ABEL Sanchez, the experienced trainer of the 'Nigerian Nightmare' Samuel Peter, has predicted that the WBO/IBO/IBF champion, Wladimir Klitschko would be knocked down on Saturday in Germany when the hard-punching Nigerian meet him for the second time.

Reigning champion Kim Clijsters progressed into the US Open quarter-finals, while third seed Venus Williams booked a date with French Open champion Francesca Schiavone to decide a semi-final spot.

USAIN BOLT has made the startling claim that he fancies a career as a professional footballer once he fulfils his ambitions in athletics.

.As Preparation Hots Up For Nov 27 Race
CROSS RIVER State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, has urged the Local Organising Committee for the 6fh Obudu International Mountain Race to surpass the already high standard set for the competition following the successful hosting of the first African Nations Mountain Running Championships alongside the Obudu race.

ROGER Federer and Robin Soderling, who broke Federer's streak of 23 Grand Slam semifinals in a row, moved closer to a US Open quarterfinal showdown with straight-set triumphs on a windy weekend.

THE maiden edition of Senator Erne Uffot Ekaette Under-20 Football Tournament for Eket Senatorial District has kicked-off at Eket Township Stadium with 29 teams participating.

THE US Open experienced one of its hottest days in recent years on Tuesday and it nearly "burned off the title ambitions of fourth seed Novak Djokovic.

AFRICA record holder in women 400m, Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo, has commended the just concluded Sports Summit saying what the country need now is an action plan that will take Nigerian sports to the level it was in the early 1990's in the next four years and among the best five in the world by the year 2020.

FIVE years ago, Peter had Wladimir Klitschko in big trouble, having knocked him down three times, twice in the fifth round, during their heavyweight fight in Atlantic City. But Klitschko rallied late to win a 12-round unanimous decision.

TYSON GAY fell a short of his personal-best but surged late to win the 100m in Brussels, earning the Diamond League title, while in her Diamond League debut, controversial world champion Caster Semenya of South Africa finished third in the 800m.

FORMER heavyweight champion, Samuel Peter, has continued to hit the pads hard with trainer Abel Sanchez at The Summitt Training Center in Big Bear Lake, California, as he prepares for the title shot.

PLAY-OFFS for the 2010 National Cricket Club Championships in three zones will hold this weekend.

THE Nigeria national Handball team will today  confront their Ghanaian counterpart in the semi final of Africa Zone III Handball Challenge after | defeating Togo 37-16 in their last group match.

DEFENDING Champion of the Nigeria Breweries Chess Championship yesterday remained an enigma in the ongoing tournament as he maintained clear top position with four points in the Master's category.

IN 35 years of women's tennis rankings, never before has the No. 1 player missed the U.S. Open.

THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Jacques Rogge, has rejected a claim by the Israeli team that an Iranian athlete withdrew to avoid facing one of their competitors at the inaugural Youth Olympics.

AFTER withdrawing from her last two tournaments in Cincinnati and Montreal due to left knee pain, Venus Williams expects to play at the U.S. Open.

THE President of Handball Federation of Nigeria, Alhaji Yusuf Dauda, has confirmed that the country's teams that will participate in the forthcoming Commonwealth Intercontinental U-17 Boys & Girls championship in Cameroun and Africa Zone III Handball challenge in Ivory Coast will undergo

ALL work and no play make Jack a dull boy. The above aphorism could aptly describe the situation at the camp of Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme at Nigerian Army Sports Camp in Somolu, last Sunday afternoon, when the athletes and coaches observe the rest day with entertainment in an electrifying singing and dancing sessions that lasted for more than five hours.

PRESIDENT of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria AFN, Chief Solomon Ogba, is not happy as far as the country's participation in the forthcoming Commonwealth games in Delhi, India, is concerned.