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An unknown Nigerian Facebook user allegedly burnt his stylish Super Eagles jersey following the 2-0 loss to Croatia in Kaliningrad. The unnamed person reportedly burnt the jersey worth N41,000 showing disgust on the performance of Gernot Rohr’s men against the Eastern Europeans. #MaxEntertainment #MaxViral Angry Nigeria supporter burns Super Eagles jersey after 2-0 loss […]
Group D leaders Croatia have thrown Nikola Kalinic out of their World Cup squad after he refused to play. The striker was named on the bench in Group D’s 2-0 victory over Nigeria at the Kaliningrad Stadium on June,16. National team coach Zlatko Dalic ordered the striker to get ready to come on late in […]
The Super Eagles Nigeria tasted their first defeat to Croatia as they lost by 2-0 in their opening match of Group D. Ogehenekaro Etebor unfortunately scored an own goal as Mario Manduzkic’s flying header came off his foot and the ball rolls into the net to put Croatia ahead. Gernot Rohr’s men did not create […]
The Federal Government has raised the winning bonus of Super Eagles by $5,000 as a means of motivating them to win their remaining two group matches at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia. With this raise, each player will now receive $15,000 winning bonus per game against initial $10,000 per game agreed with the […]
Uruguay’s Jose Gimenez, right, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side’s opening goal A match between Egypt and Uruguay at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Yekaterinburg Arena in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Friday, June 15, 2018 Jose Gimenez came to Uruguay’s rescue by scoring the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over Egypt on […]
Russia launched the World Cup in emphatic style on Thursday when they outclassed a feeble Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the tournament’s opening match. Iury Gazinsky scored after 12 minutes and Cheryshev added a second before the break after coming on as an injury replacement for Alan Dzagoev. Artem Dzuyba netted a third before terrific late […]
Russia 5 Saudi Arabia 0: World Cup 2018 Russia hosts the 2018 World Cup and had their first match against Saudi Arabia which they performed amazingly well. Following an opening ceremony by English singer Robbie Williams who officially opened the World Cup, Russia national team and Saudi were left to show to the World the […]
Well, it looks like hope is renewed for the Super Eagles of Nigeria as they prepare to begin their campaign at the 2018 Russia World Cup. The Super Eagles who has had a poor run of international friendlies in a build up to the FIFA worldcup will be facing CROATIA, ICELAND and ARGENTINA and many football […]
Former Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini has been named as the new manager of Italy. The 53-year-old has agreed to succeed Gian Piero Ventura, who was sacked after Italy’s failure to reach the World Cup. It will be a first role in international management for Mancini, who has left Russian club Zenit St Petersburg to […]
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has named his 30-man preliminary squad for Russia with the Nigeria Professional Football League rave of the moment making the cut. Nigeria have included Kano Pillars’s Junior Lokosa and Crotone’s Simeon Nwankwo in their 30-man preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup. Lokosa has been in terrific form in the […]
