The Channels National Kids Cup has kicked off today at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere Lagos. 16 primary schools from 13 states have been drawn to play against each other. The teams have been divided into four groups, and only the top two finishers in each group will progress to the quarter finals of the competition. Eight matches will be played in four groups on Match Day  1 (today). Toyibat from Lago ...

Some of the major players that the country has hung hope on to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and also do the country proud in next month’s Confederations Cup may not answer the national call after all.A major setback has plagued the Super Eagles set up as of today as Victor Moses will not be available and so is Kalu Uche. Nigeria will be filing out against Kenya June 5, and Namibia some days later in the B ...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will be hosting the Elephants of Cote d'Ivoire come the 6th of July in a two-legged qualifying fixture for next year's African Nations Championship, according to a letter by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). CAF also stated that the return leg, billed for the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, will come up between July 27 and 28, in a letter written to the Nigeria Football Fede ...

David Beckham's eldest son, Brooklyn, is looking to following in his father's path as he is being reported to have been in training at the junior academy of London club, Queens Park Rangers, and bookmakers are already offering short odds that the 14-year-old will emulate his father by playing for England. QPR said on Twitter that he was training with them but had not officially joined their academy. Beckham ...

Second-placed English club in the almost concluded English Premier League season, Manchester City, has partnered with baseball club, New York Yankees, to create a new MLS club to play in New York from 2015. Being a majority partner, Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi qualified New York Yankees as "the biggest name in baseball" and that the club will also be an active member of the ownership g ...

Rounding off preparations for the FIFA Confederations Cup, host Brazil has officially delivered the final of the six stadiums to be used for the Champion of Champion tournament which will starting early June in the city of Recife. The inauguration was flagged off by Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff. The Arena Pernambuco has a capacity of 46,000 and was built at the cost of $530 million reais (about $260 ...

Blade-runner, South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will not return to the track this year. Pistorius' agent had previously said August's world championships in Moscow were "on the radar" after Pistorius' bail conditions were relaxed on March 28 and the 26-year-old was granted permission to travel abroad. The double amputee sprinter who is charged with murdering his girlfriend decided that he an ...

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 ...

Real Madrid Coach and Portuguese international, Jose Mourinho, has ensured that he is a step close to achieving his desire for the next season which has been a speculation since mid-season up until now, as it has been announced that the Portuguese maestro will be leaving Bernabeu at the end of this season. At a press conference this evening, Club President Florentino Perez, made the announcement after repor ...

Paris St Germain coach, Carlo Ancelotti, has asked to leave for Madrid but the club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi says the Italian-born coach must respect his contract with the French club. Ancelotti told the club he wants to leave at the end of the season after leading the team to their first French league title in 19 years. Al-khelaifi said he had a meeting with Ancelotti on his request to leave PSG and go ...