President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; and the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to commence the process of repatriating Nigerians who travelled to Russia for the 2018 World Cup and got stranded after the competition. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, […]
The World Cup is turning out to be an unpredictable beast. Today, all eyes here will be on England, as Harry Kane & Co attempt to make progress to the quarter-finals. Expectations, once rather low, have been raised by some moderately pleasing performances in the group stage – and perhaps just as much by the […]
Two goals from Neymar and Firmino were enough for Brazil to seal a victory against South American rival, Mexico in a match played this evening in the world cup round of 16 games. Both goals came in the second half of the match after the first half ended goalless. Mexico finished second in a tough […]
Nigerian striker and, Odion Jude Ighalo has promised to dance the famous Shaku-Shaku dance if he scores at the world cup. While disclosing his love for dance, the Chinese club Changchun Yatai forward revealed to MTV base Africa that he can dance to save life. “I really love dancing. I can dance to save my […]
Mohamed Salah was relaxing in his hotel room in Grozny when he was informed an important guest dropped in unexpectedly and was waiting for him in the lobby. When the Egypt star forward went down, he found Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. The Moscow-backed former rebel had a favor to ask of Salah: Could he accompany […]
Super Eagles assistant captain, Ogenyi Onazi has dismissed reports he and the national team captain, John Mikel Obi are having a rift in camp ahead of the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup. It was claimed that both stars are no longer on talking terms due to a fight for leadership and it’s distracting other players […]
Five players have been dropped from the Super Eagles world cup squad. They are Moses Simeon, Dele Ajiboye, Uche Agbo, Stephen Eze and Junior Lokosa. Eze, confirmed that he has been dropped from Nigeria’s World Cup squad via his twitter handle. Simon Moses was dropped for health reasons although there are talks of reassessing the […]
Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah will be fit to play some part in Egypt’s World Cup campaign, Egypt Football Association says. Salah injured his shoulder during Liverpool’s Champions League final loss to Real Madrid on Saturday, prompting concerns he might miss the tournament. But Egypt’s national team doctor has met Salah, and the country’s football association […]
NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, has ruled out the possibility of ex-goalkeeper, Enyeama returning to the Super Eagles ahead of the world cup mundane in Russia, come June. the NFF made this known last night at a comedy show in Lagos, AY Live. Comedian Funny Bone while praising the football administrator for his wonderful works in […]