FUNNY VIDEO: Nigerian Comedian, Bovi Crack Joke With Team Hi5 Crew In Ukraine

Golden Eaglets Maul Espanyol 11-0, Coach Hails Team

Golden Eaglets Head Coach, Manu Garba, MFR was full of excitement after his wards turned on the style in an 11-0 win against Espanyol FC Academy at the main bowl of the U.J Esuene Sports Stadium, Wednesday.

The match was played in honour of late Assistant Coach of the U-20 Women National Team, Falconets, Mr. Chris Nwaehi who  had long arranged the friendly  match before  he passed on  in Lagos on 29 April.

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Coach of the Malawi national team quits after loss to Nigeria

Supersport.com September 7, 2013 Tom Saintfiet has quit as coach of the Malawi national team following his side’s 0-2 loss to Nigeria in a 2014 World Cup qualifying game in Calabar on Saturday. Saintfiet whose appointment was ratified on July 2 by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) explained that he had an “agreement till midnight on Saturday” with FAM.

The Belgian also revealed that his major aim as Malawi coach was to mastermind a stunning success against the reigning African champions, Nigeria in Calabar, a feat he failed to achieve. 

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Huh!! 31 Year Old Peter Osaze Odemwinge Forced To Train With West Brom Teenage Team

Peter Odemwingie moved a step closer towards a transfer to Crystal Palace after he was forced to train with West Bromwich Albion's academy trainees.

The Nigeria striker remains embroiled in a dispute with the club following an abortive switch to QPR seven months ago.
Odemwingie returned to the Baggies this week following his summer break.
Happy days: Peter Odemwingie went from hat-trick hero to zero at West Brom
The 31-year-old attended a friend's wedding and was given extra time off by West Brom's head coach Steve Clarke.

I Cannot Play With Any Team Other Than Barcelona – Messi

Argentine football star, Lionel Messi said Monday he could not play for any team other than Barcelona, where he has been since the age of 13. He told reporters this in Qatar, where he took part in a charity event.

But he added in answering a question about a possible transfer that he “did not know what the future hides.”
Messi joined Barcelona at the age of 13 and climbed through the Catalans’ ranks, making his first team debut at just 17.

Man United become first team valued over $3bn

Manchester United have become the first sports team in the world to be valued at more than $3bn. A surge in the club’s shares after a poor start when they were offered on the New York Stock Exchange in August has seen the overall value of United rise to $3.3bn (£2.1bn).

According to Forbes, United are comfortably ahead of the world’s second-most valuable sports team, the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, worth $2.1bn (£1.4bn).

Football Player Sacked From Team For Racist Slur Against Obama

How dare you insult the POUS on social media, especially when he’s mourning?
A North Alabama football player recently lost his place in the team, and probably his career, no thanks to his explicit message.  During President Barack Obama’s address on the Newtown, Connecticut shooting on Sunday night, North Alabama player Bradley Patterson sent out a racist tweet directed towards him.
“Take that [expletive] off the tv, we wanna watch football!” Patterson, whose account has since been deleted, tweeted.