The
inclusion of Rugby as a medal-winning event in
the forthcoming 10th All Africa Games to be
staged in Zambia has been hailed.See
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Ghana 2008 Coincides
with Independence
Africa
soccer tournament, the Nations Cup, slated for
Ghana in Year 2008 has coincided with the country’s
golden jubilee independence celebration.Mr. George Kumi, Ghana’s
High Commissioner in Nigeria, told voice of
Nigeria that
the coincidence was a “good
omen for the country.” .
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Barely
48 hours to the main draw of the Ghana 2008 Africa
Cup of Nations, Ghana has been hit
by the biggest football fever in recent time.
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Nigeria
Meets Ivory Coast In Nations Cup Draws
Nigeria
is to meet Ivory Coast in Group C of the African
Nations Cup finals Billed for Accra in January
next year. According to the draws concluded
in Accra, on Friday, other nations in that group
include Mali and Benin. Host Ghana will slug
it out with Guinea, Morocco and Namibia in Group
A, while defending champions Egypt are to battle
with Cameroon, Sudan and Zambia in Group C.
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Brazil To Host 2014 World Cup Finals
The
Executive Committee of FIFA has officially
named Brazil, the only bidding country, as
the host nation of the 2014 World Cup
finals. The world soccer's governing body,
also approved Germany to stage the 2011
Women’s events..
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Super
Eagles begin Nations Cup Campaign
Nigeria’s
Super Eagles will trade tackles with the
Elephant of Ivory coast late Monday, at the
Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium in Ghana, marking their
campaign for honour in the most glamorous Africa
Sports fiesta.
The Eagles, who arrived in Accra last
Thursday and since then had gone into
serious training in their quest to win for
the third time, moved to Sekondi-Takoradi on
Friday, staying at the serene Raybow
International Hotel, Takoradi. See
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FIFA Visits
South Africa
A team
from football's world governing body, FIFA,
has ended its visit to South Africa to check
on preparations for the Year 2010 World Cup.
The three-day visit by FIFA officials was the
first since stadium construction began in earnest
at the beginning of the year. The delegation
visited four of the nine host cities starting
with Johannesburg's Soccer City, venue for both
the opening match and the final, which has been
undergoing a major renovation. See
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Heroes'
Welcome For SA Rugby Team
Thousands
of fans welcomed the South African rugby team
home as they arrived in Johannesburg after winning
the Rugby World Cup in France on Saturday. Springbok
lifted the coveted Webb Ellis trophy after a
15-6 win over England. Thousands of people who
donned their Springbok jerseys were at the airport
to greet their heroes. Some had even camped
there overnight.. See
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Secondary School
Basketball Contest Holds
The ninth edition of Nestle' Milo Nigerian
Secondary
Schools Basketball Championship will kick off
on Tuesday, 16th and end on the 20th of
October. See
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UNICEF, CAF To Promote Education At Ghana 2008
Confederation
of African Football, CAF and UNICEF say they
plan to use the power of football during the
2008 Africa Cup of Nations, scheduled for Ghana,
to promote the importance of education for children
in Africa. See More
World Cup Rotation Ends In 2018
As
from 2018, the hosting of the FIFA World Cup
will cease to be rotated. Under the
chairmanship of President Joseph S. Blatter,
the FIFA Executive Committee unanimously
passed a decision to abandon the principle
(originally introduced in the year 2000) of
rotating the men's World Cup from...
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Nigeria’s under 17 highest
goal scorer at the Last 2007 Under 17 world
Cup, Macaulay Chrisantus has decided to sign for the
German club Hamburg. The Nigeria youth international
striker was the target English clubs Chelsea,
Tottenham and ......See
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Kaka Crowned FIFA World
Player 2007
AC
Milan and Brazil star Kaka has been named
FIFA's world player of the year, beating
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the
honour in Zurich.
Kaka received
his award at the FIFA Award Night in
Zurich. His latest award crowns a superb
year in which he led AC Milan to Champions
League victory this season, scoring 10 goals
in the process.
Nigeria Honours Samuel Peters, WBC Champion
Interim
World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Samuel Peters
has bagged a National honour and a promotion in
the Nigeria Police.The Nigerian government
honoured Peters with the national Order of The
Niger, OON, and promoted him to the rank of a
Deputy Superintendent of Police, in the Nigeria
Police Force.
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T
After
months of failed attempts to name a substantive
manager for the Super Eagles, the Nigeria Football
Association (NFA) board rose from its meeting
yesterday and named coach Amodu Shuaibu as
replacement for sacked German coach Berti Vogt even
as it sets a quarter-final target for the new
four-man technical crew. 
Nigeria
Football Association, NFA, has assured Nigerians
that necessary support will be given to the Female
national team - Super Falcons to ensure their
success at this year’s Olympics football event in
China.
The
Ahmadiyya International Martial Arts Association of
Nigeria, AIMAAN, has organised a 3 day National
Taekwondo Championship at the Indoor Sport Hall of
the Kwara State Stadium Complex, in Ilorin, Kwara
State, North central Nigeria. 
The
Coach of the Nigerian under-23 national football
team, Samson Siasia, has assured the country of
victory in this month’s Olympics qualifier duel
South-Africa.
World
football's governing body FIFA, says Ghana is
the number one football nation in Africa.