WORLD CUP: France leave it late to send Nigeria home
ROUND OF 16 FRANCE 2-0 NIGERIA MONDAY 30TH JUNE – BRASILIA France left it late to step it up against a plucky Nigeria side that gave the Dieder Deschamps’ men the odd […]
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WORLD CUP: Messi-inspired Argentina Scrape Past Nigeria to Top Group
GROUP F NIGERIA 2-3 ARGENTINA WEDNESDAY 25TH JUNE – PORTO ALEGRE Two goals from Lionel Messi and a third from Marcos Rojo saw Argentina beat a spirited Nigeria side 3-2 […]
WORLD CUP: Messi magic leads Argies to victory
Argentina is through to the next round of the World Cup, to which we’ve all expected. Lionel Messi and Marcos Rojo scored the three goals in a 3-2 win over […]
WORLD CUP: Bosnia eliminated by Odemwingie winner
GROUP F NIGERIA 1-0 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA SATURDAY 21ST JUNE – CUIABA Nigeria defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina by Peter Odemwingie’s first-half goal in the Africans first World Cup win since […]
WORLD CUP: A dull, drab affair as Iran hold Nigeria
GROUP F IRAN 0-0 NIGERIA MONDAY 16TH JUNE – CURITIBA After being spolit with goals for whole tournament so far, the inevitable has happen when Iran and Nigeria played out […]
WORLD CUP: Nigeria seek total Concentration for Iran
Nigeria’s coach, Stephen Keshi will be looking to channel the energy of his squad away from reports of bonus crisis that threatens the purpose of the team towards ending the […]
Nigeria & Mexico draw blanks in World Cup rehearsal
Nigeria and Mexico’s goalkeepers provided a master class in front of a record crowd as both sides ended their Brazil 2014 World cup preparation matches with a 0-0 score at the Georgia […]
Nigeria Premier League Gets New Kick-off Date
The organizing body of the Nigeria Premier League, The League Management company (LMC) as issued a stern warning to clubs to shape up or risk losing their place after shifting […]
Burden of a Nigerian World Cup Coach
Qualifying Nigeria for a FIFA World Cup always come at a price often too much to pay by the coaches involved. Ask the last three coaches that qualified Nigeria for […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: African Qualifying
It is pretty much sudden death in the African qualifiers. After this weekend’s round of final group games, 10 teams are left standing – Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Tunisia (Cape […]
U20 WORLD CUP: Last 16 Round-up
One half of the last sixteen fixtures have passed and four countries have progressed into the quarter-finals, Will Burns is here with a review of the action. SPAIN 2-1 MEXICO […]
U20 WORLD CUP: Matchday Seven
Spain, France, Portugal and Nigeria are the first countries to head into the knockout stages. Meanwhile, Ghana and Korea Republic sweat on progressing in the tournament sitting in third in […]
U20 WORLD CUP: MATCHDAY FOUR
Tournament favourites Spain and France were unconvincing, Nigeria are starting to show promise and Portugal and Korea Republic played out a great game. But overall, it was a bit of […]
CONFEDERATIONS CUP: Spain and Uruguay progress
Spain and Uruguay, as expected, make it through to the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup as Nigeria and Tahiti prepare to go home. Tahiti has won a lot of fans […]
U20 WORLD CUP – Matchday One
It was a case of goals galore in the opening day of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey on Friday. Andy Powell and Will Burns are here to review […]
CONFEDERATIONS CUP: Forlan scores on 100th cap
NIGERIA 1-2 URUGUAY Uruguay’s veteran striker Diego Forlan still showed talent on Thursday evening with a world class finish that helped his side defeat Nigeria 2-1. The goal marked a […]
CONFEDERATIONS CUP: Nigeria win game, Tahiti win hearts
TAHITI 1-6 NIGERIA It was always going to be a huge uphill task for Tahiti taking on Nigeria but they showed great heart and glimpses of play that might win […]
WORLD CUP: African Qualifying Round-up
South Africa (hosts of the last World Cup) will not be appearing in Brazil after being eliminated by crashing to a 2-1 defeat on Sunday to table toppers Ethiopia. The Ethiopians along […]
CONFEDERATIONS CUP: Tahiti and Nigeria Team Previews
In this age of world football television coverage and instant internet connection, it’s unusual to have a team of unknown quantity at a major competition, but that’s exactly how Tahiti […]
WORLD CUP REPORT: Africa – Sat 23rd March including video highlights
South Africa 2 (Matlaba 34, Parker 70) Central African Republic 0 A goal in each half lifted the Bafana Bafana to a vital 2-0 win over Central African Republic as […]
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