Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) outlined its threat to target the tournament using an image of the Barcelona and Argentina striker on posters used by a pro-IS media entity, according to the SITE Intelligence Group
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Raising from its Executive Committee meeting in Jos, Plateau State on Wednesday, the NFF pledged to do all that is necessary to ensure adequate preparation of the Super Eagles to set a new record of performance for an African country at the FIFA World Cup come Russia 2018, to the glory of Nigerian and African Football.
The Minister reasoned that for any meaningful success to be recorded by Nigerian athletes at the world stage in a busy 2018 calendar, headlined by the Commonwealth Games, the FIFA World Cup and the FIBA World Cup for women in Spain, there must be adequate funding
The group’s Secretary-General, Pastor Magnus Oku, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said Dalung had delivered on his vow that Nigeria must be in the Russia 2018 tournament.
The ruling body FIFA said in a statement that around 70 per cent of the applications came from the host nation
The visitors went into the final match of the campaign in sixth place and outside the qualifying positions, and the prospect of failing to qualify for the biggest stage in football for the first time since 1970 became even more real when Ecuador took the lead inside the first minute
On one of the worst nights in American soccer history, if not the worst, the US slumped to an ugly 2-1 loss to Trinidad and Tobago
The World Cup holds in Russia next year
The 33-year-old scored both Oranje goals in Tuesday evening’s 2-0 win over Sweden in Group A
The Icelanders’ feat is particularly notable as they have qualified for their first-ever FIFA World Cup and will become the least populous nation to compete at the global finals
Nigeria beat Zambia 1-0 on Saturday to become the first African country to qualify for the Mundial.
Tunisia also stand on the brink of a place as they maintained their three-point lead at the top of their group with one match left to play
Iwobi, a second substitute ended Zambia’s with a low strike in the 73rd minute of the tie at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
The President, who described the hard-earned victory as “very sweet, soothing and a 57th Independence Anniversary gift to the nation”, applauded the nation’s senior men’s football team for the feat of making Nigeria the first African country to qualify for Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament, with a match left to play