Nigerian female boxer, Kehinde Obare is still nursing regrets that she wasn’t part of the history when women boxing was introduced to the Olympics for the first at the London 2012 Games.
Obare and two other female boxers were in China to seek qualification for London 2012, but they failed to book their passage to the Olympics. Obare said that it was very painful as she lost narrowly to her opponent in her last bout, she pinned the blame on poor instructions from the coach, Ndika Nsofor who led them to China.
“I was looking forward to boxing at the Olympics. I trained very hard and was in high spirit during the qualifiers, but I lost to a Japanese opponent 14-16.
“It was painful to me because I have all it took to beat her. I blame the coach who was at my corner, he was giving wrong instructions. If the national coach that was training us had gone with us, I would have made it.
“The other girls also complained of poor coaching by the technical adviser. I wonder why he has to be with us when we have our national coach,” said the boxer who works with the Nigeria Army.
She submitted that missing London 2012 denied her opportunities, however, she has now planted her focus on the Rio 2016 Olympics.
“By God’s grace I’m working harder than ever to be at the next Olympics. We need the exposure to open doors of opportunities for us boxers.
“We are just here there a very few competitions to participate whereas there abundant talents. I want the federation to start preparations now so that we will not be left unprepared for the 2016 Olympics,” said Obare whose first international exposure was the in China during the Olympics qualification.
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The president of the Nigerian Cycling Federation, CFN, Alhaji Mohammed Nur Sheriff has been elected the President of the ECOWAS Cycling Union. The election which took place last week in Cairo, Egypt also saw Mohammed Bashir, the CFN’s technical director being appointed as member of the Technical Committee of the Confederation of African Cycling for another four years.
Bashir, who arrived the country Monday last week, expressed appreciation to the National Sports Commission, NSC, for its wonderful support for the Nigerian representative in the Cairo election. ”I sincerely thank Nigerians and the NSC for all the support and encouragement we received for election,” he said, adding that the Board of the CFN will meet early next month to discuss important issues to be presented to NSC.
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Super Eagles defender, Kenneth Omueruo is set to rejoin Chelsea in the summer after his superlative outing at the 2013 African Nations Cup where he help the Eagles to win the trophy.
He was sent on loan to ADO Den Haag to develop his skills, but Chelsea on the look out for replacement for aging John Terry will open talks with the Dutch club next month to pave way for Omeruo’s return to Stamford Bridge. With Omeruo in line to be named in Chelsea’s first-team squad next season, another Nigerian at the London club, Victor Moses, believes the teenager can fit into the Blues. “I couldn’t believe it when he said he hadn’t played in the African Nations before. He was really strong and is a good defender. He is a great lad and a player for the future (for Chelsea),” Moses told chelseafc.com. Omeruo joined Chelsea at the start of this season from Belgian club, Standard Liege before he was immediately sent on loan to ADO Den Haag.
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Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN president, Solomon Ogba has declared that Lagos is desperately in need of a world class marathon race, after the Lagos International ½ Marathon was rested in 2009.
Ogba stated that it was regrettable that the Lagos International ½ Marathon has gone into oblivion, but added that discussions are on with the Lagos State government to revive the event, which received recognition from the world athletics ruling body IAAF and attracted top athletes from around the world.
“Lagos is a popular City and it is a destination for tourism. It is rather unfortunate that the Lagos marathon was allowed to die, it is a window of opportunity for visitors to explore the City.
“However, we have plans to revive it. We are in talks with the Lagos State government and when the time comes we will see how it goes.”
“Besides, there is a need to have a marathon culture in Nigeria. This is because we have countries like Kenya coming into our traditional strong holds and so we must make every effort to have athletes in the long distance events too,” said Ogba.
Telecoms company MTN sponsored the Lagos ½ Marathon for five years. The AFN signed a new deal with rival brand Globacom, but that romance seems to have run into cold water. Ogba stated that the contract with Globacom has expired and the AFN is looking for a new partner.
However, an official of Globacom disclosed that they still have a contract with the AFN.
“We only have issues with the AFN and we are still in talks. It was the death of Sunday Bada that stalled the talks,” he said.
The last edition of the Lagos international half marathon was held in 2009 with world elite runners like Lornah Kiplagat, Hilda Kibet starring in the women’s category, while in the men’s event, athletes Luke Kibet, Tsegaye Kedebe and Dieudonne Disi were in attendance. Ethiopia’s legend Halie Gebrselassie was a guest.
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Inter Milan and Nigeria midfielder Joel Obi Chukwuma has fallen victim to burglars in Milan, according to reports Friday.
Chukwuma discovered the infraction upon returning home in the early hours of Friday morning, according to a report from the ANSA news agency.
The report did not say which items were taken by the burglars.
Inter Milan qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday thanks to a 3-0 away victory over Cluj for a 5-0 aggregate win over the Romanians.
In Serie A the Nerazzurri sit in fifth place on 43 points, 12 behind leaders Juve and one adrift of AC Milan ahead of the city derby on Sunday.
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Arsene Wenger insists he has no intention of quitting Arsenal despite growing criticism of the Gunners’ boss after the worst season of his 17-year reign in north London.
Wenger has been under fire from fans and pundits for much of the season, but the last week has been a new low for the Frenchman as his side crashed out of the FA Cup against Championship club Blackburn and then slumped to a 3-1 home defeat to Bayern Munich that left their Champions League hopes in tatters.
Barring a miracle comeback against Bayern in the second leg, Arsenal will have gone eight years without a trophy at the end of this season and many fans believe the time has come for Wenger to go.
But the 63-year-old, whose team have been reduced to a desperate scrap to finish in the Premier League’s top four, says he is not about to walk away from the current difficulties because his desire to do the job burns as bright as ever.
Asked at press conference on Friday if he had considered his position this week, Wenger said: “Never. Not one second. I don’t think that spark has anything to do with your age.
“It is just that’s how you are and you’re motivated by how much you want to win and how much you are a winner.
“If I go out now and play one against one with you, you will see I will beat you and at least if I don’t manage to beat you, I will want to beat you. That will not change as long as I can move.”
Wenger believes there needs to be a sense of perspective around what is regarded as achievement at the Emirates Stadium, with Arsenal having continued to qualify for the Champions League despite testing financial circumstances.
“We live in a world of emotion, of excess, and it is down to people who have responsibilities to put that into perspective and keep solid and keep guiding the club in the right way,” said Wenger, whose side face struggling Aston Villa on Saturday.
“My responsibility is to keep the guidelines and guide the team and the club in what I feel is the right way.
“What is important for me is to focus on the next game and try to give my best, like all the players.”
Arsenal’s regular board meeting on Thursday was attended by majority shareholder Stan Kroenke, who also watched Tuesday’s Bayern game.
Wenger, though, insisted it was very much a case of business as usual rather than an inquest into the team’s problems.
“The meeting speaks about many things. Commercial, ticket prices, long term plans. I make my report as well on the technical side, so it was the usual thing,” Wenger said.
“Of course we had no euphoria because we have gone through a disappointment on Tuesday night but apart from that we are responsible people who know what it is to fight.”
With so much criticism from outside the club threatening to destabilise his squad, Wenger called on the fans and players to show a unified front.
“What we need is to be united and strong, and not to be destabilised by people who have strong opinions after one game,” Wenger said.
“I believe what is important is that the club always goes with the guidelines we have and do not change direction every time we lose a big game, that would lead to a disaster.
“A bad period for a club is also a good opportunity to show how united and strong you are. We have a good history of that at Arsenal.”
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Former Nigerian manager, Christian Chukwu has suggested top grade friendlies for the Super Eagles ahead of 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier against the Harambee Stars of Kenya.
The Super Eagles will host the East Africans in a 2014 World Cup qualifying game at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar on March 23.
Chukwu said after the Eagles emerged champions at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa the side have become the team to beat and cannot afford to enter into any contest ill-prepared.
“It’s now Super Eagles must be adequately prepared for competitions. We’re African champions, others will want to make history by doing everything to beat us.
“I think we should halt celebration over the Afcon victory and return to work immediately. We don’t have to relax. I’ll suggest we play one or two top friendlies before the encounter against Kenya on March 23,” said the former Harambee Stars coach.
The former Nigerian defender told supersport.com that if the Super Eagles do their home work very well the Harambee Stars will not pose a hard nut to crack.
“We’re not playing the Kenyans for the first time, we’ve played them severally. Kenya like any other East African side are full of energy capable of playing 120 minutes because of their altitude.
“We must not underrate them. I’m aware they just recruited a new manager. I don’t expect him to perform magic between now and the time we play them,” he said.
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The Namibia Football Association (NFA) president, John Muinjo has said everything is in place for the successful hosting of the 2014 Africa Women Championships.
This would be the first time the country is hosting the prestigious event and Muinjo has vowed that the association would leave no stone unturned as they plan to host, organise and deliver a successful Championship next year.
The NFA president hopes that the tournament would serve the purpose of elevating the game of women football to a higher level in the country.
“This is our chance as an association to show we are very delighted to present something beautiful and very huge for all coming,” he told the Namibian.
“As custodians of the beautiful game, we support the FIFA campaign Live Your Goals, which aims to encourage girls and young women to play football and we will use this avenue to show them that their dreams can come true.”
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Former NFA Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, says he was delighted that the Super Eagles won the Nations Cup in South Africa and gradually the autonomy for football management, which he fought in his time as the leader of the football federation is gradually seeing the light of day.
“Yes, Stephen Keshi, who is like a son to me has been very busy and may not have called, same for the leadership of the NFF, but I’m so happy and delighted that we won the Nations Cup and some other things for which we were castigated for are gradually becoming the norms in Nigerian football.
“If we remain focused and avoid unnecessary controversy, we will go very far in not only winning trophies but remaining a force in world football”, Galadima declared.
He urged the NFF leadership to savour their hard earned victory at SA 2013, instead of allowing forces of disunity to create rancour in the rank and file of the team and the NFF, at a time when celebration should be the hallmark of the nation.
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West Brom striker Osaze Odemwingie has warned coach Stephen Keshi he could soon be sacked even after leading Nigeria to AFCON glory.
“A coach the country is praising now will one day be sacked and to his achievements they will say: only one cup? I beg.” Odemwingie tweeted.
“Too much corruption in sports these days. Because of few sportsmen who cheat now doping control went from urine to blood test.”
Interestingly, Osaze had a public row with Keshi just before the Nations Cup in South Africa when the coach sensationally axed him from the Eagles.
Osaze also said his commitment to his club affected his relationship with former Eagles coach Samson Siasia.
“Very little thing made me fall out with ex-Eagles coach Siasia, and that’s club commitment. And that commitment was questioned after,” Odemwingie tweeted.
“What did that teach me? You only a good guy and professional when you score and give your teams what they want. They throw us out after.”
He added: “When I give all my heart and effort to a team and get overlooked after, how could I possibly be happy? Same in Eagles. Same in WBA. “Well praised and most criticised at the same time. Something is wrong somewhere. And I bet it’s not in my attitude. I believe in transparency.”
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