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New manager of Chelsea Antonio Conte has heaped praise on Nigerian winger Victor Moses saying the Super Eagles player understands his type of football.
Moses, has had a re-awakening of his Chelsea career this season, featuring in most of the games and played well in a wing back role in Chelsea's 2-0 win over Hull. Conte praised the lad saying:

 ''It was a great performance from Victor Moses. Your name isn't important but you have to play my idea of football' Conte said to journalists.
 'For me, Moses played an incredible  game in a defensive situation and offensive situation It's fantastic!'
'He's working very hard and that's why he deserved to play. He showed me that my choice was right If Moses and Pedro can play in this way, it's fantastic. To have wingers able to do this role (wing-back) is a great option.''

Gianni Infantino, president of the World Football's governing body, FIFA has suggested starting up a 48 team World Cup tournament, saying adding 16 more teams to the competition would see a playoff round added prior to the group stages of the world cup, with the 16 defeated nations going home after playing just one match.

According to Infantino, the proposal could take effect from the 2026 World Cup.
"The idea is that 16 teams would qualify directly to the group stage and the other 32 would play in a preliminary phase, in the country where the World Cup is being played," Infantino told reporters at an event in Bogota, Colombia on Tuesday.
"They would play for the remaining 16 places. It means we continue with a normal World Cup for 32 teams, but 48 teams go to the party."
One of Infantino's proposals while coming out for election  was to increase the number of teams competing in FIFA World Cups to 40 after Qatar 2022.
"These are ideas to find the best solution. We will debate them this month and we will decide everything by 2017," Infantino continued.
"They are ideas which we put forward to see which one is the best. FIFA's idea is to develop football in the whole world, and the World Cup is the biggest event there is," he said. "It's more than a competition, it's a social event."

Black Stars midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has emerged the latest target for robbers who recently raided his home in Italy. According to several reports, the unknown gang of thieves broke into his home in the late hours of Monday, October 3, while the star was in Ghana preparing for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Uganda, which is schedule to take place on Friday, October 7, 2016 in Tamale.

Speaking with Ghanasoccernet, Badu who began his career in 2016 at Berlin F.C before signing for Italian football club Udinese confirmed the occurrence.
‘I was called yesterday and told about the burglary attacks but I can’t say how much has been lost. Report also has it that his club has reported the incident to the police for investigation to be carried out.

Fast rising NPFL side and first African partner of West Ham United FC of England, FC Ifeanyi Ubah will this week host their London-based partners, West Ham United FC in Lagos and Nnewi in a bid to take the partnership between both football clubs to the next level.

Top executives at West Ham United led by the Managing Director, Angus Kinnear and President of FC Ifeanyi Ubah,  Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah will on Wednesday unveil the blueprint that will guide the hunt for the next Nigerian superstar. The project which aims to identify talented kids between the ages of 6 - 15 years will kick off in December with coaches and scouts of West Ham United in regular attendance to offer technical support throughout the duration of the project. Selected kids will be enrolled into Ifeanyi Ubah football academy with the aim of harnessing their talents, thus providing West Ham United with a pool of talented players to pick from on a quarterly basis.

Recall that FC Ifeanyi Ubah recently signed a long term partnership with West Ham United back in August that will see the two football clubs join forces on a number of football-related projects led by FC Ifeanyi Ubah, from best-practice coaching initiatives to establishing grass roots football programmes in Nigeria, all with a view to improving the standard of football across the region.

Speaking to newsmen at the weekend in Lagos,  Dr. Ubah explained the aim of the
'Talent Hunt Programme'  and how that will metamorphose to a football Academy run by both West Ham United FC and FC Ifeanyi Ubah. "Our discussions since the unveiling of this historic partnership has always been centred on football development, with the discovery of future football stars in a country so rich in football talents waiting to be harnessed top on the priority list. West Ham are known to have one of the best academies in the world having produced players like Sir Trevor Brooking, Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick to mention a few and they are eager to identify and handpick talented African players that they can develop. The search for the next Lampard, Payet, Kanu and Okocha just begun and we believe this talent hunt will help us achieve our goal".

Dr. Ubah further revealed that many more details on the next level of the collaboration between FC Ifeanyi Ubah and West Ham FC will be unveiled during the week in Lagos when executives from the London Club will be entertaining questions at a press Conference in Lagos at Eko Signature, VI by 3pm. There will also be a dinner in honour of the contingent from West Ham by 6PM on Wednesday at the same venue where major football stakeholders and personalities will be in attendance after which they will be heading to Nnewi, Anambra state on Thursday for another press conference at Ifeanyi Ubah Games Village by 1:45pm. Their visit will end with an appearance on "Naija made" by 7:30 PM on Supersport9 where they will be discussing in details, the benefits of West Ham's deal with Capital Oil and Gas and FC Ifeanyi Ubah as well as the blueprint and goal of the talent hunt.

40 year old Cameroon football legend Rigobert Song has reportedly left his coma state but is still fighting for his life after suffering a stroke attack in Yaounde, Cameroon on Sunday.

The former Liverpool and West Ham defender who had 137 caps for the Cameroon national team is now breathing unassisted but is still in a critical condition after suffering a cerebral aneurysm that left him immobile.
The football world was quick to show their support on social media to one of their own as his family have concluded plans to fly him to France for better medical care.

Floyd Mayweather has just showed off $1 MILLION in cash on his Instagram page!

Considering Kim Kardashian was targeted and robbed at gunpoint after showing off her expensive jewels on social media, this may not be the wisest thing to do. But then, reports say Floyd is always monitored by a private security detail - "24 hours a day. 365 days a year."

 21 year old ex-most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Iheoma Nnadi, and her fiance, former Super Eagles player Emmanuel Emenike got engaged early last month after dating for 6 months.


The couple stepped out tonight for a dinner date. See more photos after the cut...


 Sight Osita Iheme?

Swansea have parted ways with Francesco Guidolin following their loss to Liverpool over the weekend which put them in the relegation zone on the Premier League table.

Despite masterminding a fortuitous draw against Chelsea, Swansea have struggled so far, and have yet to win a match since the Premier League’s opening day.

Bob Bradley will take over from Guidolin with the ‘sack race’ beginning very early this season. Elsewhere, Aston Villa also sacked head coach, Roberto Di Matteo after a similarly frustrating start to the season.

Tyson Fury, who announced his retirement earlier on Monday has made a u-turn on his decision in less than three hours.

The 28-year-old wrote on his Twitter page earlier today that he was quitting boxing, but has since admitted that he was joking.

He tweeted: “Hahahaha u think you will get rid of the GYPSYKING that easy!!! I’m here to stay. #TheGreatest just shows u what the Medea are like. Tut tut”

GYPSYKING, ✔@Tyson_Fury
Hahahaha u think you will get rid of the GYPSYKING that easy!!! I'm here to stay. #TheGreatest just shows u what the Medea are like. Tut tut
3:51 PM - 3 Oct 2016

Fury began Monday by saying boxing was the saddest thing he had been involved in, leading him to retirement.

“Boxing is the saddest thing I ever took part in, all a pile of s***, I’m the greatest, & I’m also retired, so go s*** a d***, happy days,” he said.

GYPSYKING, ✔@Tyson_Fury
Boxing is the saddest thing I ever took part in, all a pile of shit, I'm the greatest, & I'm also retired, so go suck a dick, happy days.

Fury pulled out of his world heavyweight title rematch with Wladimir Klitschko after he was deemed ‘medically unfit’ to compete.

Fury then reportedly failed a drugs test for cocaine following a positive sample taken by VADA on September 22.

Fury’s hasn’t fought since November 2015 when he defeated Klitschko in Germany to win the world heavyweight titles.

He currently still holds the WBA, WBO and IBO belts, but the governing bodies are set to make a decision soon on whether or not they will strip him.

Ex-captain of the Cameroonian national team, Rigobert Song; is reportedly in a coma after suffering a stroke in his home country. Song was at his home in Yaounde when the incident befell him, French Sports magazine L’Equipe wrote on Sunday

He was rushed to hospital for treatment, but has slipped into a coma.

“I wish you a lot of courage and to get well soon, big bro,” former teammate Samuel Eto’o Fils wrote on social media.

Song, 40, captained the national side ‘The Indomitable Lions’ during their stretch as the most dominant side on the continent.
His most startling achievement was playing in four World Cups for his country over a 16 year period, first called for USA ’94 before representing Cameroon in France ’98, Japan/South Korea 2002 and – most extraordinarily – in South Africa 2010. In all he won 137 caps for Cameroon, where he achieved legendary status as the nation's captain. During the course of his career he also played for Galatasaray, Cologne, West Ham, Lens and Trabzonspor.

He is the uncle of former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder Alex Song, and had been working with Cameroon’s football federation in recent years.

 Nigerian professional footballer, Peter Osaze Odemwingie and wife Sarah welcomed a baby girl this morning.

Sharing the news on social media, the latest dad said: "Hi everyone 😀 Our little princess Sophia was born early this morning. So proud of my wife! Praise God 🙏🏽"

The couple got married in 2012. Congrats to them.

 Former Africa Player of the Year, Victor Ikpeba has negated news announcing Taribo West’s death.
Reports that filtered the air on Friday evening has it that the former Super Eagles' defence stalwart died in South Africa, but his former teammate, Ikpeba and close associates rebuffed the claims via Twitter.
My brother Taribo West is alive. Please ignore rumours that he is dead.— Victor Ikpeba (@V_Ikpeba) September 30, 2016

 The Gypsie King as he is fondly called by fans- Tyson Fury, the reigning WBA, WBO, IBO, Ring magazine, and lineal heavyweight champion has tested positive for cocaine according to reports, weeks after pulling out from his heavyweight title defence with Klitschko citing mental issues.
Fury, was said to have been informed on Thursday night that his A sample from a random urine test on 22 September had tested positive for the substance benzoylecgonine, the central compound found in cocaine.

The Manchester born boxer who claims to be born again is set to lose his titles won in 2015. The presence of cocaine in his blood samples brings an all time low to Fury's career and could even bring about litigations and lawsuits against him and his camp.

Klitschko, who was supposed to have fought him since, has been made to wait for almost a year to regain his lost belts and with this new revelation could fight someone else for the WBO, WBA and IBO world titles..
 A whole host of partners in the rematch - including television stations, the Manchester Arena which had been booked for October 29 and the fans who had invested in non-refundable hotel bookings and travel costs - may even consider seeking financial compensation from Fury and his camp.

Bernd Boente, the manager of Klitschko, has responded to the revelations: 'If this is true, Fury is the most unworthy of all the heavyweight champions.
'This might explain a lot but for certain this is terrible for boxing. I have to say that Fury must be the most disgraceful heavyweight champion of all time.

'Don't forget this comes in a package which also includes his outrageous homophobic and anti-Semitic comments.
'The wider issue for all of us in the sport is having him holding this position while being caught this way. What kind of an example is he setting to others in the sport and to youngsters all over the world by something like this?
'We have been involved with many outstanding holders of the most prestigious title in world sport. Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, your own Lennox Lewis were wonderful champions and splendid human beings. This is such a shame.'

Super Eagles attackers Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC) and Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City FC) have been nominated for the UEFA Golden Boy award, an award given to the best promising teenage talent in Europe, and by so doing the two players are the first Nigerian players in history to be nominated for the award following their breathtaking performances the last 12 months.

The  40-man shortlist for the Golden Boy also includes talented popular youngsters like Dele Alli, Marko Grujic, Lucas Hernandez, Kingsley Coman, Marcus Rashford, Moussa Dembele, Youri Tielemans, Leroy Sane, Renato Sanches, Ousmane Dembele and Gabriel Barbosa among others.

Arsenal's Iwobi has made 17 league appearances and scored twice for the Gunners raking up a large amount of assists while Man City's Iheanacho has scored 10 Premier League goals from just 14 shots on target in 30 appearances.

 £300,000 per week Wayne Rooney, despite not being in Manchester United's first team starting line up at the moment was all smiles as he and his teammates arrived Lowry Hotel ahead of Man U's Europa league clash with Zorya this evening.

Other players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rashford were also pictured arriving the hotel.
More photos after the cut.

Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, says the only industry that has the capacity to move Nigeria out of the current recession is Sports. Dalung said this when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai at his office in Abuja
“Sport remains the only industry that can move Nigeria out of recession. It is only in sports that you can enumerate about five to six benefits that are very key to National development. Sports provide valuable employment today. It is a foreign exchange earner and can also help build a tourism base” he said

As it stands, Nigeria's 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign may be over before it even begins. This is because the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has said it is so broke that it cannot afford to fly the Super Eagles players to Zambia for next month's third-round qualifier.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is right now shopping for N85 million to execute the 2018 World Cup qualifier against the Chipolopolo of Zambia on October 9 in Ndola.

The NFF had in recent weeks been lamenting what an official described as ‘no cash’ situation to
carry on their activities, particularly the fast approaching tie against Zambia.

A top official of the body told The Guardian yesterday that they require about N85 million for the match in Ndola.
We need about N85 million to take care of the match against Zambia on October 9, but as we speak, we don’t have any kobo in our purse. We have appealed to Globacom to come to our aid by footing the bills. We are still waiting for response from the Federal Government,” the official stated.
Breaking down the NFF budget for the World Cup qualifier against Zambia, the official, who pleaded anonymity, said:
“The charges for the Airline alone is $200,000 for a 140-seater plane, and it will be on ground with the team for two days. We need between $6,000 and $10,000 for flight ticket to bring in the players.
Their bonuses alone are within the range of N30 million. We don’t have any kobo in our purse right now, hence the need for us to approach Glo to come to our aid. But the Federal Government still has to play its part because this is the beginning of our campaign for the 2018 World Cup qualifying ticket. If we must get it right, every hand must be on deck,” the official stated.
The Super Eagles versus Chipolopolo’s 2018 World Cup qualifier was initially billed for Monday, October 3, but the hosts, Zambia moved the date to Sunday October 9 without giving any reason. The venue still remains Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.