Rio 2016: Dream Team Coach Not Sweating over Germany

 
Nigeria’s Medal hopefuls at the Rio 2016 Olympic Men’s Football Tournament, the Dream Team VI will face their toughtest test yet at the games on Wednesday against Germany in the semi final , but the Coaches are not losing sleep over the threat of playing the best attacking side in the tournament as member of the technical crew, Monday Odigie told footballlive.ng he hopes the team improves on their performances as they have done in previous games.

#Men:See Top Ten Fastest 100 Meter Sprinters in History

 

 Within minutes of winning his third gold medal in the men's 100m, Usain Bolt sent out a tweet to let the world know how he felt about becoming the first man in history to win three gold medals in the 100m.

Usain Bolt remains the fastest man on earth!

 
Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by edging out American Justin Gatlin to the gold medial yesterday at Rio 2016.

Dream Team: NOC Investigates Counterfeiting of PVCs…NFF linked in breach

 
Minister of Sport, Barrister Solomon Dalung has instructed the Nigeria Olympic Committee to investigate the counterfeiting of Personal Identification Cards in the Dream Team VI contingent.
A three man panel has been dispatched to Salvador, Brazil to investigate allegations of abuse of Personal Identification Cards known as PVCs or accreditation cards according to the Minister.
This followed a mail dated 12th of August and signed by Lenny Abbey, head of NOC Relations and Services, which read:

Simone Manuel Is The History Making Champion!

 

Our very own Houston native is now the First African-American Woman to win an Individual Olympics Swimming Gold Medal for the United States. She has also made sporting history by becoming the First Black Woman to win the Swimming Olympics Games Gold Medal. 

Rio 2016: Siasia Opts for Fresh Starters against Colombia

 
Nigeria U-23 head coach Samson Siasia says he will rest players for Wednesday’s 2016 Olympics football clash against Colombia.
Nigeria have already qualified for the quarter finals of the men’s football event as group winners following successive victories against Japan and Sweden.

DEALDONE: Gernot Rohr named new Nigeria Technical Adviser

 
German manager and former footballer , Gernot Rohr has signed a two-year deal to become technical adviser to the Nigeria national team, the African country’s football federation said on Tuesday.
The 63-year-old has extensive experience of African football after stints with Gabon, Niger and Burkina Faso, and will work alongside Salisu Yusuf, who was named as the NFF’s head coach in July.

Gernot Rohr Gets 2-year deal as Super Eagles TA

The Nigeria Football Federation have confirmed the appointment of Gernot Rohr on  2-year deal which will see the Geman work with the FA as Technical Adviser to the Super Eagles.
Rohr, 63, was recommended this week though news had filtered out last weekend of his pending appointment.

Farmer Arrested In Imo State For Selling 7 Children For N400,000

 
49-year-old farmer  Iidentified as  Gabriel Ajor, has been nabbed in Owerri For Selling 7 Kids.
The farmer was arraigned before a Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly kidnapping and selling seven children including his two sons and an eight-month old baby for N400,000.
Ajor had conned the parents of the five other children into believing he wanted to send the children to schools.

Rio 2016: See Why Team Nigeria Wore Tracksuit

 
The opening ceremony Friday at the Rio Olympics saw the countries of the world display colorful uniforms depicting their culture.
Nigeria has always impressed with its attire during the event, which made Friday’s donning of tracksuits very puzzling.
Turns out there was a good reason for the simple choice. According to Alexander Wolff of Sports Illustrated, the delegation was forced to wear tracksuits for the opening ceremony after their plane didn’t make it to Rio in time.

Rio 2016: Etebo stars as Nigeria win nine-goal thriller

 
Oghenekaro Etebo was the star of the night scoring four goals as Nigeria defeated Japan 5-4 in a thrilling, back-and-forth encounter in the second match of Group B at the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016.

Enyimba Struggle for Form, Play goalless in Port Harcourt Again

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NPFL Champions Enyimba failed to climb into the top-four after playing out a goalless draw at home against Sunshine Stars in a rescheduled league match on Wednesday.Paul Aigbogun’s men remain in sixth place with 42 points but with a game in hand.
On their part though, Sunshine climbed up to seventh on the table with 40 points on the back of draw.

BRILA SPORTS.

Reno Omokri releases an article he titled "That Segun Adeniyi May Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!''

The article reads: I know Segun Adeniyi, the current chair of the editorial board of ThisDay newspapers, personally. He is a brilliant and intelligent patriot who, I believe, has Nigeria's best interests at heart. This piece should not be seen as an attack on the former presidential spokesman. It should be seen in the light of what it truly is, an emergency intervention. Voices like Adeniyi and others of his kind are national treasures.

#RIO2016:Meet the first Black person to win individual Olympic gold at the Summer Games.

 

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio are quickly approaching, and the racial diversity of the Games has improved greatly over the years. Just over 90 years ago, DeHart Hubbard made a significant dent in history by becoming the first Black person to win individual Olympic gold at the Summer Games.

See the new Nike Jersey of the Super Eagles and the cost

 
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) national secretary, Mr. Muhammed Sanusi announced that  NFF and sports kits company Nike reached an agreement to redesign the national team Jersey on March 2016. They have unveiled  the Jersey.  The picture above is the new Jersey. Is it Nice? Do you like it?
 The new Jersey is said to worth $750,000 in the first year and by 2017 the sports kit company will be supply Jersey worth $1m.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and sports kits manufacturing company NIKE have concluded arrangements to redesign the national team jerseys, Mohammed Sanusi, the NFF General Secretary, said on Monday.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/nff-get-new-jersey-designs-nike-soon/

Mikel Obi Is One Of The Greatest Footballer Nigeria Has Ever Produced-Samson Siasia

 
Samson Siasia has described Mikel Obi as one of the greatest footballer Nigeria has produced and the best pick as Captain in the current Dream Team because the 29-year-old possess exemplary leadership qualities.

La Liga Boss wants NPFL Stars to Prove themselves

 
La Liga Country Director, Antonio Barradas is hoping the NPFL-La Liga partnership starts yielding immediate gains for the parties when the Carranza La Liga World Club Tournament gets underway.
Barradas said the tour will avail La Liga teams the opportunity to scout Nigerian players and the close observation is a huge advantage to the All-Stars members.
La Liga clubs are mostly on pre season tour and the transfer window is very much open all these giving Barradas the heightened sense of a huge window of opportunity for the Nigerian players.

#Rating:Enugu Ranger Back On Top Again Again

 
Rangers are back on top of the Nigeria league table after they forced a 1-1 draw in the ‘Oriental Derby’ against champions Enyimba.Rangers are now top of the table with 48 points from 28 matches, a point ahead of Wikki Tourists, who lost their leadership after they lost 3-0 at Akwa United, also on Sunday.

Floyd MayWeather's uncle Roger Mayweather is missing

 
Floyd Mayweather's Uncle, Roger Mayweather ,one of the most famous boxing trainers in the world  has gone missing and family members are concerned, saying he needs his medication as soon as possible.

Tunde Odedokun confident Union Bank will beat Niger to the Championships

Unoon Bank’s head coach Tunde Odedokun is confident his team will win the 2016 National Super League.
Following his team’s 2-0 victory over Plateau Tigers this morning at the Hockey pitch of Abuja National Stadium, Tunde said his team will beat Niger Flickers to the championship.
“It was a nice and explosive game.