Football

Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr has announced his starting lineup for the national team’s crucial World Cup match against Argentina following a team meeting that just ended.

Deadly Ahmed Musa struck two stunning goals to sink Iceland 2-0 on Friday and then promised to do the same to Lionel Messi’s Argentina in Tuesday’s Group D showdown.

Argentina’s defeat against Croatia on Thursday evening seemed like a death knell for their World Cup hopes.

With the football fever at the highest due to the ongoing FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia, Police in South America have seized a huge haul of liquid cocaine that was soaked into Colombian football shirts.

Brazilian international midfielder Fred completed his move to the team he says are the “biggest club in the world” Manchester United for a reported £50m ($67m) on Thursday.

  The Federal Government has increased the winning bonus of super eagles by $5,000 as a means of motivating them to win their remaining two group matches at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia.

  Residents of an apartment building on Brusilov Street in Moscow were thrown into confusion on Saturday after a drunken Nigerian fan Tolulope Akindi was thrown out of the window of the two-storeyed building, Russian Sports Express reports.

Croatia earned a comfortable 2-0 victory over a young Nigerian side in both sides’ first group match at the World Cup in Kaliningrad on Saturday.

Lionel Messi missed a second-half penalty as Iceland held mighty Argentina to a 1-1 draw in their Group D clash in Moscow on Saturday.

Super Eagles’ head coach Gernot Rohr and captain Mikel Obi said the team is capable of delivering on its promise on Saturday against Vatreni of Croatia.