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USA scored a dramatic injury-time winner in Pretoria to secure a 1-0 victory that sees them qualify for the Round of 16 as winners of Group C. It looked as if the USA would be going home early after they missed a number of openings with Algerian goalkeeper Rais Mbolhi in stubborn form.

USA were sitting in [...]

The Togo national football side will play in the African Nations Cup, one of the players Thomas Dossevi told AFP early this morning, despite an earlier decision to pull out.
“In memory of the dead, the national team has decided to play in the African Nations Cup,” said Dossevi. The players had initially said they didn’t [...]

ABUJA - And the games came to an end. Nigeria hoped for the cup but Switzerland seemed to have a better need for it. The game was worthy of a final play as both teams gave their best. The Swiss are the 2009 U 17 champions with a 1-0 win over Nigeria.

LAGOS - Nigeria beat [...]

EGYPT - The Black Satellites of Ghana defeated their Brazilian counterpart to win the FIFA U-20 World cup. The 10-man Ghanaian team 4-3 victory came in a sudden death penalties shoot-our in the finals of Egypt 2009 tournament. Ghana makes history being the first African team to win the coveted cup.

Ghana striker Dominic Adiyiah, who [...]

“Basketball is a vehicle to get you from point A to point B. Use basketball. Don’t let it use you.”  Those are the powerful introductory words said by Coach Dru Joyce II which begins this quality documentary that profiles NBA superstar LeBron James’ meteoric rise to fame and fortune.
A true-life coming of age story about [...]

PARIS - The 2010 FIFA world cup is set to travel in a custom designed Louis Vuitton travel case from Paris to South Africa. Top model Naomi Campbell, Louis Vuitton and the Communications director for LV Antoine Arnault posed for photographs at the media presentation of the carry case in Paris.
The travel case made by [...]

NIGERIA - The tournament is being featured in Abuja, Bauchi, Calabar, Enugu, Ijebu-Ode, Kaduna, Kano and Lagos from 24 October to 15 November 2009. Trendy Africa reveals some photo thrills of the world series as captured by our ace contributing sports photo journalist, Mr. Sotunde Afolabi. For branding, adverts or sponsorship of such coverages, you may contact; [...]

KANO - Electric Power once again reared its cursed head at the FIFA U 17 world cup series in Nigeria. The game between Spain and USA was disrupted twice as the floodlights shut down due to power failure. The scene reminded one of the official game stops and time outs during an NFL or NBA [...]

NIGERIA – The Federal Government has released an additional 3.6 billion Euros to the initial release of 9.5 billion Euros to the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the Nigeria 2009 FIFA U17 World Cup to ensure a successful hosting of the championship, which kicks off in Abuja on October 24.
Minister of Sports/Chairman of the [...]

The 2010 FIFA world cup will hold in South Africa between the 11th of June and 11th of July 2010. Matches would be played in Capetown, Durban, Johannesburg, Mangaung, Nelson Mandela Bay, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg and Pretoria.
 

Venues
The complete list of 10 stadiums in 9 host cities for the 2010 World Cup has been decided. The [...]