Articles tagged with "nigeria"
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 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 19th, 2008
Despite Nigeria's abysmal performance at the Africa Cup of Nations, Berti Vogts still hasn't been fired. Nigeria entered as one of the favourites but left ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 3rd, 2008
The Africa Cup of Nations is disappearing fast. With two quarterfinals today that leaves just six games to go, total. And that's if you include ...
Posted on: Ghana World Cup Team Blog by Inara | Feb 3rd, 2008
This might only be a quarterfinal match, but Ghana vs. Nigeria may end up being the most massive game in the tournament besides the final ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 1st, 2008
You probably know this already, but when the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals get going on Sunday, the first game will be Nigeria vs Ghana. ...
Posted on: Ghana World Cup Team Blog by Inara | Feb 1st, 2008
It's official. Ghana's next opponents will be Nigeria. For those of you who don't know (don't be shy, I was one of them), this is ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 31st, 2008
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations is over. Finished. No more worrying about goal difference, head ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 29th, 2008
After all the ups and downs in Africa Cup of Nations Group B, the final standings are pretty much as predicted before the tournament began. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 29th, 2008
My brain hurts, and I think it's Group B's fault. The final round of games in the so-called Group of Death is today, with simultaneous ...
Posted on: Cote d'Ivoire World Cup Team Blog by gianfranco | Jan 25th, 2008
The Elephants are on a role. Two matches, six points and a sure spot in the next round means that the boys in orange ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 25th, 2008
Another action packed today at the Africa Cup of Nations as Group B got even more interesting. It was always going to be "the Group ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 25th, 2008
We're still in Group B and it's must win (or at least must-not lose) for Nigeria, while Mali will be looking to build on that ...
Posted on: Mali World Cup Blog by Brad | Jan 25th, 2008
Another big day for African football coming up. My focus will be on the second game of January 25th, the Super Eagles of Nigeria against ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 21st, 2008
Day two of the Africa Cup of Nations and plenty to digest. There was Morocco's 5-1 thrashing of Benin Namibia in a near empty stadium, ...
Posted on: Cote d'Ivoire World Cup Team Blog by gianfranco | Jan 21st, 2008
A great start to the ANC for the Elephants, as they were able to beat the heavy hitters of Nigeria with a one-nil victory. This ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 21st, 2008
This Salomon Kalou goal was the difference in Cote d'Ivoire's 1-0 win over Nigeria in Group B today. He darts in and out of Super ...
Posted on: Cote d'Ivoire World Cup Team Blog by gianfranco | Jan 20th, 2008
Today’s game features two African power houses when the IC faces off against
Nigeria. Both teams feature star studded lineups chock full of EPL talent. This ...
Posted on: Mali World Cup Blog by Brad | Jan 17th, 2008
After taking a brief look at the case for Groups A, C, and D for being considered the "Group of Death", I wanted to take ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 17th, 2008
The first FIFA World Rankings of 2008 have been released and the big news is... well, nothing. It's all the same at the top with ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 11th, 2008
There now nine days until African Cup of Nations kick off, which means nine more teams still to preview. We've already given Group A and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 8th, 2008
Everton and all the other Premier League clubs trying to undermine the African Cup of Nations got a nice shiny black eye from FIFA yesterday. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 31st, 2007
The year is almost done, so here's the final part of the World Cup Blog A-Z of 2007. Part one (A-M) can be found here, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 10th, 2007
The Nigerian FA are a demanding bunch aren't they? Manager Berti Vogts has been told he has "no excuses" for not winning the African Cup ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 1st, 2007
After too many tragic deaths in recent years UEFA are taking extra precautions to make sure every player at Euro 2008 has been thoroughly checked ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Rayed Mamun | Nov 16th, 2007
Tomorrow we embark on our last game before those dreaded World Cup qualifiers. It will be a long and tough path to South Africa, but ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by Kevin Zelaya | Oct 9th, 2007
Hugo Sanchez has three spots in his U-23 Olympic roster for over-age players and Carlos Salcido isn´t wasting any time campaigning for one of the ...
