Don’t kill our joy in South Africa

Save Nigerian Football Group, SNFG, has resolved at its last meeting to express warm appreciation to the Minister of Sports, Mr. Ibrahim Bio, for quickly nipping in the bud what was surely drifting towards raising a huge global dust that would have embarrassed | Read Story

Beckham hands over 2018 bid

Global football icon David Beckham landed in Zurich on Friday to hand over England's 2018 World Cup bid book to FIFA with the message "football runs through our veins". more

Fabregas talks Barca and wants future sorted

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas wants his future sorted out before the World Cup and has admitted that he wants to return to Barcelona. "If I leave Arsenal it will be to play at Barca," Fabregas said. more

Dickson Etuhu

The father of Super Eagles and Fulham FC of England midfielder, Dickson Etuhu, Chief Frank Etuhu, has made a passionate appeal to the Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback, to help and unite him with his children, especially Dickson, | Read Story

Ike Uche vows to explode in South Africa

Real Zaragoza’s striker, Ike Uche, has denied that he's battling with a fresh injury ahead of Nigeria's 2010 World Cup camp. Uche is angry with reports that suggested he had been out of Real Zaragoza last two matches owing to an undisclosed injury. The 26-year-old only just returned from an almost seven | Read more

Mourinho lauds Barca style

Internazionale head coach Jose Mourinho heaped praise on Barcelona despite guiding his side to a crucial 3-1 Champions League semi-final first leg win over the Catalan giants on Tuesday night.

Mourinho's side went behind to an early Pedro strike, but hit back through Wesley Sneijder, Maicon and Diego Milito to grab an exceptional victory over the reigning European champions, but the Portuguese tactician was quick to laud Barca's style of play and tradition.

Speaking to reporters, he said: "You can go through the whole history of Barca - from the dream team with Johan Cruyff, the team of (Louis) Van Gaal, (Frank) Rijkaard's Champions League winners, Pep's Champions League winners and then the person who comes after Pep.

"It's a football school, it's fantastic. This is a school that we are not at yet, but I hope that Inter can become this.

"Inter is a club which often changes its culture of game and coaches, or it used to change these.

"I hope Inter can find this stability in future, and they can do it with wins because wins are important for people to believe in a way of playing."

chelsea celebrations

Pictures from the celebrations at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea claim their third Premier League title.
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