United States of America women national team defeated Netherlands 2-0 to win their fourth FIFA Women's World Cup trophy at the State de Lyon, France.The US team, which defeated Japan 1-0 in Canada four years ago, claimed the 2019 edition on Sunday in a back-to-back win.Megan Rapinoe scored her sixth goal of the tournament -- sending van Veenendaal the wrong way [...]
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The United States of America’s women soccer team defeated England 2-1 in an entertaining match on Tuesday at the Stade de Lyon to qualify for their third successive World Cup final. The US took a 10th-minute lead through Christen Press but England equalized through Ellen White nine minutes later. Alex Morgan, joint top scorer in the competition with White, scored what proved to [...]
The World Anti-Corruption Research Network has asked the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, to disallow Atiku Abubakar from contesting in Saturday's presidential election.The UK-based group in the petition dated February 20, 2019 said it is worried about Atiku’s candidacy which "poses a security risk to the country".It also wrote a petition to Nancy Patricia Pelosi, speaker of the US [...]
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has unveiled an election analysis centre (EAC) for the 2019 general election.Speaking at the opening ceremony in Abuja on Thursday, Idayat Hassan, CDD director, said the essence of the centre is to "infuse confidence in the whole elections".She said the centre would counter fake news, disinformation and provide live telecast."The whole essence of the [...]
Over 4000 runners from 42 countries have registered to participate in the 2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.Olukayode Thomas, head of communications and media for the marathon, said the figure does not include over 200 professional runners mostly from Asia, Europe, America, Kenya, Ethiopia and other East, Central and South African countries.He said the US has the highest number of [...]
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have been drawn against host nation, France, as well as Korea Republic and Norway in Group A of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.The draw ceremony was held in Paris on Saturday.World Cup debutant, South Africa, are in Group B alongside Germany, China and Spain.Africa's third representative at the mundial, Cameroon, are in Group E against [...]
The Super Falcons dropped from 38th to 39th position in the latest FIFA ranking.The nine-time African champions, in spite of their performance at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) championship in Ghana, dropped 21 points from 1601 to 1586.According to the FIFA ranking released on Friday, the Falcons retained their number one position in Africa.The Banyana Banyana of South Africa, [...]
The US team on Friday ended D'Tigress' impressive run at the FIBA Women's World Cup in Tenerife, Spain.The defending champions overcame their slow start to defeat D'Tigress 71-40 and earn their 20th straight win in the competition.The D'Tigress won the first quarter 17-9, marking the first time the world number one team had scored less than 10 points in any [...]
The federal government is in negotiations with the United States on the repatriation of another $500 million looted by Sani Abacha, the former military head of state.The repatriation this time, however, would be done without middlemen -- in what should be considered a victory for the campaign against sleaze in the loot recovery.“I am happy to report that we [...]
The US, Canada and Mexico have won the right to host the 2026 World Cup.The decision for a three-nations host was adopted at the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday.The ‘United 2026’ bid was selected by 134 FIFA member nations, beating Morocco's bid.The 2026 tournament will be the biggest World Cup ever held – with 48 teams playing 80 [...]
The United States, Mexico and Canada have announced a joint bid to host the 2026 World Cup.The announcement was made on the floor of the One World Trade Center in New York on Monday.If the ambitious three-nation bid is successful, it will be the first time a World Cup will be hosted by multiple countries since the 2002 tournament in [...]
It's exactly 56 years that US Democratic candidate, John F. Kennedy was elected as the 35th president in the country.The 1960 election was the 44th presidential election in the United States of America.Kennedy was chosen over the Republican candidate and incumbent vice-president, Richard Nixon and he was president for 2 years until he was assassinated in 1963.November 8th in the [...]
Malik Obama, half-brother of Barack Obama US president, believes Donald Trump, Republican party nominee, is sufficiently capable for the country's highest office.Having been invited by Trump to the last debate of the election campaign, Malik says his host is the anointed one.Trump and Hillary Clinton, Democratic party nominee, will lock horns Wednesday night and will hope to perform better than the [...]
Donald Trump, presumptive Republican nominee, has fired Corey Lewandowski, his campaign manager, in the face of sagging poll numbers and increased pressure from his party.The development is the campaign's most significant staff change to date, and signals an acknowledgment from Trump that an overhaul is necessary ahead of the general election.Trump has suffered major setbacks since becoming the GOP's presumptive [...]
Golden Eaglets coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has described Saturday's 2-0 win over the United States of America as a morale booster for the players in the quest to successfully defend the FIFA U-17 World Cup.Chukwudi Agor and Victor Osimhen gave Nigeria a winning start courtesy of two second half goals against the Americans in Santiago, Chile.Amuneke said after the game that [...]
It's a day of 2-0 win for Nigerian football after the U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, emulated the home-based Super Eagles with a victory over the USA in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.The defending champions dominated the game from start to finish, earning a comfortable win in the World Cup opener on Saturday in Santiago, Chile.The first goal [...]
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