Sunday 30 June 2013

Fernando Torres Awarded the Golden Boot: FIFA

Fernando Torres Awarded the Golden Boot: Fifa Confederation

Fernando Torres was awarded the Golden Boot as he emergs the highest goal scorer of the FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP with 5 goals in 4 matches.
The spanish striker finished on 5 goals with Brazil's Fred, although Torres played just four games while Fred played five.

Brazil 3-0 Spain: Fred and Neymar Disgraced Sloppy World Champions to lift the Confederation Cup in Maracana

Brazil 3-0 Spain: Fred and Neymar Disgraced Sloppy World Champions to lift the Confederation Cup in Maracana

Fred and Neymar hands Brazil a well deserved victory over sloppy world champions to lift the Fifa Confederations Cup again.
Fred opened the scoring before Neymar made it 2-0 before half time.
Spain was handed a penalty kick in which Ramos missed.
Fred completed the scoring to 3-0, making himself the joint top scorer with Torres.
This is Spain first defeat since losing 1-0 to Switzerland in 2010 world cup.

Uruguay 2-2 Italy: (Shoot-out 2-3): Buffon saves 3 penalties to hand Italy the 3rd Place

Uruguay 2-2 Italy(shoot-out 2-3): Buffon saves 3 Penalties to hand Italy the 3rd place

Buffon stars in the Fifa Confederations Cup 3rd place match as Italy won 3-2 on penalties after the game ended 2-2 in normal and 30 minutes Extra time.
Astori and Diamentti scored for Italy in normal before Edison Cavani powered a brace to make it 2-2.
Both side played through the Extra time before settling the game with a Penalty kick.
Buffon saved Forlan, Caceres and Gargano's spot-kick ( Suarez and Cavani scored theirs) to hand Italy the 3rd Place on 3-2

Thursday 27 June 2013

Spain 0-0 Italy: Shoot-out 7-6: Bonucci missed as Jesûs Nevas leads The World Champion to Final

Spain 0-0 Italy: Shoot-out 7-0: Bonucci missed as Jesûs Nevas leads The World Champion to Final

Jesús Nevas scored the final penalty shoot-out to set up a sunday Finals against Brazil as Bonucci missed his side's chance to score.
The game ended goaless in normal time and the Extra 30 minutes went goaless all together.
Spain meets Brazil on sunday for the Final.
Italy meets Uruguay for the 3rd place match.

Spain 0-0 Italy: Shoot-out 7-0: Bonucci missed as Jesûs Nevas leads The World Champion to Final

Spain 0-0 Italy: Shoot-out 7-0: Bonucci missed as Jesûs Nevas leads The World Champion to Final

Jesús Nevas scored the final penalty shoot-out to set up a sunday Finals against Brazil as Bonucci missed his side's chance to score.
The game ended goaless in normal time and the Extra 30 minutes went goaless all together.
Spain meets Brazil on sunday for the Final.
Italy meets Uruguay for the 3rd place match.

Nigeria U20 1-0 South Korea U20: Nigeria Qualifies to Knock-out

S Korea U20 0-1 Nigeria U20: Nigeria finished as runner-up in group B

Kayode's early goal sends Nigeria U20 through to Knock-out stage as South Koreans were eliminated from the tournament.
Kayode scored the only goal of the game in the 8th minutes to help Flying Eagles finish with 2nd position behind Portugal.

GROUP B TABLE:
POR--3GS--9pts--6GA
NIG--3GS--6pts--3GA
KOR--3GS--4pts--0GA
CUB--3GS--0pts--(-9GA)

Wednesday 26 June 2013

Brazil 2-1 Uruguay: Paulinho leads Selecao's to Final

Brazil 2-1 Uruguay: Brazil reaches finals

Paulinho's 88th minutes header goal wins it for sloppy Brazil.
Diego Forlan missed a penalty in which Ceasar saved.
Fred opened the scoring in the 41st minutes as he pounce on a loose ball from Muslera to poke-in an unconvincing goal.
Uruguay equalizes in the 48th minutes through Cavani's left-footed strike.
Paulinho settled everything in the 88th minutes as he scored with a header from Neymar's Corner-kick to send Brazil to the Finals.
Brazil now awaits the result from Italy Vs Spain semi-final game tommorow.

Sunday 23 June 2013

STATCENTER: FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP

STATCENTER: FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP

The group stage fixtures has been completed with Brazil, Italy, Uruguay and Spain making it to the Semi-Finals.
A total of 23 goals was scored in Group A fixtures while 34 was scored in group B.
A total of 57 goals was scored in the competition so far. Tahiti collected a total of 24 goals but scored on 1.

----TOP SCORER----

Fernando Torres--5
Abel Hernandez --4
Neymar Da Silva --3
Javier Hernandez--3
David Villa ----------3
Luis Suarez --------3
Nnamdi Oduamadi-3
Jo --------------------2
Mario Balotelli -----2
David Silva --------2
Fred --------------- 2
Shinji Okazaki ----2
Jordi Alba --------- 2
Elderson Echiejile--2

Uruguay 8-0 Tahiti: Abel and Suarez sends woeful Tahiti home

Uruguay 8-0 Tahiti: Abel and Suarez hammered disgraceful newcomers

Abel Hernandez hits four goals and Suarez scored a stoppage time brace to help Uruguay qualify to Semi-final against host-country Brazil.
Although both sides were reduced to 10 men, but Abel crazically completed a 1st half hat-trick and Perez getting a goal to make it 4-0 before half time.
Lodiero scored at the start of 2nd half and Uruguay missed a penalty to add more goals.
Uruguay was awarded a 2nd penalty and Abel wasted no time in making it 6-0.
Luis Suarez was introduced in the 78th minutes to add more flavour to the stew. He scored two classical left-footed goals to complete the 8-0 drubling.
Lius Suarez is now the all-time top scorer in Uruguay national team with 35 goals while Forlan scored 34 goals

Nigeria 0-3 Spain: World Champions dumped wasteful Super Eagles out

Nigeria 0-3 Spain: World Champions dumped wasteful Super Eagles out

Jordi Alba's brace and Torres fly nodding sends super Eagles out of Confederations Cup.
Alba opened the scoring in 8th minutes with a cool finishing from defensive error.
Super Eagles have all the opportunity to equalize and lead the game but they were very wasteful and foolish.
Fernando Torres came off the bench at the expense of Soldado to double Spain's lead with a superb fly nodding.
Spain's counter-attack gifted Jordi Alba the 3rd goal as he collected the long pass from center of the pitch to round Enyeama for the 3-0.
SPAIN VS ITALY (27 june)
BRAZIL VS URUGUAY

GROUP B TABLE
1*SPA 9pts 14goals
2*URU 6pts 8goals
3*NIG 3pts 1goal
4*TAH 0pt -23goals

Nigeria VS Spain: June 13 1998 will hunt the world champion

Nigeria VS Spain: June 13 1998 will hunt the world champion

African champion and the World champion locks horn tonight by 20:00GMT and 21:00CAT in their last group-stage match.
Although, it would be fair to say that Spain has already qualified with 6 points and 11 goals agg. But an 11-0 win from Uruguay to Tahiti and a 5-0 loss to Nigeria could be fatal for spain, but hahaha! Would that ever happen?
Both side met on june 13th 1998 in World Cup in which Nigeria won 3-2 as a historic goals from Adepoju, Lawal and a power-bomb volley from Sunday Oliseh destroys Spain.
Nigeria will qualify if Uruaguay lose or draw with Tahiti, provided they win or draw spain.
A loss will be bye-bye for Super Eagles.

Thursday 20 June 2013

Nigeria 1-2 Uruguay: Forlan stars for the match winner

Nigeria 1-2 Uruguay: Forlan stars for the match winner

Diego Forlan scored the winning goal as Uruguay beats Super Eagles.
Captian Lugano gave Uruguay the lead before Mikel Obi scored an equalizer before half time.
Forlan scored the winning goal as he once again became the country's top scorer with 34 goals.
Today's loss sees Super Eagles 17 games unbeaten come to an end. Nigeria need a win against Spain to qualify.

GROUP B TABLE
SPA 2GS 6pts 11GA
NIG 2GS 3pts 4GA
URU 2GS 3pts 1GA
TAH 2GS 0pt -15GA

Spain 10-0: Fernando Torres Destroys Tahiti with Four goals

Spain 10-0: Fernando Torres Destroys Tahiti with Four goals

Spain B team demolishes Tahiti with a total of 10 goals.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in 4 minutes before Silva doubled the lead. Torres completes his 1st half brace before Villa scored to make it 4-0 in 1st half.
Villa scored a brace at the start of 2nd half before Torres completes his hat-trick to make it 6-0.
Villa scored his hat-trick to make it 7-0 before Mata scored the 8th goal.
Torres smashed a penalty kick at the top bar before amended the miss with a quick goal to make it 9-0.
David Silva completed the final score to 10-0 as he made his brace.
TORRES=4 goals
VILLA =3 goals
SILVA =2 goals
MATA=1 goal
Total=10 goals

Wednesday 19 June 2013

Italy 4-3- Japan: Italy survives Japanesse scare with Giovincco's help

Italy 4-3- Japan: Italy survives Japanesse scare with Giovincco's help

Juventus superstar, Giovincco scored in the stoppage time to send Japan out and thereby qualifying in the process with Brazil in the Group A.
Honda gave Japan the early lead with a penalty kick before Kagawa doubled the lead to 2-0.
De Rossi pulled one goal back for Italy with a header befor the half time break.
Uchidi equalizes the game to 2-2 at the start of 2nd half with an own goal.
Mario Balotelli put Italy at the front as he scored with a penalty to make it 3-2.
Japan striker Okazaki scored to make it 3-3 before Sabastian Giovincco scored the much needed match winner goal to take the final score to 4-3.

GROUP A TABLE:
BRA 2GP 6PTS 5GS
ITA 2GP 6PTS 2GS
MEX 2GP 0PT -3GS
JAP 2GP 0PT -4GS

Brazil 2-0 Mexico: Classic Neymar and Jo sends Mexico home

Brazil 2-0 Mexico: Classic Neymar and Jo sends Mexico home

Brazil qualifies from the group stage with 6 points, although they one game to play against Italy.
Neymar opened the scoring in the 9th minutes with a left footed power-bomb after Paulinho's cross defleted and felled to his path.
The game seems to have been already decided by the early lone goal, but no.....
Jo once again came off the bench in less-favour of Fred to repeat 1st game history by doubling the lead from Neymar's beautiful work in the 90+4 mins to send Mexico out and home

Nigeria U20 Squad for World Cup: 2013 U20 World Cup, Turkey

Nigeria U20 Squad for World Cup: 2013 U20 World Cup, Turkey

Nigeria has named it's U20 Squad which comprises 21 players in general.
Nigeria are to play Portugal (21st june @Kayseri 8pm), Cuba (24th june @Kayseri 5pm) and Korea Republic (27th june @Istanbul 5pm) in their Group B stage fixttures.

NIGERIA U-20 SQUAD

GOAL KEEPERS:
Samuel Okani (Enyimba)
Jonah Usman (ABS FC)
Felegha (Eupen Belguim)

DEFENDERS:
Shehu (Kano Pillars)
M. Orkuma (Lobi Star)
Ike Okorie (Enyimba)
Madu. K (EL Kanamen)
Amaefula (Dolphins)
Wilfred (Nath Boys)

MIDFIELDERS:
Agboyi (Bayelsa utd)
Ajagun (Dolphins)
Pyagbara (N/A)
Uche Agbo (Enyimba)
Oliatan (Olympiacos)

FORWARDS:
Egbedi (AGF Aahus)
Daddy Moses(N/A)
Umar Aminu (Wikki)
Kayode (N/A)
Alhaji Gero (Rangers)
Sam Eduok (Dolphins).

U20 World Cup 2013: Groupings and Fixtures

U20 World Cup 2013 In Turkey: Groupings and Fixtures

Turkey hosts the U20 World Cup tournament which begins on June 21st 2013.
A total of 23 countries + Turkey the host country makes up the Lists to 24 countries and were grouped from A-F.

GROUP A:
France
Ghana
Spain
USA

GROUP B:
Cuba
Korea Republic
Nigeria
Portugal

GROUP C:
Australia
Columbia
EL Salvador
Turkey

GROUP D:
Greece
Mali
Mexico
Paraguay

GROUP E:
Chile
Egypt
England
Iraq

GROUP F:
Croatia
New Zealand
Uruguay
Uzbekistan.

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Italy U21 2-4 Spain U21: Thaigo's Hat-trick gave Spain the Title in Jarusalem

Italy U21 2-4 Spain U21: Thaigo's Hat-trick gave Spain the Title in Jarusalem

Barcelona's Thiago scored a Hat-trick to give Spain U21 side the 2013 Uefa Euro in Jarusalem.
Thaigo Alcarez opened the scoring and double his tally in no time with a cool header before completing his half hat-trick with a penalty kick before half time.
Italy pulled one goal back from Immoble's volley past De Gea.
Spain was awarded a second penalty ar Regini commits a foul inside the penalty area. Isco sends Bardi the wrong way to make it 4-1.
Fabio Borini gave Italy a litle hope as he powered a heavy shot past De Gea to take the final score to 2-4

Monday 17 June 2013

Tahiti 1-6 Nigeria: Super Eagles humiliates sorry Tahiti

Tahiti 1-6 Nigeria: Super Eagles Demolishes Inexperienced Tahiti to go top

Nnamdi Oduamadi scored a hat-trick to make sure that Super Eagles of Nigeria completes the drubling of Tahiti.
Elderson Echiejile opened the score in the 4th minutes before Oduamadi scored a brace in the 1st half to make it 3-0.
Tehau scored a historic goal for Tahiti in the start of 2nd half to upset the Super Eagles.
Tehau scored an own goal to make it 4-1, before Oduamadi completes his hat-trick to make it 5-1.
The Super Eagles missed a total of 7 clean chances to add more humiliation to Tahiti..... Defender Echiejile completes the scoring to 6-1 with his brace.

GROUP B TABLE
NIG 3points 5goals
SPA 3points 1goal
URU 0point -1goal
TAH 0point -5goals

WWE PAYBACK 2013: Payback full results

WWE PAYBACK 2013: Payback full results

WWE Payback has brought more brutalizing actions and title clinging in WWE.

PAYBACK FULL RESULTS
AJ Lee defeated Kaitlyn to become the new Divas Champion.

Curtis Axel defeated Wade Barette and The Miz to become the new Inter-Continental Champion.

CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho to prove that he's the best in the world.

US Champion Dean Ambrose defeated Kane to retain his title.

WWE Tag Team Champions Rollins and Reigns defeated Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton to retain their title.

Sheamus defeated Damien Sandow.

Alberto Del Rio defeated Dolph Ziggler to become the new World HeavyWeight Champion.

WWE Champion John Cena defeated Ryback to retain the title

Sunday 16 June 2013

Spain 2-1 Uruguay: Champions deservely win Uruguay in Arena Pernambuco

Spain 2-1 Uruguay: Champions deservely win Uruguay in Arena Pernambuco

Pedro and Soldado scored in the 1st half to give Spain a much deserved lead.
Pedro flashed a shot that deflected via Lugano's ankle to send goal keeper Muslera the wrong way.
Roberto Soldado collected a fantastic pass from Fabregas to volley home the double leading as Spain posses the game more than shallow Uruguay.
Uruguay were lucky not to recieve more goals as Fabregas effort hit the wood work and Soldado missed a couple of tap-in goals.
Uruguay put up a horrible performance today, and maybe their worst performance in history. Their midfielder were uncreative, no clear pass to attackers, Cavani and Suarez was left to do the hard marking.
Suarez was fouled by Ramos and a free-kick was awarded, Luis Suarez replicated the exact style that Pirlo of Italy used to score Mexico earlier in the day as he swinged the curving kick past Casillas to give Uruguay an undeserved consolation goal in the 86th minutes to take the final score to 2-1

Mexico 1-2 Italy: Pirlo and Balotelli inspires Italy to a big win

Mexico 1-2 Italy: Pirlo and Balotelli inspires Italy to a big win

Mario Balotelli scored the winner for Italy, as they win Mexico 2-1 in Maracana.
Andrea Pirlo opened the scoring in the 27th minutes with a Superb Free-kick to put Italy on the lead.
Javier Hernandez 'Chicharito' scored from the spot-kick in the 34th minutes as Dos Santos was brought down in the penalty area to equalize the game to 1-1.
Finally, Balotelli pushed hard unto Cerci pass to give Italy the winner goal in the 79th minutes.

GROUP A TABLE:
Brazil 3points 3goals
Italy 3points 1goal
Mexico 0point -1goal
Japan 0point -3goals

UEFA EURO U21: Spain and Italy reaches Final

UEFA EURO U21: Spain and Italy both emulate senior team to set up final in Jerusalem

Spain U21 thrashed Norway U21 3-0 to set up Uefa Euro U21 finals with Italy U21 that won Netherlands U21 1-0 in Jerusalem on 18th June.
Spain U21 who had played all games without conceding a goal or geting a draw, they won all their matches with 8 goals in 4 matches.
Real Madrid's Alvaro Moratta has been in a fine form in this competition, he scored in all the matches, making it 4 goals in 4 games.
Rodrigo, Isco and top scorer Moratta scored to eliminate Norway in the Semi-finals.
Italy U21 had also emulate their senior team to set up a final with Spain as they did in EURO 2012.
Liverpool striker Fabio Borini scored a late lone and winner goal to eliminate Netherlands U21.

UEFA EURO U21 FINAL:
June 18: Spain U21 vs Italy U21 (7:30pm) @Jerusalem

Saturday 15 June 2013

Brazil 3-0 Japan: Neymar , Paulinho and Jõ wins it for Brazil

Brazil 3-0 Japan: Goals from Neymar, Paulinho and Jõ sinked Japan

Jõ came off the bench to complete the humiliating goals scored earlier by Neymar and Paulinho to make it 3-0 against Japan.
Fred Chested a cross frome Marcelo unto Neymar's path for the young star to send a powering shot past Eiji in the 3rd minutes.
Paulinho scored at the start of 2nd half to double Neymar's efforts to 2-0.
Jõ came on for Fred in the last 10 minutes only to be gifted a stoppage time goal from Oscar's fantastic pass, thereby taking the final score to 3-0

WWE: PAYBACK on Pay-Per-Veiw

WWE PAYBACK: Sunday 15th June Live on Pay-Per-Veiw

The WWE PAYBACK comes live on PPV this sunday 15th june with Six (6) titles hanging on the line.

TITLES FOR GRAB
*WWE title
*World HeavyWeight title
*WWE Tag Team title
*Inter-Continental title
*United States title
*WWE Divas title.

MATCH SCHEDULES:
John Cena vs Ryback: WWE Championship match.

Dolph Ziggler vs Alberto de Rio: World Heavyweight championship match.

Wade Barrete vs The Miz vs Curtis Axel: Triple Threat Inter-Continental Championship match.

Dean Ambrose vs Kane: US Championship match.

Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns vs Daniel Bryan, Randy Orton: WWE Tag Team championship match.

Kaitlyn vs AJ Lee: WWE Divas Championship match.

Chris Jericho vs CM Punk: Who is best in the world?

Sheamus vs Damien Sandow: Game of Warrior and Wisdom.

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup: Group Fixtures

Group Fixtures: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

The 8 Nations tournament begins 15th june in Brazil and ends on 30th june, the competion serves as a double warmer to 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

GROUP A:
Brazil
Italy
Mexico
Japan

GROUP B:
Spain
Uruguay
Nigeria
Tahiti

**MATCH FIXTURES**
June 15: Brazil vs Japan (8pm) @Garrincha.

June 16: Mexico vs Italy (8pm) @Maracana Stadium.

June 16: Spain vs Uruguay (11pm) @Arena Pernambuco.

June 17: Tahiti vs Nigeria (8pm) @Estadio Mineirão.

June 19: Brazil vs Mexico (8pm) @Estadio Castelão.

June 19: Italy vs Japan (11pm) @Arena Pernambuco.

June 20: Spain vs Tahiti (8pm) @Maracana Stadium.

June 20: Nigeria vs Uruguay (11pm) @Arena Fonte Nova.

June 22: Italy vs Brazil (8pm) @Arena Fonte Nova.

June 22: Japan vs Mexico (8pm) @Estadio Minieráo.

June 23: Nigeria vs Spain (8pm) @Estadio de Castelâo.

June 23: Uraguay vs Tahiti (8pm) @Arena Pernambuco.

Friday 14 June 2013

Transfer News: Manchester City Appoints Manuel Pellegrini as Manager

Transfer News: Pellegrini comfirmed as Man City Manager

After sacking Mancini in May, the Manchester Club had comfirmed the signing of Malaga coach, Manuel Pellegrini in a 3-yrs deal.
The 59yrs old Chilean started his topflight managerial career in Villareal (2004) and later moved to Real Madrid in 2009 where he spent a season.
Pellegrini moved to Malaga in 2010, where he led them to Champions League only to exit in the Quater final against Finalist Dortmund.
The new manager will start work on 24 june after his Press Conference on Monday 17th.
Brian Kidd is to remain with the coaching staff.
Reuben Cousillas - Assistant Manager.
Xabier Mancisidor - Goal keeping Coach.
Jose Cabello - Fitness Coach. All this personalities will work with Manuel Pellegrini.

SPAIN full squad for 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup

SPAIN Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Vicent Del Bosque

-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Casillas - Real Madrid
Reina - Liverpool
Valdes - Barcelona

------DEFENDERS------
Albiol - Real Madrid
Pique - Barcelona
Aspilicueta - Chelsea
Ramos - Real Madrid
Jordi Alba - Barcelona
Arbeloa - Real Madrid
Monreal - Arsenal

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Xavi - Barcelona
Iniesta - Barcelona
Alonso - Real Madrid
Carzola - Arsenal
Juan Mata - Chelsea
Nevås - Man City
David Silva - Man City
Martinez - Bayarn M

-----FORWARDS-----
Torres - Chelsea
Pedro - Barcelona
Soldado - Valencia
David Villa - Barcelona
Fabrëgas - Barcelona

Japan full squad for 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup

JAPAN Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni
-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Kawashima - Liege
Nishikawa - Sanfrecce H
Gonda - FC Tokyo

------DEFENDERS------
Masahiko - Jubilo Iwata
Sakai - Stuttgart
Nagatomo - Inter
Uchida - Schalke 04
Konno - Gamba Osaka
Yuzo - Yokohama F.M
Hiroki - Hannover 96
Maya - Southampton

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Honda - CSKA Moscow
Yasuhito - Gamba Osak
Hosogai - B. Leverkusen
Kengo - K. Frontale
Hosebe - Wolfsberg
Takahashi - FC Tokyo

-----FORWARDS-----
Kiyotake - Nurnberg
Okazaki - Stuttgart
Kagawa - Man Utd
Havenaar - Vitesse
Maeda - Jubilo Iwata
Inui - Eintracht Frankfurt

TAHITI Full Squad: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

TAHITI Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Eddy Etaeta
-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Meriel - AS Tefana
Roche - AS Dragon
Samin - AS Dragon

------DEFENDERS------
Ludivion - AS Tefana
Wagemann - AS Dragon
Faatiarau - AS Tefana
Vallar - AS Dragon
Lemaire - AS Dragon
Aroita - AS Tamarii Faa'
Simon - AS Dragon
Vero - AS Dragon

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Alvin - AS Tefana
Carione - AS Dragon
Bourebare - AS Tefana
Atani - AS Tefana
Tehau - AS Tefana
Aitamai - AS Veñus
Jonathan - AS Tamarii
Tihoni - AS Roniu

-----FORWARDS-----
Vahirua - AS Nancy
Teaonui - AS Dragon
Steevy - AS Dragon
Hnanyine - AS Dragon

TAHITI Full Squad: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

TAHITI Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Eddy Etaeta
-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Meriel - AS Tefana
Roche - AS Dragon
Samin - AS Dragon

------DEFENDERS------
Ludivion - AS Tefana
Wagemann - AS Dragon
Faatiarau - AS Tefana
Vallar - AS Dragon
Lemaire - AS Dragon
Aroita - AS Tamarii Faa'
Simon - AS Dragon
Vero - AS Dragon

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Alvin - AS Tefana
Carione - AS Dragon
Bourebare - AS Tefana
Atani - AS Tefana
Tehau - AS Tefana
Aitamai - AS Veñus
Jonathan - AS Tamarii
Tihoni - AS Roniu

-----FORWARDS-----
Vahirua - AS Nancy
Teaonui - AS Dragon
Steevy - AS Dragon
Hnanyine - AS Dragon

ITALY FULL SQUAD: 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup

ITALY Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Cesare Prandelli
-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Buffon - Juventus
Sirigu - PSG
Marchetti - Lazio

------DEFENDERS------
Abate - AC Milan
Astori - Cagliari
Barzagli - Juventus
Bonucci - Juventus
Chiellini - Juventus
Sciglio - AC Milan
Maggio - Napoli

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Aquilani - Fiorentina
Candreva - Lazio
Cerci - Torino
De Rossi - AS Roma
Gianccherini - Juventus
Marchisio - Juventus
Montolivo - AC Milan
Pirlo - Juventus

-----FORWARDS-----
Balotelli - AC Milan
El Shaarawy - AC Milan
Diamenti - Bologna
Gilardino - Bologna
Giovinco - Juventus.

URUGUAY 23-Man Squad: 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup

URUGUAY Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Oscar Tabarez
-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Muslera - Galatasaray
Castillo - Danubio
Silva Martin - Olimpia

------DEFENDERS------
Lugano - Malaga
Gõdin - Ath. Madrid
Coâtés - Liverpool
Aguirregaray - Peñarol
Maxi Pereira - Benfica
Scotti - Nacional
Caséres - Juventus

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Ramirez - Southampton
Gonzalez - Lazio
Gargano - Inter
Alvaro Periera - Inter
Rodriguez - Ath. Madrid
Eguren - Libertad
Lodeiro - Botafogo
Pérèz - Bologna
Arevalo Rio - Palermo

-----FORWARDS-----
Suarëz - Liverpool
Forlän - Internacional
Cavani - Napoli
Abel - Palermo.

URUGUAY 23-Man Squad: 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup

URUGUAY Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Oscar Tabarez
-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Muslera - Galatasaray
Castillo - Danubio
Silva Martin - Olimpia

------DEFENDERS------
Lugano - Malaga
Gõdin - Ath. Madrid
Coâtés - Liverpool
Aguirregaray - Peñarol
Maxi Pereira - Benfica
Scotti - Nacional
Caséres - Juventus

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Ramirez - Southampton
Gonzalez - Lazio
Gargano - Inter
Alvaro Periera - Inter
Rodriguez - Ath. Madrid
Eguren - Libertad
Lodeiro - Botafogo
Pérèz - Bologna
Arevalo Rio - Palermo

-----FORWARDS-----
Suarëz - Liverpool
Forlän - Internacional
Cavani - Napoli
Abel - Palermo.

URUGUAY 23-Man Squad: 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup

URUGUAY Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Oscar Tabarez
-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Muslera - Galatasaray
Castillo - Danubio
Silva Martin - Olimpia

------DEFENDERS------
Lugano - Malaga
Gõdin - Ath. Madrid
Coâtés - Liverpool
Aguirregaray - Peñarol
Maxi Pereira - Benfica
Scotti - Nacional
Caséres - Juventus

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Ramirez - Southampton
Gonzalez - Lazio
Gargano - Inter
Alvaro Periera - Inter
Rodriguez - Ath. Madrid
Eguren - Libertad
Lodeiro - Botafogo
Pérèz - Bologna
Arevalo Rio - Palermo

-----FORWARDS-----
Suarëz - Liverpool
Forlän - Internacional
Cavani - Napoli
Abel - Palermo.

MEXICO 23-Man Squad: 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup

MEXICO Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Jose Manuel De La Torre
-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Ochoa - Ajaccio
Corona - Cruz Azul
Talavera - Toluca

------DEFENDERS------
Severo - Monterrey
Maza - Amèricâ
Monera - Espanyol
Reyes - Américá
Torres Nilo - Tigres
Salcido - Tigres UANL
Mier - Monterrey

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Zavala - Monterrey
Torrado - Cruz Azul
Molina - Amèricá
Herrera - Pachuca
Aquino - Villareal
Guardado - Valencia
Reyna - Pachuca
Barrera - Cruz Azul

-----FORWARDS-----
Giovani dos santos - Mallorca
Oribe - Santos Laguna
Jimenez - Amèricá
Nigris - Monterrey
Chicharito - Man Utd

BRAZIL 23-Man Squad: 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup

BRAZIL Full Squad: Confederation Cup

Head Coach: Scolari
-----GOAL KEEPERS----
Julio Cesar - QPR
Cavalieri - Fluminense
Jefferson - Botafogo

------DEFENDERS------
Dani Alves - Barcelona
Jeán - Fluminense
Felipe Luiz - Ath. Madrid
Marcelo - Real Madrid
David Luiz - Chelsea
Révêr - Ath. Moneiro
Dante - B. Munich
Thiago Silva - PSG

----MIDFIELDERS-----
Paulinho - Corinthians
Fernando - Gremio
Gustavo - B. Munich
Hernanes - Lazio
Oscar - Chelsea
Lucas Moura - PSG
Jadson - Sãu Pauló

-----FORWARDS-----
Neymar - Barcelona
Fred - Fluminense
Hulk - Zenith St. Pete
Bernard - Ath. Moniero
Jõ - Ath. Moniero.

Wednesday 12 June 2013

NAMIBIA 1-1 NIGERIA: Super Eagles Qualifies to World Cup despite draw

Namibia 1-1 Nigeria: Oboabona saves Super Eagles blushes

Namibia and Nigeria shared the spoils in Windheok as goals from Deon Motto and Godfrey Oboabona settled the scores to a 1-1 draw.
Super Eagles needed a win to surge clear on top in Group F as Malawi and Kenya played out a 2-2 draw earlier on.
Deon Motto put Namibia on the lead in the 77th mins, but Super Eagles needed their Usual stoppage time goal from Oboabona in the 83rd mins to keep them on the lead in the Group F table.

----GROUP F TABLE----
NIG 5games 9points
MAL 5games 7points
NAM 5games 5points
KEN 5games 3points

Namibia 1-1 Nigeria: Godfrey Oboabona keeps Super Eagles on top

Namibia 1-1 Nigeria: Oboabona saves Super Eagles blushes

Namibia and Nigeria shared the spoils in Windheok as goals from Deon Motto and Godfrey Oboabona settled the scores to a 1-1 draw.
Super Eagles needed a win to surge clear on top in Group F as Malawi and Kenya played out a 2-2 draw earlier on.
Deon Motto put Namibia on the lead in the 77th mins, but Super Eagles needed their Usual stoppage time goal from Oboabona in the 83rd mins to keep them on the lead in the Group F table.

----GROUP F TABLE----
NIG 5games 9points
MAL 5games 7points
NAM 5games 6points
KEN 5games 3points

Malawi 2-2 Kenya: World Cup Qualifier[CAF]

Malawi 2-2 Kenya: Chimanga's stoppage time own-goal earn a point for Kenya

Chimanga Kayira's 90th own goal has dent the chances of Malawi leading the Group F table and thereby giving Kenya an undeserve 2-2 draw.
Malawi waited till 49th mins before Robin Ngalande gave them the lead.
Mohammed Jamal scored for Kenya in 52nd minutes of play to equalize the game to a 1-1 draw.
Robert Ngambi scored in the 80th to give Malawi what seems to be the winning goal, but Malawi defender, Chimanga scored an own goal to equalize the final score to 2-2 draw.

GROUP F TABLE
NIG 4games 8points
MAL 5games 7points
NAM 4games 4points
KEN 5games 3points

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Namibia VS Nigeria: Line Up

Namibia VS Nigeria: Team Line-Ups

--------NAMIBIA-------
[4-4-2]
Vries
Mwedihanga
Da Costa
Haoseb
Horaeb
Shitembi
Stephanus
Jacob
Tijueze
Kaimbi
Shipahu.

-------NIGERIA-------
[4-3-3]
Enyeama
Ambrose
Oboabona
Omeruo
Echiejile
Onazi
Ogu
Mikel
Oduamadi
Ideye
Musa

Namibia VS Nigeria: World Cup Qualifier [CAF]

Namibia VS Nigeria: Road to World Cup

Super Eagles of Nigeria travels to Windheok to face Namibia in their Group F of World Cup Qualifier.
Although, Brave Warriors of Namibia are proud to earn a point in Blantyre against Malawi but Super Eagles are really on a good run having won Kenya in Kasarani, Nairobi.
African Champions, Super Eagles have delevoped the habbit of scoring late goals, they are currently on a 16-games unbeaten.
Both side met in Abuja in 3rd june 2012 in their 1st leg of the same match in which ended 1-0 in favour of Super Eagles, thanks to Ike Uche's 76th mins goal.
Namibia have failed to score against Nigeria in 3 games. Nigeria are currently ranked 31st and Namibia 125th in the FIFA World Ranking.
Namibia's coach, Roger Palmgrem resigned from the National team on sunday. Super Eagles striker, Brown Ideye will be looking forward to score his 5th goal against Namibia, while goal keeper Vicent Enyeama will cap his 81st appearance for Nigeria.

Sunday 9 June 2013

FIFA Confederation Cup: Nigeria Squad

Nigeria's 23-Man List: FIFA CONFEDERATION CUP

Super Eagles are in the group B of the Confederation Cup in Brazil which is starting on June 15th.
Super Eagles will face HAITI, URUGUAY, SPAIN in their group.

NIGERIA'S FULL SQUAD

GOAL KEEPERS.......
Vicent Enyeama - Macabi Tel Aviv.
Chigozie Agbim - Enugu Rangers.
Austin Ejide - Hapeol Beer Sheva.

DEFENDERS.....
Efe Ambrose - Celtic.
Francis Ben - Heartland FC
Elderson Echiejile - Sporting Braga.
Azubuike Egwueke - Warri Wolves.
Solomon Kwambe - Sunshine Stars.
Godfrey Oboabona - Sunshine Stars.
Keneth Omeruo - ADO Den Haag.

MID-FIELDERS.....
John Mikel Obi - Chelsea
Fegor Ogude - Valerenga
John Ogu - Academica Coimbra.
Ogenyi Onazi - Lazio.
Sunday Mba - Enugu Rangers.

STRIKERS......
Joseph Akpala - Werder Bremen.
Micheal Babatunde - FC Kryvbas.
Mohammed Gambo - Kano Pillars.
Brown Ideye - Dynamo Kiev.
Ahmed Musa - CSKA Moscow.
Nnamdi Oduamadi - Varese.
Anthony Ujah - FC Cologne

Manchester United: Pre-Season Fixtures

Manchester United: Pre-Season Tour

Goal.com had given me reliable feeds about the Red Devils pre-season tours.

MANCHESTER UNITED'S FIXTURES.
NB:FORMAT=[date>>club>>venue>>time]

July 13: Singha All-Stars @Rajamangala Stadium (14:00).

July 20: A-League All-Stars @ANZ Stadium (14:45).

July 23: Yokohama F Marinos @Nissan Stadium (14:00).

July 26: Cerezo Osaka @Osaka Nagai Stadium (20:00).

July 29: Kitchee FC @Hong Kong Stadium (18:30).

Aug 13: Swansea City @Liberty Stadium (16:00).

CHELSEA FC: TOURS & PRE-SEASON FIXTURES

CHELSEA FC: Pre-Season Tours

Goal.com had given me reliable feeds about the Blues pre-season tours, although, Chelsea will be involve in Guiness International Champions Cup which will start from July 27 and end in August 7.

CHELSEA'S FIXTURES.
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July 17: Singha All-Stars @Rajamangala Stadium (14:00).

July 21: Malaysia XI @Shah Alam Stadium (14:45).

July 25: Indonesia All-Star @Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (14:00).

Aug 1: Inter Milan @Lucal Oil Stadium[CUP] (20:00).

Aug 4-7: East Side Semi-final & Final[CUP] @MetLife Stadium (18:30).

Liverpool FC: Tours and Pre-Season Fixtures

LIVERPOOL FC: Pre-Season Tours

Goal.com had given me reliable feeds about the Reds pre-season tours.

LIVERPOOL'S FIXTURES.
NB:FORMAT=[date>>club>>venue>>time]

July 13: Preston @Deepdale (15:00).

July 20: Indonesia XI @Jakarta (14:30).

July 24: Melbourne Victory @melbourne cricket ground (11:00).

July 28: Thailand @Rajamangala Stadium (12:00).

Aug 3: Olympiacos @Anfield (14:00).

Aug 7: Valerenga FC @Ullevaal Stadium (18:00).

Aug 10: Celtic @Aviva Stadium (17:30).

Arsenal FC: Pre-Season Fixtures

Arsenal FC: Tours and Pre-Season fixtures

With the help of goal.com editors, we have gathered enough reliable information on some big clubs in England Premier League concerning their various pre-season tours.

NB: FIXTURE FORMAT=[date>>club>>match ground>>time]

July 14: Indonesia @Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (14:30).

July 17: Vietnam @My Dihn National Stadium (13:00).

July 22: Nagoya Grampus @Toyota Stadium (11:00).

July 26: Urawa Red Diamond @Saitama Stadium (11:30).

July 30: Leyton Orient @Matchroom Stadium (19:30).

Aug 3: Napoli FC @Emirates Stadium (16:00).

Aug 7: Galatasaray FC @Emirates Stadium (16:00).

Aug 10: Manchester City @Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (15:00).

Wednesday 5 June 2013

Kenya 0-1 Nigeria: Ahmed Musa lifts Super Eagles to top Group F with 2 points

Kenya 0-1 Nigeria: Nigeria tops group F with 2 points from Musa 81st mins goal

Super Eagles of Nigeria stunned Harembe stars of Kenya in Nairobi with an Ahmed Musa's 81st mins goal that decides the match.

Kenya and Nigeria played out the 1st half without a goal, despite both side coming closer with missed chances.
The 2nd half of the game started with the same style, but Nigeria posses most of the game.
News reached the staduim in the 78th mins that Malawi and Namibia game ended in 0-0 goaless draw, that news really sparked both team to search for a goal.
Luckily, it was Nigeria that found the net in the 81st mins when Ahmed Musa shoved the Kenyan defenders aside, then chiped the ball past Ochieng and into the net.

The game ended with Nigeria wining with 1-0 in Kenya.
----GROUP F TABLE----

NIG 8pts 2goals agg.

MAL 6pts 1goal agg.

NAM 4pts -1goal agg.

KEN 2pts -2goals agg.

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Kenya VS Nigeria: 2014 World Cup Qualification

Kenya VS Nigeria: WCQ: Super Eagles Ready to Ease Their Way To Brazil

Nigeria will meet Kenya in Kasarani, Nairobi on wednesday afternoon by 2pm in their group F World Cup Qualification fixtures.

Kenya have only two points and stays bottom of the group F table, while Super Eagles lead with 7 points.
Kenya had never win Nigeria in 11 games. Their 1-1 draw against Nigeria in Calabar was their biggest result.

Kenyan Dennis Oliech and Dennis Origi are both suspended for this game.
KENYAN LINE-UPS:
Ducan Ochieng
Owino
Ochieng
Mandela
Ndetto
Mohammed
Omollo
Kahata
Lavasta
Aswani

NIGERIA'S LINE-UPS:
Enyeama
Ambrose
Oboboana
Omeruo
Echiejile
Onazi
Mikel
Mba
Oduamadi
Ideye
Akpala.

Kenya need a win to keep the hope of going to World Cup. A loss will comfirm their exit.

Saturday 1 June 2013

Bayarn Munich 3-2 Vfb Stuttgart: Bavarians completes the treble with Gomëz brace

Bayarn Munich Beat Stuttgart 3-2 to win the German Cup

The Bavarians won the Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League and now the DFB Pokal to make it three trophies this season, thanks to Mario Gomëz brace.

Thomas Muller scored from the spot-kick in the 37th mins to give Bayarn the lead.
Gomez scored at the start of 2nd half to double their lead.
Later on, he added another goal to make it 3-0.

Stuttgart nearly made a great come-back after Martin Harnik late double took the final score to 3-2, thereby allowing Bayarn Munich to complete the treble.

Mexico 2-2 Nigeria: 10-man Mexico draw Super Eagles with Chicharitos brace

Mexico 2-2 Nigeria: Super Eagles draw 10-man Mexico

Mexico and Nigeria continued their winless run against each other after they played out a 2-2 draw in Houston, USA.

The Man Utd striker Javier Hernandez gave Mexico the lead in the 21st minutes, but 5 minutes later, Pablo Barrera commited a heavy foul inside the penalty area and was shown a direct red card with a penalty also awarded to Nigeria.

Ideye Brown scored from the spot-kick to equalize the game. 5 minutes before half time, John Ogu scored for Nigeria to take the lead to 2-1 against 10-man Mexico.

Javier Hernandez Chicharito proves to be a world-class striker when his 70th minutes goal took the final score to 2-2.