BY KUNLE SOLAJA There had been just two encounters pitching Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the La Furia Roja of Spain. The first was a shock defeat...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA It is 10 years today since Nigeria’s striker; Yakubu Aiyegbeni missed what is often described as the worst missed chance at the World...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA It is 34 years today since the legendary Diego Maradona scored one of the most controversial goals in World Cup history. On this...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA It is 26 years today that the Super Eagles made a debut at the World Cup on 21 June 1994 in Dallas, beating...
Diego Forlán played his game number 100 in his professional career with Uruguay when his country faced the Super Eagles in a FIFA Confederations Cup match...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA Nigeria’s Super Eagles maintained one of the world’s longest unbeaten run in the World Cup qualifiers. It is exactly 16 years ago today,...
Erstwhile Golden Eaglets captain, Musa Muhammed said he was pleased with his progress at HNK Gorica after the Croatian Priva HHL side extended his contract by...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA The famous football legend, Lionel Messi is from Rosario, the battleground of an epic football confrontation between Argentina and Brazil on this date...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. It was on this date 17 June 1970 that the famous runaround dummy was sold on Uruguayan goalkeeper, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz by Pele, the...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA The Nigeria Super Eagles have never won a World Cup-related match on a June 12 date. There are three instances of this assertion. ...