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A brace from Ahmed Musa helped Nigeria to a 2-0 victory over Iceland at the Volgograd Arena on Friday. Musa grabbed his third and fourth World Cup goals (he scored two in a 3-2 defeat […]

“CAPACITY, audacity and tenacity will take you to your mountaintop” – Robin Sharma The World Cup is here again. All eyes are on Russia as they host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. And our beloved […]

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have arrived in the southern Russia town of Volgograd ahead of Friday’s win-or-bust FIFA World Cup Group D encounter against Iceland. The Nigeria national team, who made it to the Round of […]

Three goals in the second half – the first a bad mistake from 36-year-old Ivan Caballero, dispatched by Ante Rebic, and then a stunner from Luka Modric 10 minutes from full time before a walk-in […]

Iceland picked up their first ever World Cup point in the most unlikely of circumstances against tournament royalty, Argentina. The game ended 1-1 after Ragnar Sigurdsson and co successfully shut down Leo Messi, to hold […]

Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, on Saturday said the team’s 0-2 loss to Croatia in their opening match of Russia 2018 was due to “many mistakes’’. Rohr, while speaking at the post-match conference of […]

Nigeria’s bid to qualify from the tricky FIFA World Cup 2018 Group D will take a huge step if they defeat Croatia at the Kaliningrad Stadium on Saturday. It is easy to see why Croatia […]

Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a hat-trick to rescue a 3-3 draw for Portugal against Spain on Friday. Two days after Julen Lopetegui was fired as Spain boss for agreeing a post-tournament move to […]

A Russian MP has encouraged Russians to have sex with visiting foreign football fans, a day after Russian authorities were embarrassed when one of his fellow parliamentarians warned against World Cup sexual liaisons. “The more […]

Former Catholic pontiff, Pope John Paul II, once said: “Among all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important”. Without any doubt, football is a global crowd puller, and presently the game’s most amazing […]

Ben Bruce is right. There is absolutely no reason why our Super Eagles Jersey shouldn’t have been made in Aba. We have a multitude of talented designers who could have designed it. We also have […]

Zinedine Zidane has announced this decision to step down as Real Madrid manager with immediate effect. The news, revealed at a press conference on Thursday, comes as a great shock, considering that the Frenchman guided […]

A problem identified is half solved is a popular saying and that perhaps applies to the Super Eagles where coach Gernot Rohr has mentioned the full-back position as the team’s major headache presently. After struggling […]

Gareth Bale scored twice including an incredible overhead kick after coming off the bench as Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 3-1 in the Champions League final in Kiev on Saturday. Karim Benzema struck a bizarre opening […]

No African nation has ever won the World Cup, but Nigeria’s Alex Iwobi isn’t letting that hold him back, reports CNN. The 22-year-old Arsenal forward will play on football’s biggest stage for the first time […]

Arsene Wenger said Tuesday he has been surprised at the number of job offers he has received since his departure from Arsenal was announced, urging the club to appoint his successor as soon as possible. […]

Sir Alex Ferguson, former Manchester United manager, on Saturday underwent an emergency surgery for brain haemorrhage. Manchester United FC confirmed the news with a statement on its website. The legendary Red Devils boss, 76, was […]

World football governing body, FIFA at the weekend warned that it would not consult with any of the parties fighting for the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) before throwing the country out of […]

Nigerian referee, Ogabor has been banned for one year by the Referees Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in line with suggestions given by the continental body’s Disciplinary Board. In a statement released […]