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The superstar, who alongside other members of the Super Eagles celebrated the strike with an imaginary baby in his hands, told reporters at the end of the game in Cuiaba that his son and that of Austin Ejide were bestowed the honour

The Big boss said this after guiding the African champions to a one-nil victory over the Dragons of Bosnia in Cuiaba, Brazil on Saturday

Odemwingie completed 52 passes with four shots at goal.

However, though Bosnia looked quiet early on, they should have had the lead in the 21st minute when Edin Džeko slotted a Miralem Pjanić shot beyond Vincent Enyeama, only to see the the offside flag wrongly raised

Of the 26 of the 64 matches by the 32 teams to the ongoing FIFA World Cup, teams have been scoring an average of three goals per match since the start of the ongoing World Cup on June 12

Second-half goals from Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan had given the African nation a slender lead after Mario Gotze opened the scoring

Osaze came off the bench to add bite to the Super Eagles attack against Iran in Sao Paulo

Nigerian striker, Obafemi Martins, has been linked with potential move to Turkey this summer. The Eagle Online gathered that Besiktas…

Remo Divisional High School had in similar fashion dismissed Egba Division’s champion, Pakoto High School, Ayede, 5-4 in the semi-final, while Adeola Odutola College managed a 2-1 slim victory against Yewa-Egbado College, Ilaro

Emenike has seen positive signs in training ahead of Saturday’s clash in Cuiaba as Nigeria plots a much-needed victory

However, the Asian outfit were outstanding and well worthy of a point, which would have been a huge boost to their hopes of progressing to the knockout stages

In making the last 16 for the first time in 24 years, the Central Americans ensured England became the latest team to make a surprise early exit, leaving at the group stages for the first time since 1958

And Switzerland suffered a major blow two minutes later when they lost key defender, Steve von Bergen, with a severe eye injury inflicted after Olivier Giroud unintentionally hit him with a high boot

The match was Uruguay’s first win at the Mundial after they lost 1-3 to Costa Rica in their opening match

Ibrahim Toure died on Thursday in Manchester, aged only 28, the Ivorian FA said in a statement

Inyama, who is also the Chairman of newly-promoted Globacom Professional League side, Abia Warriors FC of Umuahia, denied rumours that the team and the board had been abandoned by the government

Germany have already stamped their authority on the group with a dominating 4-0 demolition of Portugal.

Spahic left the training track on Thursday due to a left knee problem, casting a shadow over the Bayern Leverkusen man’s availability for their Group F tie in Cuiaba

Speaking in his office in Abuja, the Director-General said there was no iota of truth in the story as Mark and other government officials were not scheduled to stay in Brazil for the duration of the World Cup

The bishop, in a statement in Ado Ekiti, said the energy dissipated in the deployment of the troop to a “peaceful state” should have been used to bring back the over 200 girls in the captivity of insurgent Boko Haram