Nigeria, Switzerland, United States, Russia In Group F - El Deforma
Published: December 06, 2013
Mexican website El Deforma has claimed that the World Cup draw has been pre - arranged. This revelation was leaked after a hacker broke into the servers of Fifa and discovered that the groups were already known.African champions Nigeria have been drawn alongside Switzerland, Russia and United States of America.The rehe...
Pele Hails Nelson Mandela
Published: December 06, 2013
Brazil icon Pele has commented on the death of Nelson Mandela, who passed away on Thursday.Through his official Twitter account, the three - time World Cup winner mourned the loss of the South African statesman.“Today I am saddened too. Nelson Mandela was one of the biggest influences in my life. “Was a her...
Sepp Blatter: Nelson Mandela Will Stay In Our Hearts Forever
Published: December 06, 2013
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has lamented the death of former South African president, Nelson Mandela. He has ordered that the flags of all the 209 member nations of Fifa be flown at half mast in Zurich and a minute silence will be held before the next international matches.“It is in deep mourning that I pay my re...
Nigeria Federation To Pocket At Least 8 Million Dollars From World Cup Prize Money
Published: December 05, 2013
The Nigeria Football Federation will pocket at least 8 million dollars being their share of prize money from the Super Eagles participation at the Brazil 2014 World Cup.Fifa announced on Thursday that the winner of the tournament next summer will receive $35 million while the other finalist will take home $25 million.T...
Record Holder Gaetan Huard: I Tip My Hat To Enyeama
Published: December 05, 2013
Nigeria international Vincent Enyeama is now in second place as the goalkeeper with the longest unbeaten record after Lille defeated Marseille 1 - 0 on Tuesday. He has gone 1035 minutes without conceding a goal and could surpass retired Bordeaux numero uno Gaëtan Huard, who holds the absolute record of 1176 minute...
Emenike, Enyeama, Mikel Make Shortlist For African Player Of The Year
Published: December 05, 2013
Confederation of African Football, CAF has released a shortlist of ten contenders for the title of African Footballer of the Year, for the period ended 2013.Nigeria has the highest representation with four Super Eagles named followed by the Elephants of Ivory Coast with two.Emmanuel Emenike (Fenerbahce), Vincent Enyeam...
Shpetim Mocka Claims He Made No Contact With Nurudeen Orelesi
Published: December 05, 2013
Flamurtari Vlorë goalkeeper Shpetim Mocka has disagreed with referee Andi Coci over his decision to send him off in the 13th round of matches in the Albanian Super League. Shpetim Mocka, who took the walk of shame in the 38th minute, has stated that he did not interfere with Skënderbeu Korçë midfi...
World Cup Draw Rehearsal : Nigeria Drawn With Uruguay, United States, Croatia
Published: December 05, 2013
Fifa has conducted a rehearsal of the draw of the World Cup which holds on Friday, December 6 writes championat.com.Famous footballers who had participated in previous tournaments took part in the draw. Cafu distributed the groups with seeded teams, Zinedine Zidane - teams from Africa and South America - and Fabio Cann...
John Ogu Wants Eagles To Avoid Brazil, Argentina, Spain
Published: December 04, 2013
With the World Cup draw scheduled to take place in Brazil on Friday, Academica midfielder John Ogu wants Nigeria to avoid some of the top guns in the group stage.The Super Eagles are in basket 2 of the draw and could find themselves in a group containing Spain, Brazil or Argentina.“I would love we don’t mee...
World Cup Draw : Victor Obinna Wants Brazil, Russia, Iran
Published: December 04, 2013
Lokomotiv Moscow attacker Victor Obinna has commented on the World Cup draw scheduled to take place in Brazil on Friday.The Nigeria international has said that he would love to be be in the same group with Brazil, Russia and Iran.Speaking to sport - express.ru, the 26 - year - old said : “If the draw for the Worl...
Marseille President, Vincent Labrune Praises Enyeama
Published: December 03, 2013
Nigeria international Vincent Enyeama has now gone 1035 minutes without conceding a goal in Ligue 1 following Lille’s 1 -  0 defeat of Marseille on Tuesday evening.The 31 - year - old has kept 14 clean-sheets (includes 11 on the bounce) in his last 16 games, the second longest streak in the history of the Fr...
Fifa Announces Composition Of World Cup Draw Pots
Published: December 03, 2013
Football governing body, Fifa on Tuesday announced the composition of the baskets before the draw of the World Cup scheduled to be held on December 6 in Brazil. Nigeria as well as fellow Africans Ghana, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Cameroon and Chile are in pot 2.Pot 1 consists of the top eight seeds -  Brazil, Spain, Ar...
Godfrey Oboabona Happy To Net Debut Goal For Rizespor
Published: December 02, 2013
Rizespor stopper Godfrey Oboabona has said that he was very delighted to net his first goal for the Turkish club in their 2 - 1 loss to Konyaspor on Monday evening.The Nigeria international was on target in the 72nd minute  but his joy did not last long after scoring an own goal eight minutes later.“I give t...
Manager Michel Heaps Praise On Michael Olaitan
Published: December 02, 2013
Nigeria Under 20 international Michael Olaitan has been praised by Olympiakos manager Míchel for his performance on Sunday evening in the 3 - 0 win over Ergotelis.The Flying Eagles star was handed a starting shirt and he repaid the manager’s faith, netting in first half stoppage time.To think that Olaitan ...
Michael Olaitan Scores First Super League Goal Since April
Published: December 01, 2013
Michael Olaitan scored his first ever goal for Olympiakos in the championship on Sunday evening in the 3 - 0 win over Ergotelis.The Nigeria youth international, who joined the Reds on a four-year contract over the summer, gave his side a two - goal advantage in first half stoppage time. And that was the 20 - year - old...