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Italian Serie A duo of Juventus and AC Milan have moved down the pecking order as the race to sign Taye Taiwo gathers steam,reports France Football.

Former Everton star,Howard Kendall has asked Evertonians to forget the contract row Victor Anichebe had with the club and give him their full support.

Ijebu-Ode To Host AFNAII-Comers Competition

Pupils of Crown Gate Nursery and Primary School,  Shomolu, Lagos visited Complete Communications Limited last Friday  for an excursion and were taken on a guided tour of the premises to see how Nigeria’s number one sports publishing house works on a daily basis.

Otuene Insists Ofuegbu Did Not Slap Ref

Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission, Professor Taoheed Adedoja  has called on State Governors in the country to be  strong stakeholders in the nation's sports development.

Nigeria’s U-23 national team coach, Austin Eguavoen has invited 12 foreign-based players for the March 26 Olympic Games qualifier against Equatorial Guinea.

Sani Kaita has expressed disappointment with his exclusion from the Nigeria squad against Ethiopia, but added he has taken coach Samson Siasia’s decision in good faith.

Warri Wolves striker Ekigho Ehiosun could well be dropped from the Super Eagles squad for a Nations Cup qualifier after his agent seized his passport following a botched transfer to Norway.

Cesc Fabregas’s father has claimed his son was so upset about Arsenal’s defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League in midweek that the midfielder “wanted to shoot himself”.
The Gunners crashed out of the Champions League at Camp Nou losing 3-1 on the night, and 4-3 on aggregate, with Fabregas contributing to his side’s downfall with a suicidal backheel on the edge of his own 18-yard box leading to Lionel Messi’s opener.

Vincent Enyeama has exclusively told KickOffNigeria.com that he has reached no agreement to join Lille OSC.
Media reports emerged during the week that the goalkeeper had agreed to join the French club, but Enyeama said that while contact had been made, the reports are untrue.

Super Eagles Tottenham Hotspur target Taye Taiwo has begged Marseille to allow him his dream move to the Premier League this summer.
According to France Football magazine, the Nigeria international held talks with Marseille bosses and asked them not to consider offers from interested parties in Italy and Spain and instead hold out for English offers.

The FA insist Fabio Capello will have the final say on who should captain England against Wales amid rumours John Terry could get the armband.
Skipper Rio Ferdinand is virtually certain to miss the Euro 2012 qualifier at the Millennium Stadium on March 26 as he is only just ready to return to training following a calf injury that has kept the Manchester United defender out for six weeks.

The Nigeria Football Federation says it will make ticket prices for the highly anticipated March 27 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia, affordable for the fans.

Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation’s Technical Committee, Barrister  Chris Green has expressed displeasure at the indefinite postponement of the Africa Youth Championship (AYC).
The competition was originally slated for March 18 through to April 1 in the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi, but had to be postponed due to the crisis in the country.

Erstwhile Super Eagles midfield ace, Etim Esin is satisfied with quality of players invited for the make or mar 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia.
Handler of the side, Samson Yebowai Siasia  last Thursday released a list of 24 players comprising  majorly of established foreign based stars and few upcoming players.

Teenage sensation Izunna Uzochukwu Ernest continued his fine form for his Danish side, FC Midtjylland, grabbing the club’s second goal in the 2-2 home draw against FC Nardstealland Saturday evening.
The prodigiously talented defensive midfielder who is being wooed by the Denmark Football Association to represent the country’s national team, was the cynosure of all eyes in the encounter shielding the central defence making forays into the opposition area.

President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Austine Egbiri has condemned organisers of this year’s All Africa Games in Mozambique, for removing Wrestling from the list of competitions to be competed for the quadrennial games.
The sport has over the years been a constant feature in games and several analysts have expressed shock over the removal, despite its popularly.

Commonwealth lightwelter weight boxing champion, Olusegun Ajose has revealed that the major prolem with the sport in the country is the lack of competitions for the amateur boxers and lack of promotional fights for the professional boxers, blaming the situation on the selfishness of those who want to make money at all cost.

Africa’s airline giant, Kenya Airways will in the coming months set in motion, machineries aimed at winning the bid to airlift Team Nigeria to Mozambique for the All Africa Games billed for Maputo later in the year. This piece of Information was revealed by the airways information Service Director, Mr. Kevin Kinyanjui at the official commissioning of the new secretariat of Mandilas Traders Association in Lagos on Friday.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and 52 other football federations will earn almost $140m in television and marketing revenue from its competitions over the next seven years to 2017.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) financial statements show a jump of more than 100 percent in revenue and the continental body wants to plough back a good chunk to development as well as increased payment of accruable percentage to the affiliated federations.

The Baggies’ transfer chief believes they must continue thinking “outside the box” to improve the team as more established Premier League sides get the pick of the best domestic deals.
Most of Albion’s signings for the current Premier League campaign came from the continent and the club have turned increasingly to the foreign market.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has backed his Ivory Coast colleague Kolo Toure by declaring his failed drugs test a “stupid mistake”.
The Manchester City defender, 29, was suspended last week after testing positive for an unspecified substance.
Drogba said: “Everyone knows how great he is [and] how stupid the mistake was. I don’t think he did it to improve his performance - it was just a mistake.”
Drogba added Toure’s absence from this month’s game against Benin is a blow.