Category Archives: World Cup

Nigeria To Battle Brazil, Argentina In Homeless World Cup

August 3 Football, World Cup 4 comments

By Tunde Oyedele – The Nigerian male team have been drawn in Group A of the Netherlands 2015 Homeless World Cup slated for September, eyeonthenews.com reports. The draw for the 13th Homeless World Cup, completed at...

USA Whip Tough Colombia To Reach Q/Final

June 23 Football, World Cup 35 comments

USA are into the FIFA Women’s World Cup quarter-finals but only after surviving a tough encounter from Colombia in an action-packed 2-0 win in Edmonton. In the end the outcome was expected but perhaps the closeness of th...

U-20 W/Cup: Mali Beat Mexico To Top Group D

May 31 Football, World Cup 2 comments

Mali have taken an early lead in Group D at the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a 2-0 win over Mexico at Dunedin’s Otago Stadium early Sunday. The match was won and lost in a crazy second-half in which three players, one...

MFM Win Church World Cup

December 14 Football, World Cup 2 comments

Africa’s representatives at the 2014 Church World Cup, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, MFM, Football Club of Lagos on Sunday emerged champions of the tournament. The Nigeria flag bearers achieved this fea...

Pinnick Assures Falcons Of Solid Preparations For World Cup

December 7 Female Football, FIFA Competitions, Football, World Cup 8 comments

President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has once again assured the Super Falcons of high–level preparations ahead of the 7th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Canada next year summer. The NFF su...

Falcons In Tough Group With America, Sweden

December 7 Female Football, Football, National Teams, World Cup 634 comments

The Super Falcons of Nigeria have been drawn in Group D with two-times winners U.S., alongside Australia and Sweden, for the 2015 edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. The pairing emerged at the draw ceremony ...

World Volleyball Trophies Stolen

August 25 World Cup 2 comments

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) is working with Brazilian authorities to recover the trophies of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s and Women’s World Championships after they were stolen in Rio de Janeiro on Friday...

Nigeria Lose U-20 Women’s W/Cup To Germany

August 25 Football, National Teams, World Cup 10 comments

Germany have won the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup for a record-equalling third time after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Nigeria at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium in Canada Sunday night, early Monday in Africa. Lena P...

Uchechi Eyes Revenge With Falconets

August 24 Football, National Teams, World Cup 33 comments

.In U-20 Women’s World Cup Final Against Germany – “I remember that game,” said Nigeria’s Uchechi Sunday, casting her mind back four years to the final between the Super Falconets and the host nation at the F...

Germany, Nigeria Battle For U-20 Women’s World Cup

August 22 FIFA Competitions, National Teams, World Cup 15 comments

The final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 is a repeat of the 2010 showpiece between the then hosts Germany and Nigeria. That game went the way of the European side, an outcome the in-form Africans will be ...

Nigeria Cruise To U-20 Women’s World Cup Final

August 21 Female Football, National Teams, World Cup

.Hammer Korea Rep 6-2 In Semi final – Asisat Oshoala scored four times as Nigeria reached the final with a thumping 6-2 victory over Korea DPR in the highest-scoring semi-final ever seen at the FIFA U-20 Women̵...

Nigeria Beat England To Make Q/Finals

August 14 National Teams, World Cup 29 comments

Nigeria’s Falconets are through to the quarter finals after defeating England 2-1 Wednesday night (early (Thursday) in Africa, in their last Group C match of the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup holding in Ca...

U-20 W/Cup: Germany, Ghana In Bright Start

August 6 National Teams, World Cup 32 comments

The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 got off to a flying start, with eight goals, a major upset and revenge for the last World Cup final among the major headlines on Day One. Almost 15,000 hopeful spectators made ...

Dedevbo Names 21 Falconets For U-20 World Cup

July 23 National Teams, World Cup 3 comments

Head Coach, Peter Dedevbo has released his final list of 21 players for this year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup finals, including Super Falcons’ ace Asisat Oshoala and former U-17 stars Patience Okaeme, Halimatu Ayinde, ...

Why Eagles Crashed In Brazil -Wenger

July 14 Football, National Teams, World Cup 35 comments

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger says poor organization was the reason behind the failure of Nigeria’s Super Eagles to progress beyond the round of 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil. Wenger who has been carryi...

Brazil Coach Scolari Resigns

July 14 National Teams, World Cup 7 comments

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has resigned following his country’s failure to win the 2014 World Cup, reports Brazilian broadcaster Globo TV. Scolari, 65, won the tournament in 2002 but the hosts could only fini...

Germany Beat Argentina To Lift 2014 World Cup

July 13 National Teams, World Cup 31 comments

Germany defeated Argentina 1-0 and emerged world champions for the fourth time on Sunday, 13 July, as Mario Gotze’s extra-time winner gave them the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The Germany substitute controlled Andre ...

Germany Battle Argentina In World Cup Final

July 13 Football, National Teams, World Cup 45 comments

Germany and Argentina will contest the 2014 Fifa World Cup final on Sunday in front of an expected television audience of more than a billion. Germany would be the first European team to win the tournament in South Ameri...

Netherlands Compound Brazil’s Woes

July 13 National Teams, World Cup 19 comments

Brazil’s World Cup campaign came to a miserable end as the hosts were convincingly beaten by the Netherlands in the third-place play-off on Saturday. Goals from Robin van Persie, Daley Blind and Georginio Wijnaldum...

Pressure From Brazil Fans Make Argentina Stronger -Zabaleta

July 12 National Teams, World Cup 17 comments

Argentina defender Pablo Zabaleta believes that Brazil fans’ antagonism against them have fired up the World Cup finalists. The two nations have long been footballing rivals and local fans have been backing Argenti...

Argentina Beat Netherlands To Reach Final

July 10 National Teams, World Cup 40 comments

Sergio Romero inspired Argentina to a 4-2 victory over the Netherlands on penalties and FIFA World Cup Final place for the first time in 24 years. After 120 goalless minutes in Sao Paulo, the 27-year-old repelled Ron Vla...

Germany Humiliate Brazil 7-1

July 9 Football, National Teams, World Cup 25 comments

Brazil’s World Cup dreams ended in a 7-1 humiliating and brutal fashion as Germany inflicted their heaviest defeat in the first semi-final in Belo Horizonte. A thunderous occasion that began with Brazil riding a ti...

Holland, Argentina Clash In Historic S/Final

July 8 Football, National Teams, World Cup 556 comments

Fuelled by decades of hurt, Lionel Messi’s Argentina and Arjen Robben’s Netherlands will carry competing motivations into Wednesday’s tantalising FIFA World Cup semi-final showdown at Sao Paulo’s ...