World Cup claims three lives Tragedy struck at the weekend at the parsonage of the Assemblies of God Church, Laguru, Umuosu Ubakala, near Umuahia, Abia State, when the resident pastor, Monday Jacob, was found unconscious in his living room with his wife and two sons dead. Mr. Jacob was said to have packed into the [...]
France coach Raymond Domenech has named an experienced 23-man squad for the World Cup finals. There were no surprises in the squad, with the 23 having been known since Lassana Diarra was ruled out of the tournament because of a stomach illness ten days ago. There had been concern over William Gallas’s calf strain but [...]
The Super Eagles will open their World Cup campaign in South Africa next year against Argentina on June 12 in a repeat of the opening group match of the Korea/Japan 2002 edition. A late minute strike by Gabriel Batistuta gave Argentina victory in the opening match of the group phase at that tournament. Playing at [...]
