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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 […]
Mohamed Salah has pledged “this is just the beginning” as he cleaned up on a whirlwind awards night that included jetting 178 miles from Liverpool to London. The stellar Egyptian, who could yet add the Premier League Golden Boot and European Golden Shoe to his cabinet, won fans’ player and players’ player of the year […]
Soccer star, Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly engaged his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez with a Cartier Diamong ring worth 300 million naira. According to a news source, the Real Madrid forward forked out a whooping £615,000 ( $836,051 or N300m) on the Cartier engagement ring as he spared no expense. The French Jewellery company recently advertised the […]
Arsene Wenger was denied the opportunity of a perfect Arsenal farewell as Atletico Madrid won 1-0 to secure a 2-1 aggregate triumph and a spot in the Europa League final. Wenger confirmed in April that his 22-year association with the club will conclude at the end of the season and the players’ bid to see him sign off […]
Liverpool set up a repeat of their 1981 meeting against Real Madrid despite a first Champions League defeat of the season at the Stadio Olimpico. A chaotic 4-2 semi-final second leg loss to Roma saw Liverpool progress 7-6 on aggregate, with victory secured thanks to Sadio Mane’s 19th of the season and the rare sight […]
