Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has followed his words with action having earlier assured that he would be rooting for the Super Eagles in Russia. Aubameyang laid down his support for his 'friend' Alex Iwobi and the Super Eagles team and his request for the eye-catchy Super Eagles jersey has also bee met. The Gabonese star who blamed his sides World Cup qualification failure on a 'cursed orange' tweeted his support for the Nigerian national team in the tournament.  The Gabonese national team captain, Aubameyang also revealed that he is supporting Nigeria because of the aesthetically designed Super Eagles jersey by Nike which he has now been pictured flexing with.

Former Super Eagles captain Austin Okocha has slammed Gernot Rohr for his poor tactical approach in Nigeria’s 2-0 defeat to Croatia in their opening game at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, reports Completesportsnigeria.com. Got something to say? The let your voice be heard! Back Pass *Sport related topics only* An own goal from Oghenekaro Eteno and a penalty from Luka Modric extended Nigeria’s winless streak in opening World Cup game to four. Okocha who starred for Nigeria in three FIFA World Cups in 1994, 1998 and 2002 also faulted the team’s poor defending which led to the two goals conceded in each half. “It was a decent first half but maturity was the edge the Croatian team had over the Nigerian team,” Okocha said on SuperSport, where he was a guest analyst, after the game. “The Super Eagles got done by the movements of the Croatian team in their box. The Super Eagles midfielders were not doing their best both in defending and in attack. “Eagles didn’t geg the best out of A...

The five-time winners are unbeaten in opening matches at the world finals since Italy 1934 Switzerland have happy memories of their group opener at South Africa 2010 The Rostov Arena will provide a spectacular setting for the second match in Group E at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, which pits tournament favourites Brazil against Switzerland, who are the only side in history to have beaten eventual World Cup champions in their opening match. Sunday’s game marks the return of the Brazilians to the World Cup stage following their traumatic campaign on home soil in 2014. It took them fully two years to recover from the experience, with the arrival of the wily Tite in the dugout in the middle of 2016 restoring a sense of calm to the team. In revitalising the side and finding the right blend, he ensured they were the first South American side to reach Russia 2018. Such was the scale of his overhaul of the squad that the five-time world champions have only six players with World C...

Ghana's Asamoah Gyan has hit back after it was wrongly reported Cristiano Ronaldo had become the first man to score at eight successive major tournaments. Ronaldo scored a stunning hat trick in Portugal's 3-3 draw with Spain on Friday night, as he netted in an eighth major tournament in a row. While it was reported that Ronaldo was the first to achieve that feat, it was in fact Asamoah Gyan, who has gone one better and scored in nine major tournaments in a row. Gyan wrote on Twitter: "People disregard my achievements in the World Cup history but I want the whole world to know that I have not been given the fair shake but records will remain forever." Striker Gyan, who plays for Kayserispor in Turkey, boasts an impressive CV at major tournaments, finding the target at three World Cups and six African Nations Cup tournaments. His first goal came against Czech Republic at the 2006 World Cup, before following that up with the first goal of the African Nations Cup in 2008...

Happy Birthday to Egypt and Liverpool forward MOHAMMED SALAH as he turns 26 today!

The FIFA World Cup is the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world. The 21st World Cup in Russia is currently underway and we decided to do a round-up of all the World Cup logos from 1930 – 2018. During the first four World Cups from 1930 – 50 (there were no tournaments in ’42 and ’46 due to WW2), the organizers created posters instead of logos. From 1954 – 66, the host countries had total control over the tournament’s visual identity. From 1970, FIFA started adopting an official logo for its tournaments. Check them all out below and comment about your favourite. As for me, it's the first one  1954 1958 1962 1966 ()

Aiteo Group, the Official Optimum Partner of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), last Saturday premiered to industry applause, an official theme song to mentally boost the Super Eagles of Nigeria to go for glory at the Russia 2018 World Cup. This is also as they pledged to donate $50,000 to the team ‘for every unreturned goal’ scored at the Mundial. The rousing theme song titled, ‘Dem Go Hear Am, meaning “Go Show Them” was put together by Nigeria’s Hip-Hop/Afrobeat luminaries; Olamide and Phyno. The single, has been well received by Nigeria’s teeming football and music fans, and is currently enjoying massive airplay with over 1,000,000 downloads recorded across assorted media channels. The hit track had also garnered 7.5 million social media impressions barely 24 hours after release. According to Benedict Peters, the Executive Vice Chairman of Aiteo Global Group, the Group’s sponsorship of the theme song is yet another demonstration of its commitm...