Ahead of the second leg clash of the World Cup 2014 qualifiers between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Harambee Stars of Kenya, where the latter will be playing host to their Nigerian counterpart in Nairobi, the host country Kenya has denied claims that they will retaliate against Nigeria for the alleged mistreatment meted on the team by the Nigeria Football Federation when they visited the country for their ...

Sunshine Stars football club management has suspended one of its first team player Paul Onobi for displaying what the club termed as gross indiscipline during the NPFL tie foe week 11 between the Akure club and ABS of Ilorin. In a game that ended in a 0-0 draw, Onobi reacted unprofessionally by walking out of the pitch for being taken off the game during substitution. Sunshine gave Onobi a working suspensio ...

Newly promoted English football club, Hull City, have released Seyi Olofijana from the club refusing to renew their contracts after their promotion to the top flight. Olofinjana whose four-year contract was due to expire in June was offloaded along with 11 others, while four players including Senegal veteran, Abdoulaye Faye, were offered new deals. Meanwhile, the former Super Eagles midfielder joined Sheffi ...

Sports officials in India have revealed that a former India test bowler, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, and two others have been arrested in Delhi for spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League. Expressing their rage on the news of spot-fixing scandal, cricket fans in Bangalore burnt an effigy of the bowler in a protest against dishonesty in the game as the cricket board (BCCI) immediately suspended Sreesanth and ...

Top athletes expected to be competing with each other in the Diamond League meet holding in Shanghai this weekend are in high spirits as they gear up to outdo one another. America's 110-metre hurdles world record holder, Aries Merritt, said that he would try his best to compete and hope not to fail his fans in Shanghai for the second leg of the 2013 Diamond League series on Saturday. The Athlete who won gol ...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admits he did try to influence referees during his time at Old Trafford, as he approaches his final game with the club. The 71-year-old will bow out against West Brom on Sunday at the Hawthorns, with Everton boss David Moyes set to replace him. Sir Alex has become infamous for his touchline demeanor, and he admits he put pressure on referees to try and help his si ...

 Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs will be doing battle in their last English Premier League match on Sunday, to decide who takes the fourth position on the EPL table as the fourth place slot means a ticket to the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Arsenal will be hoping to outdo Newcastle to edge out their arch rivals Tottenham. With Manchester United crowned champions, Manchester City guara ...

The Chairman of French league champions, Paris St Germain has opened up on former England soccer star, David Beckham, saying PSG is willing and hopeful that Beckham can still have some involvement with the team. Nasser al Khelaifi made this known to journalists during a news conference where he also announced that PSG have extended their shirt sponsorship deal with Dubai airline Emirates by another five yea ...

Qualifying for the 2015 African Cup of Nations will take place over only three months next year, the Confederation of African Football has announced. It means 144 fixtures, involving total of 48 teams in 12 groups of four, will have to be squeezed in between September and November. The schedule has been designed to fit in with world governing body Fifa's international match calendar. There are no dates in 2 ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to attend the all-German Champions League soccer final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at London's Wembley stadium on May 25, but she declined to say which side she would support. "I am the chancellor of Germany so I say 'Germany', which means I am bound to be on the right," she said on Thursday at a conference on Europe, when asked whom she would be supporting. Th ...