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The super eagles coach along with his coaching crew arrived London yesterday with 18 players on attendance, while others are set to join the team between last night and this morning. The eagles are due to have 1st training this evening as they prepare for a friendly match against the ...

Mexican coach Miguel Herrera has banned his players from having sex during the World Cup tournament which starts in a few weeks in Brazil. Speaking with Reforma newspaper, the coach instructed his players to stay focused at the tournament. ‘If a player cannot endure a month or 20 days without ...

Manchester United has announced Louis van Gaal as its new�manager. He succeeds David Moyes who lost his job in April. In a statement released this afternoon, the club said the 62 year old, who is currently Netherlands manager, will sign a three year contract with Manchester United. Excited about his ...

Manchester United have finally lost patience with David Moyes and sacked the Scot, the club have confirmed. Rumours first surfaced on Monday that Moyes was set to lose his job. However United finally announced Moyes’ departure on their official Twitter account on Tuesday morning: In an ironic twist, United’s 2-0 ...

FIFA has outlawed personalized headphones from the 2014 World Cup, and will punish teams whose players break the rules. It’s been quite common to see players these days wearing huge headphones when making their ways to games, and FIFA has issued a directive banning the trend from the 2014 World ...

Football governing body, FIFA, on Thursday released the new world ranking for the month of February. Despite a goalless draw the Super Eagles recorded against Mexico in last week’s international friendly, Nigeria remained in 47th spot as it was for the month of January. Also, the Super Eagles continue to ...

Yesterday, Goal.com released their Rich List and declared Real Madrid and Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo as the richest active footballer in the world. The World Footballer of the Year held off rival Lionel Messi in the 2014 Goal Rich List with an estimated wealth of €148million. Retired footballer David Beckham ...

The Nigerian Football Federation today, Feb 27th 2014 unveiled the jersey for the upcoming FIFA 2014 World Cup which takes place in Brazil.The home kit is lemon green while the away is white � as usual. The jersey will be�officially launched on March 5th�when the Super Eagles meet Mexico in ...

Pa Michael Obi, father of Super Eagles and Chelsea of England star, Mikel Obi has blamed the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Isa Hayatou for not awarding his son the 2013 African Footballer of the Year award. The older Obi according to Punch alleged that the CAF ...

Who hasn’t gotten over the 2013 Ballon d’Or award thing? Everyone in the world except Bayern Munich Star, Franck Ribery and he has decided not to bottle up his feelings. According to him, losing to Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo was robbery and the extension of the voting deadline a political ...

Okey Emordi has resigned as coach of Enugu Rangers. Immediately after the week 38 game against El-Kanemi at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium. Emordi submitted his resignation letter Emordi; The management of the club failed to meet up with their contractual obligations since I took up the job some two years ...

The Ghana Football Association has asked Fifa to move the return leg of their 2014 World Cup play-off tie against Egypt to a neutral venue. The Ghana FA is concerned with security in the country due to widespread clashes. The match is due to be played on Tuesday 19 November ...

The President of Cameroon Paul Biya has persuaded Samuel Eto’o to reconsider retiring from international football. The Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o will join up with Cameroon squad for next week’s 2014 World Cup Africa Zone play-off in Tunisia. Eto’o, who quit the ‘Indomitable Lions’ last month, will now be available ...

Zambia FA has announced that Frenchman Herve Renard has been released as the coach of Zambia to give him the chance to take over as the manager of French side Sochaux. This comes after the Frenchman failed to qualify the team for the final phase of the 2014 world cup ...

The Golden Eaglet are set for the World Cup coming up in few days, they have been training in dubai in the past week. The Manu Garba tutored side have gotten some good result on the road to this tournament.