Part of the prayer points by both Christians and Muslims are that: Nigeria will emerge victorious against Bosnia and that the world football governing body, FIFA, will not stop the Supporters Club from playing drums and trumpets to cheer their darling team when the team faces Bosnia
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Our correspondent learnt authoritatively that an assistant coach of the team is the leader of the Northern group in the camp
Keshi’s comments would make a return to the starting line-up unlikely for Odemwingie in Nigeria’s next group game against Asmir Begovic’s Bosnia on Saturday
Pockets of soccer loving Brazilians dotted the route and the front of the hotel to welcome the African champions
The team had its first training session in Cuiaba later on Thursday at 5:30pm local time, before taking a rest and preparing for the activities of Friday
But with five minutes left on the clock, Steven Gerrard accidentally put the controversial Liverpool striker through and he beat Joe Hart to give the Uruguayans a 2-1 win
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the NFSC did not arrive early enough to be part of the stadium crowd at Curitiba when the Eagles drew goalless with Iran.
The Nigeria/Iran match was a Group F opening game for both sides
The Chelsea star stated that the draw against Iran was not the result he wanted in the Eagles first group game in Brazil
Ameobi came off the bench against Iran on Monday night, but he couldn’t fire the Super Eagles to victory
The South Americans went ahead through James Rodriguez’s powerful header from a corner in the 64th minute before substitute Juan Quintero added a second on a break following a defensive error
He said the state ministry health had recorded 15 cases and four had died from the disease. He decried the current challenge being faced in controlling the disease
Victory against the debutants will most likely guarantee a place in the knock –out rounds for the African champions, who are determined to bring to an end the unflattering record of the championship’s longest winless streak. But Maigari exhorts that even that must be done with great honour and with discipline
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the club’s members were not allowed to bring in their drums and trumpets during the Super Eagles’ match against Iran on Monday
O’Leary worked as a fourth official at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and he holds a number of appearance records in FIFA competitions
Netherlands, Costa Rica, Germany and the US became the most outstanding teams as the first group matches were concluded on Tuesday with the game in Cuiaba, between Russia and South Korea
The reigning World Player of the Year has suffered from knee and thigh injuries since the end of the domestic season
The Portuguese broadcaster, RTP1, enjoyed a 47 per cent increase on the average audience for a Portugal group match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
It went from bad to worse for Cameroon when midfielder Alex Song was given a red card for elbowing Mario Mandzukic in the back in an off-the-ball incident
Spain had won both their previous World Cup encounters with Chile, 2-0 in 1950 and 2-1 in 2010. However, Edu Vargas had an effort deflected just wide after 44 seconds and Gonzalo Jara nodded the resulting corner off target
Louis Van Gaal named an unchanged starting line-up for the Dutch, meaning Lazio target Stefan De Vrij took his place in the side once more. Arjen Robben and Robin Van Persie looked to build upon excellent individual displays against Spain last Friday