Mbappe era begins where Messi, Ronaldo end
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi saw their World Cup dreams snuffed out on Saturday as French teenager Kylian Mbappe flew the flag for a new generation in Russia. The new…
CNN nominates Ahmed Musa’s goal against Iceland among the best
Cable News Network (CNN) Sports has nominated Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa’s first goal against Iceland as one of the best goals scored in the group stage of the 2018…
World Cup: Swiss squad has players from 8 countries
Switzerland is just one of the many nations where foreign-born players including a Nigerian, Manuel Akanji, make up a high proportion of their squads. Attention was drawn to the multi-national…
FIFA berates Maradona for indecent act
Diego Maradona may be a giant of the game’s history, soccer’s governing body FIFA said on Friday, but even he must show respect to other fans at World Cup stadiums,…
World Cup: 10 European nations for Round of 16
Europe has shown why it is the football capital of the world with 10 of its nations qualifying for the round of 16 at the ongoing World Cup in Russia….
Four Nigerians arrested in Estonia trying to cross from Russia
Estonian border guards have thwarted attempts of four foreign nationals, all Nigerians, to get into the country from Russia using their Fan IDs since the Russia-hosted FIFA World Cup kicked…
Argentine players plot coup against coach to beat Nigeria
Jorge Sampaoli has sensationally fallen out with the rest of the squad and is now “no longer making decisions”, according to reports in Argentina. The South American side are in…
World Cup: Croatia opens qualification door for Nigeria
The demolition of Argentina 3-0 by classy Croatia to claim a place in the World Cup knockout stage on Thursday has opened a door of qualification for Nigeria who face…
Ronaldo becomes Europe’s top scorer with strike against Morocco
June 20, 2018 Cristiano Ronaldo became Europe’s all-time leading international scorer with 85 goals when he headed in Portugal’s opening strike in their World Cup Group B match against Morocco…
World Cup: Africa showing few signs of making World Cup breakthrough
June 20, 2018 Africa’s much-awaited and coveted tilt at World Cup glory looks as far off as ever after a dismal round of opening fixtures for the continent’s teams at…