‘Everyone’ expects Spain to beat us, says Belgium coach
Coach Rudi Garcia said "everyone" expects his Belgium team to be eliminated by Spain in Friday's World Cup quarter-final, but backed his side to pull off a famous victory.
Federation cup: NFA fixes June 11 as kick-off date
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on Wednesday fixed June 11 as kick-off date for the 2013 Federation Cup.
Friendly: Eagles, Mexico rumble in Houston tomorrow
The Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas is the setting for tonight’s exhibition match between the El Tri of Mexico and the Super Eagles of Nigeria, who are the reigning African champions. The match actually kicks off 8pm Houston time (2am Saturday in Nigeria
CAF election politics worries Minister
Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi, on Wednesday expressed concern over the type of politics that is being introduced into the forthcoming Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Council seat election.
CONFUSION: Discordant tunes in NFF over technical director
THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced that it has no plans to contract a foreign technical director for the national teams.
This is coming at the heels of an earlier disclosure by a Board member, Emeka Inyama that “there was no going back on its plan to hire a foreign technical director for the national teams.”
Onu wants wider powers for Keshi
AS the Super Eagles made a triumphant entry into the country as champions f Africa from South Africa on Tuesday, Erasmus Onu, a former handler of the home-based Eagles team, has suggested that Stephen Keshi be granted greater autonomy as coach of the national team over technical and financial concerns of the team.
