Should Keshi Have Based Selection Strictly on Club Form?
So much commentary and criticism has come Super Eagles Manager, Steven Keshi’s way following the release of the thirty-man provisional list from which the final twenty-three will be selected. The list released by Keshi, has most of our core players but the big question is ‘does it have our most in-form players?’ Many actually […]
Nigeria to Host Scotland
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will kick off their preparations for the World Cup on Wednesday May 28 2014 when they take on Scotland at Fulham Football Club’s home ground, Craven Cottage, in London. Nigeria and Scotland last met in 2002 just before the 2002 Korea and Japan World Cup where theSuper Eagles […]
US Final 23 For FIFA World Cup 2014
US Final 23: Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake). Defenders: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Nuremberg), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), DeAndreYedlin (Seattle Sounders). Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya […]
England Releases World Cup Numbers
The England team have released their World Cup squad numbers for the mundial in Brazil this summer. Senior players such as Captain Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney retain their number 4 and 10 respectively. Assistant captain, Frank Lampard has been handed the number 8 shirt whilst Joe Hart will be number 1 for […]
Latest World Cup News: Suarez May Miss the World Cup
Uruguay striker, Luis Suarez is doubtful about participating in the World Cup after sustaining a knee injury in training on Wednesday. The Liverpool striker, who bagged 31 premier league goals last season, is set to be on the side-lines for four to six weeks. Suarez, who was voted PFA Player of the year […]
Brazil 2014: Seyi Olofinjana, Jide Alabi, Shina Okeleji Announced as OSMI Presenters for World Cup
Nigeria’s former Super Eagles player, Seyi Olofinjana, and ace broadcasters, Jide Alabi and Shina Okeleji, have been announced as presenters for Optima Sports Management International’s 2014 FIFA World Cup broadcast; Olofinjana will act as guest analyst. Optima Sports Management International (OSMI), the exclusive 2014 FIFA World Cup terrestrial broadcast rights owners for the Nigerian […]
World Cup Fever Part 2
Argentina, Belgium, France, Algeria, Portugal, Italy, Colombia, Spain, Holland, Chile and Australia all announced their provisional squads for the 2014 World Cup yesterday with notable omissions. France coach and World Cup 1998 winning captain, Didier Deschamps surprisingly left out Manchester City duo, Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy from his 30-man squad. He cited ‘team […]
World Cup Fever
The stage is yet for another classic event – The FIFA World Cup. Here is a list of some of the squads of the participant countries at this year’s football mundial. Please note that most of these are preliminary squads and will be reduced to 23 players by June 2nd. GROUP A […]
Osaze Odemwingie, Joseph Yobo Makes Super Eagles Provisional World Cup Squad
Two of our favorite Super Eagles players, Osaze Odemwingie and Joseph Yobo have been announced as a part of Nigeria’s provisional 30-man list for the FIFA 2014 World Cup. The list, submitted by Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, which was revealed Tuesday evening by a member of the Technical Committee of the NFF, Paul […]
MultiChoice Nigeria Announced a Slash in Price
MultiChoice Nigeria announced yesterday that it will, with effect from yesterday slash the price of its decoder from N27,000 to N15,500 to enable Super Eagles fans and football lovers in general to get access to watch the World Cup. This offer comes with a two month subscription on the access bouquet and excludes […]
SuperSport Secures Rights to 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
Broadcaster of premium sports programmes on DStv, SuperSport has announced that it has secured rights to screen all 64 matches of the 2014 FIFA World in Brazil. Speaking at a press conference to launch the campaign titled “We are Brazil”, SuperSport General Manager, Felix Awogu said that DStv and GOtv subscribers will get to […]
WORLD CUP PLAYOFF DRAWS
The draw to determine Africa’s representatives at next year’s football mundial was held at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) headquarters in Cairo today. Nigeria has been paired with Ethiopia who is seeking to make its World Cup debut in Brasil next year. Last year’s AFCON finalist, Burkina Faso, will face a tough challenge from […]