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At the end of the month-long FIFA Under-17 World Cup soccer championship last week, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan announced that the Federal Government was instituting an inquiry into the finances and conduct of officials of the game's Local Organising Committee (LOC). (AllAfrica)

NIGERIA has played itself to her favourite position in global matters - irrelevance. We used the FIFA U-17 World Cup to display national ethos of playing of skewed standards. (AllAfrica)

Super Eagles´Head Coach, Shuaibu Amodu, just back from the 2010 African Nations Cup Draw in Angola , will today lead his technical crew to a meeting with the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja . (AllAfrica)

In a communiqué released on Monday by the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF), it was announced that Mr Faouzi Benzarti has been chosen as the new coach for the Tunisian national football team in replacement of Umberto Coelho. (AllAfrica)

Contrary to calls from Nigerians for the sack of the Super Eagles coach, Amodu Shuaibu, and the recruitment of a world class coach to tinker the team to Angola 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and South Africa 2010 World Cup, an appeal has been made to Nigerians to allow the coach continue with his job. (AllAfrica)

SMALL businesses were given an opportunity to share in the Soccer World Cup pie when Local Organising Committee CEO Danny Jordaan announced yesterday that they would be allowed to trade at Fifa's official public viewing events during the global showpiece. (AllAfrica)

THE inevitable occurred last evening as Branko Tucak was sensationally sacked. The Croat was sacked after Rwanda's disastrous campaign in the 2010 Africa Nations Cup qualifiers. (AllAfrica)

ZIFA have written to the Confederation of African Football seeking permission to be given the greenlight for a late registration of two other clubs that will represent the country in the Champions League and the Confederation Cup. (AllAfrica)

THE national soccer team Cranes might be financially handicapped, but could recoup whatever money is invested in them at the CECAFA Orange Senior Challenge Cup. (AllAfrica)

Aftermath of the draws that have grouped African champions, Egypt alongside Nigeria, Mozambique and Benin Republic in Group C, of the 2010 African Nations Cup to be hosted by Angola, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has began frantic moves to arrange first class friendly matches for the Super Eagles. (AllAfrica)

THE Brave Warriors continue to slide down the Fifa rankings and are now placed 114th from their previous 101st position in September this year. (AllAfrica)

AMAVUBI striker Abbas Rassou remains a serious doubt for this year's Orange Challenge Cup. (AllAfrica)

THE national football league has been temporarily called off as Amavubi intensify their preparations for this year's Orange Challenge Cup in Nairobi. (AllAfrica)

The U-17 World Cup football championship has ended and contrary to expectations that Nigeria would win the championship for a record fourth time, the country's team failed to live up to this last-minute dream. (AllAfrica)

TWENTY football and ten netball teams are expected to take part in the Chief Marealle Cup set to start in Moshi on December 9. (AllAfrica)

THE national soccer team, Zanzibar Heroes left Dar es Salaam today for Nairobi Kenya to compete in the two-week senior Challenge Cup to kick off this weekend. (AllAfrica)

Gunjur nearly pulled off another big upset in the annual Muhammed Yahya Jammeh Zonal Championship when they pushed star-studded Bakau all the way on Saturday afternoon in the Group A opener at Serrekunda East mini-stadium. (AllAfrica)

Seasoned sports administrator and commentator, Chuka Momah has come out to throw his weight behind the candidacy of Engr. Sani Ndanusa as president of Nigeria Olympic Committee. In view of this, he has come out to correct the falsehood and lies being speculated by Engr. Sani Ndanusa's opponents in the race for the presidency of NOC. He stated emphatically that Ndanusa was duly elected vice-president of the Confederation of African Tennis in 2003 in Pretoria, South Africa debunking claims that it was to the contrary. Momah was a former CAT president. (AllAfrica)

Meanwhile, more reputable Nigerians and respected sports stakeholders are coming out to support the ambition of Engr. Sani Ndanusa to vie for the presidency of the Nigeria Olympic Committee as the battle for the presidency of the body gathers momentum. (AllAfrica)

Super Eagles defender, Danny Shittu has said he is making progress to recover early ahead the commencement of the Nations Cup in Angola next year. Shittu is down with the injury which kept him out of the Super Eagles decisive World Cup qualifying game against Kenya. (AllAfrica)

The technical adviser of Kaduna United, Maurice Coorman, has described his team's match against Kwara United at home as a disaster. Kaduna United which Coorman coaches lost the game to the visiting team 1-2 on Sunday at the Kaduna Township Stadium. (AllAfrica)

Dr. Mohammadu Danladi Gwampo, the Taraba state commissioner for social welfare, youths and sports has disclosed plans and arrangements for the 2nd Taraba state sports festival scheduled for Sunday November 29 to Saturday December 5, 2009. (AllAfrica)

Newly crowned Africa club basketball champions First Bank Elephants returned to Lagos yesterday after their Sunday defeat of ABC of Cote d'Ivoire to emerge the super queens of the continent. The Nigerian league champions defeated the Ivorian ladies 64-55 in the final match played in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

For the avoidance of doubt, NFF President Sani Lulu Abdullahi said yesterday that the Federation has not at anytime declared vacant the position of Super Eagles' Head Coach, currently occupied by Mr. Shuaibu Amodu. (AllAfrica)

The draws for the 2009/2010 season of the Nigeria Amateur League Division One will take place today at the FIFA Technical Centre, National Stadium, Abuja. Secretary of the Nigeria Amateur League, Emmanuel Adesanya said a Seminar on "Amateur League and Grassroots Football"  would precede the draws. (AllAfrica)

TANZANIA'S Hawa Wanyeche fired an impressive two over par 74 gross in the final round, to win this year's Rwanda Ladies Open title at the Kigali Golf Course in Kigali, Rwanda over the weekend. (AllAfrica)

TANZANIA maintained their good run in the inaugural Africa Under-19 Women Cricket Tournament, after defeating Kenya by 14 runs at the Annadil Burhani ground in Dar es Salaam today. (AllAfrica)

KILIMANJARO Stars camp is set to receive a major boost, when custodian Mwarami Mohammed, who is plying his trade with Mozambique champion, Ferroviario Maputo arrives tomorrow to join the team. (AllAfrica)

Save for Namboole there can hardly be a more suitable venue for the MTN Kampala marathon than Kololo Airstrip. So spacious is the latter, you could be tempted to think that half of the registered 19,058 participants turned up for the annual event on Sunday. Parking space was adequate, some of the 200 registered corporate teams found where to fit their hospitality tents and spectators, too, could easily catch a glimpse of the runners. (AllAfrica)

Money can, sometimes, buy success as Premier Cricket Club can manifest. Having signed an avalanche of national stars, Premier are within touching distance of a place in Castle National cricket league (Super 7) next year after beating Patidar by 60 runs at Lugogo oval on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Zanzibar's Chief Minister Ally Juma Shamhuna has requested the world soccer body FIFA) to recognise the Isles and give the membership. (AllAfrica)