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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 […]
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Saturday, June 21st, 2014
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 […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
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 […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
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 […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
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 […]
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2014
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 […]
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
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 […]
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
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 […]
