Sao Paulo – Ahead of the Super Eagles second match slated for Saturday, members of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, NFSC have headed for Cuiaba, host town of the Nigeria versus Bosnia/Herzegovina clash. This is coming four days after the shock treatment in Curitiba where they were barred by FIFA security officials from entering…
Playing the Spoilers Game?
He wore a sad look that day, at the Trade Hotel, Sao Paolo. Rauf Ladipo, the President General of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, is well known for his passion and analysis of soccer. But that Wednesday, June 18, Ladipo was in no mood to indulge in one or share banters. He was instead about to…
Brazil 2014: Chinese Fans Die of Excitement and Exhaustion
In China, the World Cup fever is catching up real fast and claiming lives. Football fans in China are actually succumbing to the disease as three men have died so far just from World Cup excitement and exhaustion. First to go was 51-year-old Li Mingqiang, from Liaoning Province. He was said to have started feeling…
BRAZIL 2014: Eagles Don’ t Need High Profile Friendlies – Peter Rufai
Nigeria’s former national goal keeper, Peter Rufai, on Wednesday, said the Super Eagles do not need to play against top-rated teams as they prepare for the 2014 Federation of International Football Federation, FIFA, World cup which kicks off in June. Rufai, a former Deportivo La Coruna player who represented the country at the USA 1994…
Brazil 2014: OSMI Parleys Broadcast Partners
To achieve its primary objective of delivering quality broadcast to Nigerians during the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Optima Sports Management International, OSMI, has commenced its stakeholder engagement programme with a workshop for its Broadcast Partners from the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria, BON. Speaking during the opening session at the workshop that attracted participants…