Articles tagged with "nigeria"
Posted on: New Zealand World Cup Team Blog by Craig | Nov 3rd, 2009
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Before you read this post, you need this playing in the background to set the mood:
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Righto, got that sorted? Are you wearing black and/or white? ...
Posted on: New Zealand World Cup Team Blog by Craig | Nov 3rd, 2009
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Before you read this post, you need this playing in the background to set the mood:
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Righto, got that sorted? Are you wearing black and/or white? ...
Posted on: New Zealand World Cup Team Blog by Craig | Nov 1st, 2009
The Young All Whites have accomplished something no other NZ Football team have ever achived. Not only have they finished the group stage undefeated with ...
Posted on: New Zealand World Cup Team Blog by Craig | Nov 1st, 2009
The Young All Whites have accomplished something no other NZ Football team have ever achived. Not only have they finished the group stage undefeated with ...
Posted on: New Zealand World Cup Team Blog by Craig | Oct 27th, 2009
There may well come a day when the sport loving public of New Zealand can expect one of their representative Football teams to win a ...
Posted on: New Zealand World Cup Team Blog by Craig | Oct 27th, 2009
There may well come a day when the sport loving public of New Zealand can expect one of their representative Football teams to win a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Sep 24th, 2009
Last time we checked in, the Nigerian U17 team picture, or so it seemed, was found to be above the age of eligibility before the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Aug 26th, 2009
If someone were to announce that a significant number of African footballers have slightly fictitious birth certificates, nary a gasp would be heard in the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 23rd, 2009
Abedi Pele seems to think so, and he offers up some very fair points in the process.
It's no secret that the host continent typically ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | May 28th, 2009
It's been 200 years since the birth of Frenchman Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille system of raised dots that allows blind people to read. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 30th, 2009
Remember our CAF World Cup 2010 qualifying preview on Friday? The general consensus was that nothing is ever as straightforward as it seems. Yes, there ...
Posted on: Egypt World Cup Team Blog by Tamim | Jan 17th, 2009
On Monday the Egyptian U20 national team will start their quest for the African cup held in Rwanda with a match against the super eagles ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 8th, 2008
World Cup 2010 qualifying could be a bit of an embarrassment for South Africa. The team are already qualified for the tournament as hosts of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 23rd, 2008
In an Olympic gold medal game marked strangely by two extra stoppages in play for water breaks, Argentina got the lone goal and that's all ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 20th, 2008
Belgium's road to the Olympic Men's Football Final ended yesterday against Nigeria. After solidly advancing from the group stages and upsetting Italy, the Nigerians proved ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 19th, 2008
Argentina 3-0 Brazil
Argentina avenged the 3-0 Copa America 2007 and Confederations Cup 2005 defeats in the Men's Olympic Football semi-final today, beating Brazil 3-0.
Bit of ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 18th, 2008
Amid 50,802 spectators in Beijing Workers' Stadium, Belgium's youth shocked the world. They upset Italy 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the Olympics. "We are ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 16th, 2008
Nigeria 2-0 Cote d'Ivoire
There was always going to be an African team in the semis, and it's going to be Nigeria. Peter Odemwingie opened the ...
Posted on: Cote d'Ivoire World Cup Team Blog by bobby | Aug 13th, 2008
Just a quick update...
The Elephants defeated Australia 1-0 today, to move on to the next stage. They will face Nigeria next, a foe they ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Aug 13th, 2008
This was obviously the way it was going to go down.
Regardless of the fact that they had somehow managed to be group leaders heading into ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Aug 12th, 2008
Yes, I am back. I have returned from my six day scouting trip of Wyoming only to come home empty handed, with no gallivanting ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Aug 12th, 2008
Dear U.S. Men's Team,
Please don't eff this up. I don't mean to be harsh or unduly negative, but let's face it -- you guys ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 8th, 2008
The odd thing about the Olympic football tournament is that all the games seem to happen at once, rather than being spread out evenly as ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 1st, 2008
In less than a week, the 2008 Men's Olympic Football Tournament gets underway (complete with rubbish logo, left). August 6th to August 23rd. It's 16 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 30th, 2008
You asked for them, so here they are. The rosters for all of the men's teams heading to the Olympics. Kind of. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 29th, 2008
That's right, Nigeria Olympic coach Samson Siasia has put his squad on notice, warning them that he expects the players to have sensible haircuts and ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Apr 7th, 2008
Now that the FA Cup semifinals are over, and Cardiff have kicked out upset heroes Barnsley to reach their first final in 81 years, we ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 1st, 2008
That's right, Berti Vogts is once again employed as an international football manager. I know it's April Fool's Day, but I'm pretty sure this is ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 28th, 2008
The last of the 16 qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Men's Football tournament was decided on Wednesday, with Nigeria U23 getting the necessary three points ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 20th, 2008
It's Guatemala vs Honduras and USA vs Canada tonight in the excellently titled 2008 CONCACAF U-23 Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, possibly the only tournament on earth ...
