4000 Athletes Ignite Beijing Paralympics Games!
By IFEANYI EDUZOR with AGENCY REPORTS

While the beautiful memory of the Beijing Olympic Games remains fresh, the Beijing Paralympics Games which its opening ceremony was held yesterday in the Bird Next Stadium, Beijing, China will remain ever green in people's memory for many years to come.   More

Salvador Sánchez: Mexico's Boxing Icon!

Salvador Sánchez Narvaez was a Mexican boxer born on January 26, 1959 in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Career: Sánchez started his boxing career very young, as a teenager, and he started piling up wins against tough Mexican opposition.   More

Kanu Sets For Portsmouth Challenge

Nwankwo Kanu says he is ready to fight Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe for a starting shirt at Portsmouth after being out for close to two months with injury. The Super Eagles skipper who missed Nations cup qualifier against South Africa's Bafana Bafana on Saturday has turned his attentions to his club football and more pertinently, winning back his place in Harry Redknapp's starting line-up.   More

Lagos Agog For Tella’s Tourney
By IFEANYI EDUZOR

The chairman of Nigeria Football Coaches Association, (Lagos State Chapter), Prince Isaac Adesola Adeagbo, has implored all the 57 Local Governments of the state to register their teams for the forth coming late Golden Eaglets Coach, Theophilus Adeyemi Tella Memorial Cup Championship which will kick off later this month.   More

Bankers Games: Union Bank Eyes Trophy
BY JUSTINA IBEABUCHI

Union Bank goal-machine, Onodeko Adekeye has vowed to remain relevant in his goal scoring, in making sure his team emerge winner in the 4th edition of the on-going 2008 Nigeria Bankers Games.   More

Cech Anticipates Tough Test

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is anticipating another tight season in the Premier League. The Blues narrowly missed out on the top-flight crown in 2007/08 as Manchester United won the league by three points.   More

Magpies Saddened By Keegan Exit

Newcastle United insist they did not want Kevin Keegan to leave his role at St James Park. After days of speculation, Keegan resigned from the Magpies hot-seat on Thursday evening following a disagreement with the club's directors.   More

Sergeant Slaughter: American King Of The Mats

Robert Remus (born August 27, 1948) is an American WWE employee, and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Sgt. Slaughter. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Slaughter enjoyed success in the National Wrestling Alliance   More

Disgraced Jones Leaves Prison

Former US sprinter Marion Jones has left a federal prison in Texas after serving a six-month sentence for lying to prosecutors about steroid use that helped her win five medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.   More

NPL Axe Dangles On Unfit Referees

The Nigeria Premier League, NPL board says they will resist attempts to bring back referees who failed last week's Cooper Test when the league starts later this month. Some top referees, all FIFA badged like Alex Mana, James Odeniran and Afam Philip failed the test while two of them, Bola Abidoye and Bola Sekitiri asked to be exempted on health grounds.   More

Epochi Thumps Down NIS

The chief coach of De Climate FC of Lagos, Sunny Epochi has blasted the organizers of the just concluded 2008 1st Tella Memorial 5-Aside Soccer Championship held at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, for not keeping their promise to the teams which took part in the competition.   More

Boro Not Chasing Foreign Cash

Middlesbrough insist that they are not chasing any foreign millions to invest in the club. Boro are one of just 11 teams left in the Premier League that remain English-owned. The Teesside club, owned by Middlesbrough-born chairman Steve Gibson, have long been of the belief that they belonged to the local community.   More

West Ham Draw Up Five-strong Shortlist

West Ham have moved quickly to fill their managerial vacancy after Alan Curbishley's resignation on Wednesday by comprising a five-strong shortlist for the position. The list is understood to include Gerard Houllier   More

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