When the Super Eagles of Nigeria file out on June 16 against the Vatreni of Croatia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, they could be for spectators “a beautiful bride’’. Rated as the youngest team in the tournament,…
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Russia deploys tight security to counter terror attacks at the World Cup
Russia has deployed air defence systems and stringent fan background checks in a sweeping security operation to counter the twin threats of terror attacks and hooliganism at the World Cup. The country was already intensely policed when it was controversially…
World Cup: Neymar, Brazil lands in Russia
Neymar and his Brazil teammates landed on Russian soil in the early hours of Monday morning, fresh from beating Austria 3-0 in their final warm-up outing ahead of the World Cup. As the clock ticks down to Thursday’s tournament opener…
Czech Republic: Eagles land in Austria
The Super Eagles on Sunday arrived in Vienna, Austria where they will be based ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The team left London Sunday after their 1-2 loss on Saturday to England at the Wembley Stadium.…
WORLD CUP: Nigeria ranks 10th among countries tipped to take Germany’s crown
The Super Eagles have been tipped as one of the teams likely to celebrate in Russia. The pundits have seen something in the Super Eagles that a lot of Nigerians may not have noticed. Where as many Nigerians see Croatia,…
50 days to Russia 2018
Brazil won the 1994 World Cup but amongst the 23-man squad was a certain Ronaldo De Lima, who did not get a single minute of action in the USA. Four years later, at France 1998, he took Brazil to that…
FIFA WORLD CUP: RUSSIA COMES UP WITH FAN-ID INNOVATION
As the date for the biggest football fiesta on planet, the FIFA World Cup, date draws closer, the number of requested Fan-IDs, which are required along with tickets for attending matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, has…
FIFA 2018 WORLD CUP: I DREAM OF WINNING THE TROPHY IN RUSSIA – MESSI
Argentina star Lionel Messi is aware time is fast running out on his international career and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia may be his last chance to win a senior international title. In an incredible career in which…
23 BRITISH DIPLOMATS TO BE EXPELLED WITHIN A WEEK
Russia said on Saturday it would expel 23 British diplomats and close a British consulate following London’s “provocative” measures over the poisoning of a double agent that has triggered an escalating war of words. And it also said it would…
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE FIRED
US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. Thanking Mr. Tillerson for his service on Twitter, Mr. Trump said the new state secretary would do “a fantastic…