, FAMILY TO PROCEED WITHOUT GOVT' S INPUT

Final burial rites for late Nigerian Captain and Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, will start in Benin City, Edo State tomorrow morning even as funds have hampered plans by the Federal Government to give him a heroic burial.

SHAME: NIGERIA ATHLETES BEG FOR FUNDS ONLINE TO BE AT THE OLYMPICS

Following failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to financially back Team Nigeria for 2016 Olympic Games, the abandoned athletes have taken to social media to solicit for funds.

DI MARIA RETURNS AS PSG COMPLETES FIRST U.S. TRAINING SESSION

LOS ANGELES — If Thursday is any indication, the Unai Emery era at PSG will involve plenty of work. Despite spending 12 hours on the flight from Paris to LA, the team went through a physical training session Thursday.

MARIO GOMEZ LEAVING BESIKTAS OVER POLITICAL SITUATION

ISTANBUL: Germany forward Mario Gomez is leaving Turkish champions Besiktas due to the volatile political situation in the country, he said on Wednesday.

FRENCHMAN, LE GUEN NAMED SUPER EAGLES TECHNICAL ADVISER

The technical and development committee of the Nigeria Football federation (NFF) has selected Paul Le Guen, a Frenchman and former Indomitable Lions of Cameroon coach, as technical adviser of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

BREAKING: SERENA WILLIAMS WINS 22ND GRAND SLAM TITLE

Serena Williams beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber 7-5 6-3 to claim a seventh Wimbledon singles title and equal Steffi Graf’s professional era record of 22 grand slam singles crowns on Saturday, July 9, 2016.

AHMED MUSA JOINS LEICESTER CITY ON A FOUR - YEAR CONTRACT FOR A RECORD FEE OF £16M

Leicester City have signed Nigeria international Ahmed Musa from CSKA Moscow on a four-year contract for a club-record fee of around £16m.

LIONEL MESSI GETS 21 YEARS JAIL SENTENCE OVER TAX INVASION

Barcelona and Argentine footballer Lionel Messi has received a suspended jail sentence of 21 months and a fine of two million Euros for tax fraud.

Messi and his father Jorge were found to have evaded tax on Lionel’s Image Rights, owing more than 4 million Euros in back payments, and the Court of Catalonia has sentenced the pair to just under two years in prison.

A Spanish court has said the sentences for the 29-year-old Argentina striker can be appealed through the country’s supreme court.

However, reports say none of them will serve the jail time.

PAUL LE GUEN LIKELY TO BE SUPER EAGLES COACH

If the Nigerian Football Federation could name the next Super Eagles coach this minute, it would be Frenchman Paul Le Guen.

MESSI RETIRES FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL AFTER LOSING AGAINST CHILE IN COPA FINALS

Lionel Messi has retired from international football after missing in a penalty shootout as Argentina lost a fourth major final in nine years.

NIGERIA'S SUPER EAGLES CAN WIN RUSSIA 2018 WORLD CUP

Former Nigeria coach, Bonfrere Jo, has expressed confidence that the Super Eagles will overcome their tough Group B opponents in the qualification matches for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup and seal the ticket for their sixth World Cup finals appearance.

The Super Eagles were drawn in Group B for the qualification race to Russia in 2018 after the draw was conducted Friday by Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, pitching Nigeria against her perennial and bitter rivals, Cameroon, Southern Africa foes Zambia and North African ‘enemy’ Algeria.

Nigeria Premier League club, Ikorodu United in ghastly auto crashh

Nigeria Professional Football League side, Ikorodu United, were Friday involved in a ghastly accident that claimed several lives according to the media manager of the Lagos-based club, Babatunde Ayoola.

According to Ayoola, the accident happened at about 4pm along AMA Brewery Road 9th mile Enugu.

The Oga Boys as the Ikorodu United team are fondly referred to were said to be travelling in a Chisco bus but were lucky as the players and staff travelling sustained only minor injuries.

Ikorodu United at the moment are the bottom team in the Nigeria League; having only recorded a paltry 15 points from 21 games

Keshi's burial: Some People Fixed Burial Date for My Dad Without Family’s Consent – Keshi Jnr

The first son of late Nigeria captain and coach Stephen Keshi has expressed bewilderment that certain persons have been putting a date forward for his father’s burial rites without the knowledge and consent of his children, Thisday reports.

Stephen Keshi Jnr, 27, arrived at the NFF Secretariat Wednesday morning and met with the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi.

He was in company with US-based chemist and friend of late Keshi, Victor Ugoh and former Super Eagles’ star Victor Obinna Nsofor.

“I just came into Nigeria on Tuesday night, and we read in the papers today that somebody has fixed a date for the burial. I am shocked like my sisters and my brothers. Since our father died, nobody has spoken to us about how he died, and we have not even seen his corpse. Yet, someone is fixing a date for his burial!”

Keshi’s daughter, Ifeyinwa and husband, who are based in North Carolina, USA also flew into Nigeria on Tuesday.

Keshi Jnr, an events producer in Atlanta, expressed appreciation to the Federal Government, the National Assembly, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Nigeria Football Federation, the governments of Edo and Delta states, ex-internationals and countless corporate bodies and individuals for all the kind words showered on his father since he passed on.

“I cannot thank everyone enough. We have only heard good and great words about our father since his death. I am going to Benin City now. The family will sit down and come up with a date for the funeral, but we also appreciate that he was a national figure and will harmonize our plans with that of the Government and the NFF.

“Our father was a loving family man and we will miss him greatly. Our joy is that he left a worthy legacy for Nigeria football and for his family.”

Meanwhile, The Gambia Football Federation, in a letter signed by its President Lamine Kaba Bajo, wrote on the death of Amodu: “This sad incident which came a few days after the passing away of another Nigerian and African football icon and legend, Stephen Keshi has no doubt increased the sorrow and sadness not only in the NFF and Nigeria but African football family as a whole.”

Also yesterday, the executive council of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, FCT chapter, paid a condolence visit to the NFF on the deaths of Keshi and Amodu.

Led by its Chairman, Mr. Kayode Adeniyi, the body expressed deep grief over the passing of the highly successful coaches, saying this period calls for sober reflection.

In his response, NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, reflected that Nigeria has lost two great men whose watchwords were hardiwork, dedication, diligence and forthrightness.