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Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
Barely 24 hours after the crash out of the Super Eagles in the ongoing world football tournament in Brazil, head coach, Stephen Keshi has resigned his position in the first nation’s football team. Others who followed suit were the gangling and veteran defender and former captain, Joseph Yobo and goalkeeper Vincent Enyeamah. Although, Keshi’s resignation […]
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has accused Mark Geiger, the US referee, of being biased after his side were beaten 2-0 by France in Brasília. A header from Paul Pogba and an own goal from Joseph Yobo secured France a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup and condemned Nigeria to a defeat that […]
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Monday, June 30th, 2014
It may be something of a footballing cliché that “at the highest level, any error can prove fatal” but on Monday, at the Estadio Nacional, it most certainly rang true.Having shown organisation and initiative aplenty in their Round of 16 clash versus France, Nigeria’s hopes of clinching a first ever FIFA World Cup quarter-final were […]
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Monday, June 30th, 2014
While Didier Deschamps’s France side garnered plaudits by sweeping past Honduras 3-0 and crushing Switzerland 5-2, a more cautious tone has been heard as they prepare for Monday’s FIFA World Cup Round of 16 tie against Nigeria. A much-changed team could only draw 0-0 in their final Group E fixture against Ecuador on Wednesday. Both […]
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Monday, June 30th, 2014
Demola Aluko Not many people outside of Nigeria give the Super Eagles any chance against a French team full of stars from top European sides, but the world cup may yet witness another big surprise when the two sides meet in Monday’s round of 16. Led by Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema, France strolled through group […]
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Saturday, June 28th, 2014
Hosts Brazil have squeezed through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup™ on penalties after a tense, thrilling 1-1 draw with Chile at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte. Gonzalo Jara hit the post with the decisive kick, while Julio Cesar saved two, to give Brazil a 3-2 win in the shootout and send […]
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Saturday, June 28th, 2014
A sublime James Rodriguez double helped make history for Colombia as they reached the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup™ for the first time by overcoming Uruguay 2-0 in Rio de Janeiro. The 22-year-old was the magical conductor of the second all-South American affair of the day. He netted twice at the Maracana to go […]
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Friday, June 27th, 2014
Sympathy for biting footballer Luis Suarez has been in short supply, but Friday the Uruguayan found support from an unlikely candidate — his latest victim. Bitten on the shoulder by Suarez during Tuesday’s match against Uruguay, Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini labelled the four-month ban handed down to Suarez by football’s global governing body FIFA as […]
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Friday, June 27th, 2014
Karim Benzema says the Super Eagles will give France a thorough examination of their qualities when the two countries meet Tuesday’s Round of 16. Les Bleus had been free-scoring in their opening two games of the FIFA World Cup™ but had to settle for a 0-0 draw against Ecuador, a result that also guaranteed top […]
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Thursday, June 26th, 2014
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has been handed the biggest ban in the history of football after FIFA suspended the Uruguay forward from all football-related activity for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. Suarez, who has been ruled out of the rest of the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil, has also been banned […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Luis Suarez faces the prospect of a big financial hit following his alleged biting of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini, with existing sponsorship deals potentially being ripped up and future endorsements put in jeopardy. Already, two of his sponsors — 888poker and adidas — have hinted that they may re-examine their deals with Suarez. 888poker, which […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
FIFA looks set to sanction Luis Suarez after giving Uruguay 24 hours to present evidence following the biting incident involving the Liverpool striker in Tuesday’s game against Italy. Faced with a smothering and frustrating Italian defense in the must-win World Cup game, the Uruguayan superstar responded with his front teeth. It came at about the […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Lionel Messi scored twice, including a sumptuous free-kick, to help Argentina beat hard fighting Nigeria 3-2 to ensure qualification to the knockout stages as winners of Group F. It took less than three minutes for the South Americans to break the deadlock. Javier Mascherano fired an incisive pass to Angel Di Maria and while the […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
The Super Eagles have a lot of work to do when they meet Argentina in their final Group F game on Wednesday in Porto Alegre. Argentina, who survived what would have been a shocking result against group underdogs, Iran through a late Lionel Messi magical moment, are already through to the knockout stages, having pocketed […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Over 20,000 Bosnian fans have signed a petition asking FIFA to remove referee Peter O’ Leary from the World Cup after a picture of the New Zealand official appeared to show him celebrating with Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama in their 0-1 loss to the African champions on Saturday. Bosnia went out of their first […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Cool, calm, calculated and never one to make hasty decisions, Côte d’Ivoire head coach Sabri Lamouchi’s style on the sidelines has a lot in common with what he was like as a player. A tireless worker, the 42-year-old former defensive midfielder – who was capped 18 times for France – was hugely influential everywhere he […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Ghana has been implicated in a match-fixing scandal after an undercover investigation by The Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches programme. The President of Ghana’s Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, was exposed after he was filmed agreeing to the team playing in rigged international matches, in return for payment of $170,000 per match. The Telegraph and Channel […]
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
It was double celebration for President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday as his PDP candidate, Ayo Fayose’s victory in the Ekiti gubernatorial election was followed by a brilliant performance by the Super Eagles in far away Brazil. President Jonathan and some of his aides watched the African champions beat Bosnia and Herzegovina with a lone strike from […]
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
Bosnia coach Safet Susic has accused New Zealand referee Peter O’Leary of robbing his side after he disallowed Dzeko’s first-half goal. Susic, who admitted that his side lost to a better team noted that the Super Eagles were completely different to the squad against Iran. “I was told there was no offside but it’s not […]
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
Nigeria halt Bosnia-Hercegovina’s hopes of making it to the second of the World Cup in their maiden appearance after losing 0-1 to the Super Eagles in their second group F encounter in Cuiaba on Saturday. Prodigal son, Peter Odemwingie’s only goal of the encounter was all the African champions needed to keep Nigeria’s hopes alive […]
