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Nigeria super Eagles made their fans the happiest as they defeated the Argentine National team. "Waooo, Its like we have just won the world cup" was what a fan said when he was asked how he is feeling right now. Its not easy to defeat the Argentine team even though their main man (Lionel Messi) was absent from the match. ( ) Does this mean Nigeria is highly prepared for the Russia 2018 world cup? The Nigerian fans are feeling so happy right now and hope for more in the coming World Cup....

The Spanish giant and in No doubt the best football club in the world have proved themselves worthy again by lifting the trophy at the 2017 International Champions Cup by defeating her greatest rivalry to a 3-2. Lionel Messi opened the score sheet with a three minutes stunner followed by an Ivan Rakitic goal in the seventh minute, then Real Madrid came from behind as Mateo Kovacic scored in the fourteenth minute and Marco Asensio leveled the score boar d in the thirty sixth minute before the half time ...... it wasn't an easy match as it has never been easy when ever the two rivals clash. Gerard Pique came from the defense and gave the winning goal of the match..... 62% to 38% ball possession? Waoooo, i really did missed a lot, i can't just help to imagine how Madrid must have been on the field with just a 38% of the ball..... Congrats FC Barcelona.....

The Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid will come to the United States for the first time in 2017, as the two rivals will meet as part of the International Champions Cup on July 29 in Miami. The ICC has managed to attract top clubs from the European continent in previous editions, but they've never managed to put the two Spanish giants on the same pitch, per ESPN FC. El Clasico is widely considered the biggest and most iconic match in the sport, with more than 400 million viewers tuning in for the 1-1 draw in December, per the report. While this match will only be a pre-season friendly, the animosity between both clubs means this could be the feistiest ICC mach yet. Per the report, the match will take place at Hard Rock Stadium, home of the NFL's Miami Dolphins. Both teams have played at the venue before, with Real Madrid beating Chelsea 3-1 in the 2013 ICC and Barcelona losing 4-1 to Guadalajara in the 2011 World Football Challenge. Former NFL star and m...

 German bomb attack on the bus of the Borussia Dortmund soccer team  and are investigating a possible radical Islamist link, a spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor's office said Wednesday. authorities suspect "terrorist involvement" in a  The investigation is focused on two suspects from the "Islamist spectrum," spokeswoman Frauke Koehler said. Their homes have been searched and one has been temporarily detained, she said. Three explosive devices shattered windows and injured a player on the Borussia Dortmund team bus Tuesday evening local time as the German squad was en route to its home Champions League match against AS Monaco. The devices, which were hidden behind a hedge, contained pieces of metal and had a reach of 100 meters (109 yards), the prosecutor's office said. Based on the type of detonator and explosive involved, German authorities assume "terrorist involvement" but the motives are unclear, Koehler said. ...

Today, the action returns with the strongest, fastest, fittest, swiftest, bravest and of all the Champions. What are we the fans to expect? well as for me, i am Catalonia for life, and today we go for victory, we have done it before with Juventus in the 2015 finals, we had the greatest come back in the history of the game and tonight again we go for victory. FC Barcelona for eternity till eternity. But first lets discuss what we could probably be expecting from this week UEFA game. Tonight we have the following game and what could be the outcome, well i always say football is a that the unexpected keeps happening, and i still hold on to that, but it is always about the fittest, strongest, fastest, swiftest, and bravest during the game, for a single mistake can cause the team that game. Add caption #FC Barcelona vs Juventus FC - a tough game it will be, it could be a game of revenge for Juve and a game of the best for Barcelona, two great teams, with lovely and unique pla...

The legend who spent five seasons at Barcelona is now employed by the club once again as an ambassador at Camp-Nou. A club statement read: " FC Barcelona and Ronaldinho have reached an agreement whereby the Brazilian will become a club ambassador and representative at various event and activities over the coming years" Ronaldinho will also form a part of the legends project, a team of former players who, through matches around the world will help to globalize the Barca brand and its value, and will take part inn clinics, training sessions and institutional events, among other activities organized by the club. Through FCBEscola, FC Barcelona and Ronaldinho's football academies will be seeking different ways to collaborate both in terms of the brand and possible associations with the same.  The player will also appear in the opening ceremony at some schools and take part in activities in which he will share his experience in educational talks.

Barcelona look unlikely to bolster Luis Enrique's first-team squad before the end of the transfer window, but the Spanish giants have announced the arrivals of two signings for the future in the shape of Uruguay centre-back Santiago Bueno and Nigerian forward Ezekiel Joseph Bassey. The La Liga champions were heavily linked with Shakhtar Donetsk right-back Darijo Srna earlier in the window after Aleix Vidal appeared to have fallen out of favour with Luis Enrique. However, club technical secretary Robert Fernandez later said that they had decided to keep Vidal until the end of the season, adding that they will not sign any players unless someone leaves the Nou Camp. Barcelona cannot afford to make any major investments at this time after they spent more than €120m (£103m, $129.5m) during the summer to bring in Paco Alcacer, Samuel Umtiti, Andre Gomes, Jasper Cillessen, Denis Suarez and Lucas Digne. But Barcelona have announced two deadline additions after agreeing the pe...