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By Kazeem Ugbodaga France have beaten Uruguay 2-0 to qualify for the Semi-final in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia. France dominated possession from the beginning of the match and it paid off in […]

CONTRARY to the expectations of the usually overly optimistic Nigerian football followers, the national team made a disappointing early exit from the ongoing FIFA World Cup Finals in Russia, after the first round of matches. […]

England have already chosen the first five players that would step up in an inevitable World Cup penalty shootout. England have lost six of their last seven major championship shootouts, with their only success coming […]

In local football parlance, when a football team constantly thrashes another soccer squad at every given chance, the one on the receiving end is often referred to as the ‘wife’ of the all conquering side. […]

Senegal’s elimination on fair play rules not only made World Cup history, it is also the first time since 1982 an African team failed to reach the tournament’s second round. Thirty six years ago such […]

Odion Ighalo has taken responsibility for Super Eagles 2-1 loss to Argentina in the last Group D match in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday. Ighalo, who missed a couple of chances in the all-important match told […]

Nigeria will take delight in ending potentially Lionel Messi’s last World Cup for Argentina despite their love and admiration for the five-time world player of the year, promised Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr. Victory for […]

Dear Super Eagles, The 2018 FIFA World Cup has started. Our prayer is that you make us proud and make history happen for Nigeria and Africa this year. Whatever be the outcome, make sure that […]

The first time I heard an American say that soccer is boring, I thought he was kidding. It was during my undergraduate days, and I was jousting with a fellow student about Americans’ low interest […]

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 […]