The Nigeria Football Federation officials have stated that they are not expecting any letter of resignation from the national U23 coach, Samson Siasia, as his contract ended with the Rio Olympics. A member of the […]
Godfrey Gaiya, a former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Sports has blamed the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the resignation of U-23 Coach Samson Siasia. Siasia, who led the […]
I missed the opening of the Rio Olympics. I was told by those who watched it that it was a spectacular, not-to-be-missed event. But I was, unfortunately, shuttling planes and airports and was more concerned […]
SAMSON Siasia, who coached Nigeria’s men’s football team to a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics, is quitting the game in his country because of what he describes as “a disrespectful system”. Siasia, the most […]
Former Super Eagles coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, has said new coach of the national team, Gernot Rohr, must justify his appointment when he leads the team against Tanzania in his first match on September 3. The […]
Arsène Wenger has confirmed Arsenal are close to completing the signings of Lucas Pérez and Shkodran Mustafi for around £52m but denied suggestions he is panic buying and warned that football fans will be “amazed” […]
New Coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr will reportedly be earning the sum of N18.6m ($47, 000) per month. Earlier in the month, Rohr signed a two-year contract with the Nigerian Football Federation to […]
Coach of the National U-23 team, Samson Siasia is certainly not new to Nigerian football. His latest foray where he led the team to win Nigeria’s only medal at the just concluded Rio 2016 Olympic […]
There have been controversies over the hosting of the Olympic Games. In fact, there have been mass boycotts. For instance, most African countries boycotted the 1976 Games due to the non-expulsion of New Zealand which […]
The 2016 Rio Olympics have come and gone, but its memories certainly linger on. For some athletes as well as countries, 2016 Olympics is a moment to savour for a long time. For instance, it […]
Every Nigerian has respect for Coach Fanny Amun. I do too. Amun, once a coach of the U17 football team, the Golden Eaglets, had also served as the General Secretary of the Nigerian Football Federation. […]
Reading British and American news reports about the Olympics, one is easily convinced that these two countries in particular, know what it means to not just be proud of one’s country but to take practical […]
Twelve years ago, Nigeria returned from the 2004 Olympics held in Athens with two bronze medals, performing worse than the three silver medals we won in Sydney in 2000 (although one of the silver medals […]
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has shot down the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung’s defence that he knew nothing about the national U-23 team’s trip to Atlanta, USA preparatory for the Olympic Games in Rio de […]
The Olympic Eagles finally gave the country a little pride as they won for Nigeria her only medal at the Rio Olympics when they defeated hard-fighting Honduras 3-2 to clinch the bronze medal. Umar Sadiq […]
Today commences that week, now observed with religious punctuality every four years in Nigeria, of scheduled grief and acrimony. It is the week following the Olympics. In comparable countries the world over, it is one […]
Japanese Japanese surgeon, billionaire Katsuya Takasu gave the Nigeria Olympic football team, Dream Team VI, cash rewards for winning a #bronze medal for Nigeria having defeated Hunduras 3-2. Team coach, Samson Siasia, and Mikel Obi […]
Jamaica. Bahamas. What happened to us? We became rich, and foolish? Before our athletes started running for inconsequential countries like Qatar, our teams at international meets had started having more officials than competitors. We once […]
Nigerian athletes have been promised better preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with Team Nigeria yet to register its name on the medals table after Day 15 of the 2016 Olympic Games. Reacting to […]
Nigeria was obviously not prepared – Barr. Azuka Okubor The Nigerian government and all the various sports federations were obviously not prepared and need to do better, taking a cue from South Africa and Kenya. […]
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