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October 4, 2019 EMERY: OZIL DOES NOT DESERVE A PLACE IN THE SQUAD
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EMERY: OZIL DOES NOT DESERVE A PLACE IN THE SQUAD

Unai Emery said Mesut Ozil did not deserve his place even in a squad packed with youngsters after Arsenal beat Standard Liege in the Europa League.

Ozil, the highest-paid player in the history of the club, was once again left out of the matchday squad as Gabriel Martinelli hit a brace in a 4-0 Group F victory at home on Thursday.

The 18-year-old scored twice in three first-half minutes before laying on Dani Ceballos to score his first goal for the club, Joe Willock having already added the third.

Emery made 10 changes from the side that drew at Manchester United on Monday, with Ozil not making the matchday squad on either occasion.

The 30-year-old has had a difficult relationship with Emery since the manager’s appointment last year and his absence from the squad will lend weight to speculation that he does not have a long-term future at Arsenal

October 4, 2019 LEOW: NEUER REMAINS NUMBER ONE
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LEOW: NEUER REMAINS NUMBER ONE

Head coach Joachim Loew made it clear Friday that captain Manuel Neuer will remain Germany’s first-choice goalkeeper, with Marc-Andre ter Stegen as an understudy, through to next June’s Euro 2020 finals.

The debate has raged in Germany over whether Ter Stegen, 27, should usurp Bayern Munich veteran Neuer, 33, in the number one shirt.

In-form Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen complained about being stuck on the bench for the 4-2 home thrashing by the Netherlands last month in a key Euro 2020 qualifier.

Bayern Munich’s outspoken president Uli Hoeness even threatened to stop their stars playing for Germany if Neuer was dropped, a notion he soon abandoned after realising such action could lead to FIFA sanctions.Loew refused to enter the debate and settled the matter emphatically when announcing his squad for Wednesday’s friendly against Argentina in Dortmund and the Euro 2020 qualifier four days later away to Estonia.

Back-up keeper Ter Stegen will play in the friendly against Argentina, who are without the suspended Lionel Messi, with Neuer returning for the important qualifier in Tallinn.

“For both games, I have decided… that Marc will play in Dortmund and ‘Manu’ (Neuer) in Tallinn. We have told both players,” said Loew.

“I have emphasised several times that Manuel Neuer is our captain, and therefore also our Number One for the time being, with the European Championship in mind – if nothing out of the ordinary happens”.

The Germans need to beat Estonia away to stay top of a tight Group C as the third-placed Netherlands are just three points behind with a game in hand while Northern Ireland is level with the Germans on 12 points.

September 27, 2019 Nigeria medal hopefuls as Doha World Championships begin
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Nigeria medal hopefuls as Doha World Championships begin

The 2019 World Athletics Championships begin in Doha on Friday (today) with Team Nigeria being represented by 25 athletes.

Team Nigeria go into the competition with a mixture of experienced and new athletes hoping to break grounds.

Blessing Okagbare

With a 100m Season’s Best of 11.04secs and 200m SB of 22.05secs, Okagbare will be Nigeria’s sole representative in both events. She would also lead the charge for the country in the women’s 4x100m.

Divine Oduduru

Oduduru is one of the best sprinters in the world. He is the first Nigerian sprinter to break the sub-10secs barrier in over a decade. He holds a Personal Best of 9.86secs in 100m. He will be making his debut at the World Championships in Doha.

Tobi Amusan

Amusan is a strong medal hopeful for Nigeria in women’s 100m hurdles. With a PB of 12.49secs. She is the current African champion.

Raymond Ekevwo

Ekevwo announced himself to  the World at the African Games men’s 100m with a personal best of 9.96secs, thereby becoming Africa’s fastest man. Now known in Nigeria and Africa, the 20-year-old has all in him to pull probably the biggest upset in World Championships history, by winning the title.

Usheoritse Itsekiri

Itsekiri is Nigeria’s third representative in the men’s 100m. He will be hoping to run his first sub-10secs in Doha. His brilliant run of 10.02secs to win the bronze medal at the African Games, is a personal best and third fastest in Nigeria.

Ese Brume

Brume is ranked second in women’s long jump on IAAF world list. The 2014 Commonwealth Games and reigning African champion with a PB of 7.05m is a potential medallist in Doha.

Chukwuebuka Enekwechi

Enekwechi will be making his second consecutive appearance at the World Championships. He is the country’s only representative in Shot put. He has thrown above the 21m mark nine times this year. He is among world’s top 10 best throwers with his PB of 21.80m.

Emmanuel Arowolo

He will be competing in men’s 200m alongside Oduduru. His PB of 20.37secs is at present the fastest by a Nigerian home-based athlete. He won the Cameroon Grand Prix. With his experience of the 2018 Commonwealth Games and African Championships, World Relays and African Games, Arowolo is a medal hopeful for Nigeria.

Chioma Onyekwere

Onyekwere won her first African title in Asaba in 2018, and also did same at the recently concluded African Games in Rabat.  She got an invitation with a PB of 60.75m.

Patience Okon-George

Okon-George has competed at every major international championship since 2014. The experienced quartermiler will be participating in her third consecutive appearance at World Championships level.

With a SB of 51.66secs, she is expected to lead Nigeria’s 4×400 women’s team.

Favour Ofili

17-year-old Ofili is one of Nigeria’s youngest athlete in history that will compete at the World Championships. She qualified for Doha after running a PB of 51.68secs to win 400m silver medal at African Games in Rabat. She is number two on IAAF World U-18 list and took part at the 2019 World Relays.

September 27, 2019 Fraud: Again NFF officials absent in court
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Fraud: Again NFF officials absent in court

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday frowned at the refusal of four officials of the Nigeria Football Federation to appear in court for alleged $8.4m dollars and N4bn  fraud case.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu had on July 1, issued a warrant of arrest for the four men following their repeated refusal to appear in court to answer to the fraud charges against them.

The Federal Government had through the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property charged them with alleged misappropriation of $8.4m and N4bn belonging to the NFF.

The five officials are NFF President, Amaju Pinnick; NFF Secretary, Sunusi Mohammed; the 1st Vice-President, Seyi Akinwumi; the 2nd Vice-President, Shehu Dikko and an Executive member, Yusuff Fresh, as the 1st to 5th respondents respectively.

Pinnick was exempted from the ordered arrest due to his official roles as a member of the Confederation of African Football’s organising committee at the African Cup of Nation in Egypt.

Justice Ojukwu said their duty was to be in court when ordered as the charges against them before the court had not been cancelled.

“Nobody is bigger than the law,” she said.

Counsel to the defendants, Mohammed Katu, said the respondents were absent because the president had instructed that the Attorney General of the Federation took over the case from the office of Special Presidential Investigation Panel.

He said that the AGF had earlier called the attention of the respondents to his office and in view of the recent development he believed the AGF would do justice to prosecute the matter.

Justice Ojukwu said that the defendants had no reason to appear before any agency thereby constituting a parallel hearing in disobedience to the court.

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