Articles tagged with "nigeria"
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 ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by Kevin Zelaya | Oct 5th, 2007
Rafa Marquez, Pavel Pardo and Ricardo Osorio are the notable absences from Hugo Sanchez´s squad list for the Nigeria and Guatemala friendlies on the 14 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 18th, 2006
Reports out of Nigeria say that the country is eager to hire a big name foreign coach to guide the Eagles. Among the names ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 20th, 2006
Bite sized football news in six delicious flavours...
River Plate fans think crashing out of the Cope Libertadores is a riot. (Four Four Two)
Graham Poll will ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 19th, 2006
If you have an email address, then you'll no doubt have heard from the wealthy Nigerian diplomat/doctor/member of royalty offering to cut you in on ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 13th, 2006
A little love for Ecuador from the Nigerian press:
The Ecuadorians deserve respect. To have qualified from the tough-as-nails South Americans series, in which each ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 27th, 2006
Daniel Okechukwu Olerum is a Nigerian footballer and a devote Christian who has been in Iran playing for Foolad FC of Ahvaz in the last ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 31st, 2006
At the risk of making this blog all about referees today, I can't help but pass along this story from our good friends in the ...
Posted on: Ghana World Cup Team Blog by Robert | Mar 31st, 2006
As always, the avarice of the Nigerian footballer (and the penury of the NFA) never ceases to amaze. Fortunately the upstanding referees of the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 15th, 2006
Come on, American Samoa. Get your act together! You are still ranked dead last in the latest FIFA rankings. Surely you can ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 13th, 2006
Nigeria might be a lovely country, but boy are its football journalists arrogant. Still smarting over their team's failure to qualify for the World ...
Posted on: Togo World Cup Team Blog by Nick O'Neill | Feb 5th, 2006
When I look at a team's chances in an upcoming World Cup I look at their qualifying results. The fact that the African Nations ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 4th, 2006
What an incredible day at the African Nations Cup in Egypt. Cote d'Ivoire is the last World Cup qualifier left standing after defeating Cameroon ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 4th, 2006
Two of Africa's best teams squared off in an emotional, phyiscal and thrilling contest in the African Nations Cup in Egypt. In the end, ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 4th, 2006
With the score tied 1-1 after a grueling 120 minutes of football, Nigeria and Tunisia are headed to a penalty shoot out. Those with ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 4th, 2006
Wow, the game is certainly living up the the pregame hype. Tunisia and Nigeria are tied 1-1 in the second half of extra time. ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 4th, 2006
A quarterfinal African Nations Cup showdown for the ages. You can follow the action from Port Said, Eypt online right here. Kickoff is ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 3rd, 2006
Saturday is the big showdown between Nigeria and Tunisia in the African Nations Cup quarterfinals. Both sides are confident. Nigeria is buyoed by ...
