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Harry Kane netted a stoppage-time winner, as England began their 2018 World Cup campaign, with a 2-1 win over Tunisia on Monday night. The Tottenham Hotspur striker had opened scoring in the 11th minute. Speaking after the match, Kane expressed excitement about winning the first match of …...

Shin Tae-yong repeatedly pointed to an apparent disadvantage in terms of height as he assessed his side’s defeat in their World Cup opener. Shin Tae-yong felt Sweden’s height advantage was key in South Korea’s 1-0 World Cup defeat in Nizhny Novgorod on Monday. A second-half penalty … read...

The Red Devils earned a 3-0 opening win at the World Cup thanks in part to the Manchester United striker, but he is not looking for personal accolades. Romelu Lukaku is not focusing on potentially winning the World Cup Golden Boot despite his double in Belgium’s … read more via Goal.com...

The clock had ticked past the 90-minute mark when the corner came in. Harry Kane was there. He had told us he wanted to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo with a hat-trick of goals... read more via The Guardian – https://ift.tt/2tkiIaf Get More Nigeria Sports News

Romelu Lukaku dedicated his second goal to his mother in a touching celebration during Belgium’s 3-0 victory over Panama on Monday. He said it was in fulfillment of his promise to his mother. The striker, who is Belgium’s record scorer at the age of 25 sent a message … read more via Punch...

Disgraced former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter will defy a ban to attend two World Cup matches and also meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, his spokesman said Monday. Blatter is being investigated by Swiss... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2JYxqLo Get More Nigeria Sports News

Mohamed Salah has been declared fit ahead of Egypt’s crunch game against Russia on Tuesday and coach Hector Cuper is optimistic his star striker will play. But Russia boss Stanislav Cherchesov believes the... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2HY1aGk Get More Nigeria...

Panama's first ever game at the World Cup ended in a 3-0 loss to Belgium, a super strike from Dries Mertens breaking the deadlock. Dries Mertens scored a stunning... Read more via Goal.com News – https://ift.tt/2JVypf6 Get More Nigeria Sports News

With the 2018 World Cup officially underway, it’s time for the tradition that Americans follow every four years: Pretending they know more about soccer.... Read more via The street News – https://ift.tt/2JWJMDu Get More Nigeria Sports News

Argentina Legend Diego Maradona has warned his country’s Coach, Jorge Sampaoli, not to return home from the World Cup in Russia if the.... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2JNMmzW Get More Nigeria Sports News

Joachim Loew is facing the biggest crisis of his 12-year reign as Germany coach after the holders slipped to a shock defeat against Mexico in their World Cup opener in Russia. Germany are licking their wounds after... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MBxClb Get More Nigeria...

“First and foremost we are going to want to attack the game, we feel like we are going to have a lot of possession of the ball,” the Tottenham forward said. Less than 2,000 tickets for the match have been... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2t4h65o Get More Nigeria Sports News

Croatia coach, Zlatko Dalic, has sent Nikola Kalinic home from the 2018 World Cup. Kalinic reportedly refused to come off the.... Read more via Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2MC8j2A Get More Nigeria Sports News

The FIFA 2018 world cup in Russia is already in full gear and so far, there have been 26 goals scored in 12 matches that have been played, making for an average of 2.17 goals per match. The current highest goal scorer of the competition is Portugal … Read more via The Net.ng –...

Super Eagles defender, Williams Troost Ekong, has admitted that the 2-0 loss to Croatia was not the start the team wanted at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. An own goal from Oghenekaro Etebo in the first half and a penalty from Luka Modric....... read more via TODAY.NG –...

Mexico football fans are believed to have caused a minor earthquake as they celebrated their team’s shock win over Germany at the World Cup. Tremors were recorded in Mexico City after Hirving Lozano fired the winning goal past German.. read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2t5iIvz Get...

In their review of Nigeria’s World Cup opener against Croatia, Premier League club Chelsea have criticized their own player, Victor Moses, over his lackluster display. John Obi Mikel was not spared as he was lacking in character and had to be substituted in the closing minutes of the …...

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has urged Nigerians not to give up on the Super Eagles after their Saturday defeat to Croatia in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The Eagles were defeated 2-0 by Zlatko Dalic’s men in their first match in Group … read more via Daily Post...

Argentina legend Diego Maradona issued a scathing assessment Sunday of his country’s World Cup draw with Iceland, warning manager Jorge Sampaoli that he would not be welcome back home unless he changes his tactics. “Playing like that, he can’t come back to Argentina,” the 1986 World Cup winner...

Brazil joined the list of big teams struggling to win their opening matches at the World Cup in Russia. The five-time champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Switzerland on Sunday, a few hours after four-time ......... read more via USA Today – https://ift.tt/2JWwiro Get More Nigeria Sports News