ITALIAN club AS Roma have rejected a 30 million euro bid from Spanish and European powerhouse Real Madrid for their star striker Mirko Vucinic.

NO less than 40 leading banks, insurance companies, telecommunication firms and other leading players in the Nigerian economy have confirmed their visit to the Kwara Football Academy (KFA) Ilorin on Tuesday March 24 to explore the investment opportunities in Nigeria’s single largest investment in youth’s sports development soon to be privatized.

THE recently concluded National Sports Festival that held the city of Kaduna by the tail for ten action packed days may have come and gone but its legacies are still raving the media.

THERE was the hospital trip for two bags of intravenous fluids before the final round.
The hot showers and baths to alleviate nighttime chills. The right-handed swing with a left-handed club to extricate his ball from shrubbery. The upstart challenger who wouldn’t go away, but at the end, Phil Mickelson overcame it all.

AUSTRALIAN golf officials are in support of a new OneAsia Super Series, which has divided opinion in the region, because the schedule will likely involve about 20 tournaments by 2011, each offering at least $1.5 million in prize money.

Eduardo Romero shot a 3-under 68 on Sunday to win the Toshiba Classic by one stroke over Joey Sindelar and Mark O’Meara. Romero finished at 11-under 202 and Romero earned $255,000 for his fifth career Champions Tour victory.