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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Demola Aluko Would it be right to say that the Super Eagles did not take advantage of their first group game against Iran to at least, boost their chances of progressing into the knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil? The African champions, though, have a solitary point going into Saturday’s encounter […]
A family is counting on the fingers of a single hand its hopes for Brazil to win a sixth World Cup championship. All the members of the Silva family living in Aguas Claras, a town on the outskirts of the capital of Brasilia, were born with an extra digit on each hand as a result […]
Ibrahim Toure, the younger brother of Ivory Coast players Kolo and Yaya Toure, has died at age 28 in Manchester, England. “Kolo and Yaya Toure just heard about the death of their young brother, Toure Oyala Ibrahim. The entire Ivorian delegation want to show their support to the players,” the Ivory Coast Football Association said […]
There are strong indications that Nigerians may witness a worse performance when the national team confront Bosina- Herzegovina in their second group game in Brazil, unless situation in the Super Eagles camp changes overnight. What started as rumour shortly after Monday’s 0-0 draw with Iran, is turning out to be true as insiders in the […]
President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFA), Alhaji Aminu Maigari has appealed to Nigerians to get behind the Super Eagles, despite Monday’s scoreless draw with Iran at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Maigari, who expressed optimism that the African champions would make it through to the knock out stage said that the team has […]
Former Argentina captain, Diego Amando Maradona has described the Super Eagles as ‘’inferior’’ ahead of next week’s last group F game between Argentina and Nigeria. Maradona, who coached Argentina to the 20010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa said only complacency would make the Lionel Messi led side lose to the African Champions. “It’s clear […]
Solidarity to the country’s representatives at the ongoing Samba world football competition, Super Eagles persists as another hip hop star, Sound Sultan released a song titled (No Tension) to express support for, and motivate the squad. The song was released on Monday, which coincided with the team’s first match against Iran which ended in goalless […]
The United States achieved World Cup revenge on Ghana when John Brooks headed home a late winner, minutes after Ghana levelled the score following Clint Dempsey’s first minute goal.G The two Group G foes have met in the previous two World Cups, with the Black Stars eliminating the US on both occasions, but the spoils […]
It was only a matter of time before the free-scoring 2014 FIFA World Cup™ produced its first goalless stalemate, and Iran and Nigeria provided it, playing out a boring 0-0 draw in Curitiba at the Arena da Baixada. It was a game of very few clear-cut chances and the result sees both sides collect a […]
Demola Aluko It’s the D-Day! The D-Day for the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The Day the whole of Africa is waiting for is here. The Day the African Champions must face the ‘’unknown’’ as there’s no hiding place inside the Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, venue of Monday’s group F encounter against Iran. Super Eagles coach […]
Louis van Gaal let his Holland players have time with their wives and girlfriends – then watched them rip Spain apart. Van Gaal allowed the Dutch squad’s wives, girlfriends and families to visit them at their team hotel in Salvador twice before they faced Spain. And the visit from loved ones clearly did the trick […]
The Brazilians did not forget Stephen Keshi and his Super Eagles after the men in green swooped down to South America’s biggest country for the FIFA Confederations Cup last year. Though they were unable to navigate themselves through an examining group including world champions Spain and Copa America holders Uruguay, they did give a good […]
Robin van Persie provided the first goal of the tournament contender for the 2014 World Cup with his beautiful header to equalize against Spain just before halftime as the Netherland came from behind to beat Spain 5-1. But before their world came crashing down around them, Spain struck first with a Xabi Alonso penalty after […]
Mexico opened its 2014 World Cup campaign with a hard-earned 1-0 win over Cameroon in Natal, Friday. Striker Oribe Peralta swept home the winner in the 61st minute, after Giovanni Dos Santos’s shot bounced off the midriff of Cameroon goalkeeper Charles Itandje. Mexico enjoyed greater possession, and had to overcome the frustration of two disallowed […]
