Articles tagged with "nigeria"
Wow, I Thought I Was Disappointed
By Wayne Farry | May 28th, 2009Perhaps an insensitive title, but this is shocking. It's been reported on most news networks that a Nigerian Man Utd fan killed four Barcelona fans ...
Turning Your Defender Gets A New Meaning
By chris | April 27th, 2009Speaking of Bahrain... (don't get that often, do we?) After watching the Bahrain training bonanza video from earlier I found myself, as usual, ghosting around YouTube's ...
The Truth Will Out
By Mike | January 28th, 2009First thing's first. I've got to confess something. I've cheated. When games weren't going well I x-ed out and replayed ...
So much time, and so little to do!
By Mike | January 28th, 2009...Scratch that, reverse it. We'll start off with a little about me... I'm Mike, I live in Boston, MA. I'm Italian, thus a die hard ...
Peter Odemwingie looks for a move
By j | January 20th, 2009With the transfer window coming to a close within the next ten days, Lokomotiv Moscow striker Peter Odemwingie is keen on the move to the ...
International Roundup + Some Hellebuyck
By Martha | November 20th, 2008I watched most of the Colombia-Nigeria match which ended 1-0 to the home team, with Apam going the full 90 for Nigeria, and Ospina in ...
INTER-national roundup
By Johonna | October 16th, 2008These past two weeks Inter has had 16 players from 10 countries out on international duty. All in all, everything came out ok... I mean, ...
10 Potential Buyers for Newcastle United
By Daryl | September 24th, 2008Before you read on, this isn't a serious list. It's just ten silly suggestions. Especially #4. If you're a Newcastle fan and thus in no mood ...
Auxerre: What Passes for a Preview
By Martha | August 23rd, 2008(Not Auxerre-related, but entirely worth posting anyway.) ADDED Sunday: Stream here. Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina Défenseurs: Cid, Diakité, Gace, Kanté, Jeunechamp, Yahia Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck, Traoré Attaquants: Bamog
Women's Squad in the Olympics: Brazil 3 -1 Nigeria
By Bruno Romani | August 12th, 2008We did not play the first-half as a team. Despite the fact that we had a few reserves, Brazil has not shown very promising football ...
Rooney Picks Up Mystery Virus
By Daryl | August 5th, 2008Seems Man Utd are paying for their moneymaking trip to Africa. Wayne Rooney has picked up an unnamed mystery virus that will almost certainly keep ...
Weekend Watch Recap: Smart Move
By Daryl | February 4th, 2008Saturday Portsmouth vs Chelsea Nicolas Anelka got his first Premier League goal for Chelsea after Joe Cole's light as a feather knock down gave the Frenchman an ...
Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | February 3rd, 2008The Africa Cup of Nations group stages are well and truly behind us, and the real business of knockout tournament football starts today. And what ...
The Africa Cup of Nations Situation - Group B
By Daryl | January 29th, 2008Group A wrapped yesterday at the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana and Guinea the lucky two going through to the quarterfinals. Today it's the ...
Africa Cup of Nations at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | January 25th, 2008We're well into the Africa Cup of Nations now. There've been goals galore, red cards and now even a bit of scandal. Group B resumes ...
Africa Cup of Nations at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | January 21st, 2008If you're following the Africa Cup of Nations (and if not, why not?) you may be interested in our game coverage over at World Cup ...
Player signing
By Chris | November 14th, 2007Yesterday HSV announced the signing of Nigerian U17 Macauley Chrisantus. He was previously playing for the Nigerian side FC Abuja. You can read the original ...
Jay Jay We Gotcha!
By Matt | September 4th, 2007Thanks to the Hull Daily Mail for that, erm, Gem of a headline, but yes, it was confirmed today that Jay Jay Okocha is a ...
Scots sent home before the postcards
By Ian Rose | July 7th, 2007The U-20 World Cup has been a huge disappointment for Scotland, but at least now it's over. Three games, three losses. Two goals ...
Scotland faces uncertain future at U20s
By Ian Rose | July 6th, 2007We've made our own bed. The Scottish team at this summer's U-20 World Cup can't blame bad calls or diving for their two painful ...
Nigerian FA rips into Scotland
By Ian Rose | July 4th, 2007This from today's Scotsman. The quote below is from Nigerian FA board member Dominic Iorfa, ahead of today's Nigeria v. Scotland tie in the ...
Scots get rude awakening at U-20 World Cup
By Ian Rose | July 1st, 2007For the first time in 20 years, Scotland's youth football program is in a major tournament, the Under-20 World Cup in Canada, and today, that ...
Casal for Nigeria!
By Max J. | June 21st, 2007And now for something completely different: I am actually enthusiastically endorsing the call-up of a United player for a international tournament. Obviously the Bob ...
Two weeks out, Scotland prepares for U-20 World Cup
By Ian Rose | June 16th, 2007Now that the Scottish senior national side has started its summer break from Euro 2008 qualifying, it's time to concentrate on the lads. For ...
Poor Berti Vogts ...
By Ian Rose | June 6th, 2007Those were the days, weren't they, Berti? Former Scotland manager Berti Vogts is having one seriously bad week. First, he gets pelted with rocks after ...
Tragedy and Craziness in International Soccer
By Bob | June 4th, 2007It was a horrible, bizarre and riveting weekend of international soccer. A tragedy involving fans once again tarred the beautiful game, while some fans ...
Former Scotland boss pelted with rocks
By Ian Rose | June 3rd, 2007With the Faroe Islands game coming up this week, I hate to even think of Berti Vogts, the manager that led Scotland to a 2-2 ...
Meet Africa's best young star: Taye Taiwo
By Sam | March 2nd, 2007While all you's guys are all drooling over Didier Drogba, who's all "Oh I'm so cool I'm the best African footballer", something much more important ...
Daily Dose 12.01
By Bob | December 1st, 2006Some stories to read while you get beat at bowling by a blind 94-year-old.... Keep an eye out for the captain, Charles Charlie Charles (Ramblings of ...
Daily Dose 09.28
By Bob | September 28th, 2006Some stories to read while you start growing your fingernails.... * That guy named Drogba is in the Pele zone (Soccer-Weblog) * The Chicago Fire add to ...
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