2018 FIFA World Cup: Where is it taking place, how many teams are playing and how does the tournament work? Heads up, soccer fans: The 2018 World Cup in Russia is coming up. The event, kicking off June 14, will take place in various cities across Russia, from Moscow to St. Petersburg to Sochi. The […]
Soccer fans have been buzzing for weeks about Nigeria’s shirts, to the delight of supplier Nike but not so much among folks back home who consider the $85 price tag out of reach. The away shirts are a screeching bright green, white and black with trippy jagged edging on a chevron pattern that may just […]
Stoke City have signed Nigeria international midfielder Oghenekaro Peter Etebo on a five-year contract from Portuguese club Feirense, the second-tier Championship club said on Monday. Etebo, who will represent his country in this month’s World Cup in Russia, is Stoke’s first signing of the close season with the Potters paying 7.2 million euros ($8.50 million) […]
Based on the FIFA Rankings, the hosts of the 2018 Russia World Cup have the worst team in the tournament. Russia is ranked 70th by FIFA, three places below Group A rivals Saudi Arabia. But FIFA rankings are deeply flawed. The formula used to calculate them gives countries less points if a match is a […]
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has accused some reporters covering his team of unethical behaviour and coming up with lies in the build-up to their participation in the World Cup in Russia. Rohr’s latest comments come as the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) attempted to quell a storm caused by an interview the coach granted the German […]
Keen to prevent a repeat of ugly scenes from previous tournaments, authorities in Russia have imposed draconian measures during the World Cup, cracking down on everything from public protests and alcohol to kebabs. Here are some of the new restrictions that affect Russians as well as international fans during the tournament, which runs from June […]
Ghana has dissolved its national football association after its president was filmed apparently accepting a “cash gift”. Kwesi Nyantakyi was pictured taking $65,000 (£48,000) from an undercover reporter pretending to be a businessman keen to invest in Ghanaian football. Mr Nyantakyi is vice-president of the Confederation of African Football and also a member of the […]
Nigeria has dropped a point from its last month’s 47th position to 48th place in the world, and from sixth to seventh in the continent, in the latest FIFA rankings. The statement on FIFA’s website on Thursday said the recent flurry of pre-FIFA World Cup friendlies left its mark on the latest rankings. While the […]
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr saw plenty of positives from his side’s 1-0 friendly defeat by the Czech Republic on Wednesday. He has promised that his players will deliver better performance against Croatia at the World Cup on 16 June. Despite losing three of their last four warm-up games and drawing the other, Rohr told BBC […]
Nigeria will go into the World Cup on a five-match winless streak after losing its final warmup game to Czech Republic 1-0 on Wednesday. Czech defender Tomas Kalas scored after 25 minutes, handing Nigeria another defeat four days after its 2-1 loss to England in London. Coach Gernot Rohr’s team has lost four out of […]