Sports News Across The Nation

Mozambique not firing coach – Chambal

Our Reporter | Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
The head coach of Mozambique's national team, Mart Nooij will not be fired, a top football official said Monday, backtracking from statements made last week by the head of the national federation.

Mozambican Football Federation boss Fe...

Hayatou insists on biennial Nations Cup

Our Reporter | Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Confederation African Football (CAF), president Issa Hayatou is against the idea of playing the African Cup of Nations every four years.

The continental competition is currently held every two years and is regularly criticized by Europ...

Robinho: Why I’m quitting City

Our Reporter | Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
ROBINHO has confirmed he is leaving Manchester City - just as Sunsport revealed on Saturday.

The £32.5m British record buy could have played his last game in the FA Cup victory at Scunthorpe on Sunday.

He said: "I am goi...

Ivory Coast coach rues poor showing

Our Reporter | Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Ivory Coast mentor Vahid Halilhodzic admitted that his side were well below par after they were knocked out of the African Cup of Nations on Sunday.

Desert Foxes

substitute Hameur Bouazza scored the decisive goal two min...

Arsenal were never serious –Ogbuke

Our Reporter | Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
TSG Hoffenheim of Germany striker, Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi (Edu) has eventually opened up on the line of events that put an end to all talk about a possible move to Arsenal for him, but says there was more speculation to the story than reality.
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Ghana stuns Angola, hits semis

our reporter | Monday, January 25th, 2010
Asamoah Gyan's first-half strike for Ghana in Luanda on Sunday was enough to see the Black Stars knock out the hosts Angola at the quarter-final stage of the African Nations Cup.

The 1-0 victory, achieved on the back of a solid defensi...

Fergie fury at Tevez

Our reporter | Monday, January 25th, 2010
SIR Alex Ferguson has ignited a new Carlos Tevez storm by insisting the Manchester City star should be banned from Wednesday's Carling Cup semi-final showdown at Old Trafford.

The Manchester United manager is adamant Tevez should have ...

Odemwingie targets Semi-final spot for Eagles

our reporter | Monday, January 25th, 2010
Super Eagles’ forward Osaze Odemwingie believes Nigeria must beat Zambia in the African Nations Cup quarter-finals on Monday if they are to take any positives out of the competition.

Two years ago the Super Eagles were dumped out by ho...

Amodu sticks with ‘Mambas’ line-up against Zambia

Our Reporter | Monday, January 25th, 2010
UNDERFIRE Nigeria coach, Shuaibu Amodu, will line up the same starting team that dumped Mozambique 3-0 for the Super Eagles Nations Cup quarter-final against Zambia on Monday.

This means that Wolfsburg striker Obafemi Martins will star...

Eagles get jumbo bonus

Our Reporter | Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Each of the Super Eagles’ players pocketed the sum of $30,000 on Wednesday night as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) quickly redeemed its agreement with the team after qualification for the quarter finals of the African Cup of Nations.


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