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World Cup winner Lothar Matthaus backed England to reach this year’s final, claiming Gareth Southgate’s side have a “high culture of playing football”. The 57-year-old, who captained West Germany to World Cup glory in Italy in 1990, thinks England win their quarter-final against Sweden on...

Predicting a football game is the shortest walk to disappointment most times; but maybe, as humans, our predictions are mostly clouded by our... Read more via Ventures Africa – https://ift.tt/2LL8RSm Get More Nigeria Sports News

Jose Mourinho has revealed the four teams he believes will reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. In an interview with RT Sport, the Manchester United manager named Portugal, Brazil, Argentina and Germany as his World Cup semi-finalists. … read more via Metro – https://ift.tt/2Mkz77a Get...

Goldman Sachs is giving another go at predicting which team will win this year’s World Cup. After incorrectly predicting how the 2014 tournament would turn out, it’s trying again and its calculations say that France, Brazil, Portugal and Germany will make it to the … read more via Engadget...

Neymar was back in training on Tuesday to give Brazil a boost ahead of the World Cup. The Paris Saint-Germain forward has been sidelined since February after having surgery on his right foot but spent an hour training on the main pitch … read more via SOCCER news, photos, and video –...

Players like Alex Sandro, David Luiz, Ramirez, Oscar will miss the showpiece

Barcelona have completed the €40 million signing of Gremio midfielder Arthur, according to Spanish media. Arthur, 21, is however set to officially join the club after next season despite putting pen to paper on the deal earlier this week. The Catalans will pay €30m up front for the midfielder...

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Footballing legend Pele said on Monday that Brazil are favourites to win the World Cup in Russia, four years on from their humiliation on home soil. Pele Five-time winners Brazil were thrashed 7-1 in the 2014 semi-finals by eventual champions Germany at the Maracana, but Pele, considered one of...

The only maximum security women’s jail in Rio de Janeiro holds some of Brazil’s most dangerous female criminals. But once a year they’re allowed to swap their prison uniforms for high heels and glamorous gowns as they hold a beauty pageant on the inside. Ten inmates strutted along a makeshift...

Pakistan has surpassed Brazil to become the fifth-most populous country on Earth, as the southern Asian nation’s population has surged beyond 220 million people, the latest figures showed on Friday. In March, the South Asian nation conducted its first population census in two decades, which...

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has released a 35-man provisional list for the Rio Olympics games starting on August 5, in Brazil. Players who have had experience playing in the Nigeria senior team constitute half of those listed in Coach Siasia’s provisional squad of 35, who will...

Brazil sacked coach Dunga on Tuesday after the Selecao failed to get out of the group stage at the Peru eliminated Brazil with a 1-0 result on Sunday thanks to a controversial goal that appeared to come off the hand of striker Raul Ruidiaz. But the manner of the defeat was not enough for...

Brazil’s acting president, Michel Temer said on Thursday that his new cabinet must work to restore the country’s “credibility,”. He stated this in his first address after assuming power from suspended predecessor Dilma Rousseff pending her impeachment trial. According to Temer, “we must...

Neymar’s absence from this year’s Copa America Centernatio was made official on Friday when the Barcelona star was left out of Brazil’s 40-man preliminary squad for the competition. Real Madrid’s Marcelo and Paris Saint-Germain duo Thiago Silva and David Luiz also failed to make coach...

Facebook's vice president and senior executive for Latin America has been arrested in Brazil after the firm failed to co-operate with court orders in a drug-trafficking case, police have said. According to reports, Diego Dzodan, was held for questioning in Sao Paulo on Tuesday. Court officials...

Agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a 40-year-old man, Ikeh Maxwell Obumneme at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, for drug trafficking. The NDLEA Commander attached to the airport Mr. Hamisu Lawan, who confirmed the arrest revealed that...

The Golden Eaglets have progressed to the the semi-final stage of the U17 World Cup in Chile following their 3-0 thrashing os the Celesao of Brazil on Sunday night. Three goals in five minutes in the first half of the game sealed the deal for the Emmanuel Amunike boys, who was an assistant...