Argentina's friendly against Ivory Coast, scheduled to be held in Beijing in March, has been cancelled, the Chinese city's football association said on Saturday, following a backlash against Lionel Messi's failure to play in a match in Hong Kong.
A diving header from Mario Mandzukic took a deflection off the Nigerian midfielder and crept into the goal for a deserved lead as Croatia dominated the count of chances created in the first 45 minutes.
The Non-Resident Keralite Affairs Department was also in touch with the Indian Embassy in Nigeria to find out about Murugan, Achuthanandan said while replying to a submssion.
Nigeria registered their biggest win over a major footballing country by thrashing a depleted Argentina side 4-1 in a friendly on Wednesday.
The two Indian engineers abducted in Nigeria are safe and may be released soon, the wife of one of them said on Sunday.
Six foreign sailors, including two Indians, kidnapped from an oil service ship off Nigeria were released unharmed by armed pirates today, police said.
At least 164 people have been feared killed after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Nigeria. The boat conveying 166 passengers capsized nearly 40 nautical miles off the Nigerian coast on Tuesday.
Nigeria's football federation (NFF) on Sunday overhauled its leadership and apologised for the poor state of its national team in a last-minute bid to reverse a directive suspending it from international matches.
If 4,000 workers could work round the clock for the construction of the new Parliament building, then there is no reason why all infrastructure projects too cannot follow that model, asserts Dr Sudhir Bisht.
Nigeria has called in the Indian envoy in the country to register its protest over an attack on four Nigerian students in Greater Noida and sought "diligent prosecution" against the perpetrators.
It may have been content so far with milk powder as a substitute, Nigeria now intends to replicate the Amul model in the near future.
Cameroon and Nigeria reached the World Cup finals on Saturday but the last available African berth for the 2010 finals was left hanging by a dramatic last-gasp goal in Cairo.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian who allegedly tried to blow up a US plane, had "sneaked" into Nigeria on December 24, a day ahead of the failed terror bid, country's information minister has said. "The man in question had lived outside the country for a while. He sneaked into Nigeria on December 24, 2009 and left the same day," Dora Akunyili, Nigerian information minister said.
South Korea drew 2-2 in a tense Group B match with Nigeria to advance to the second round of the World Cup on Tuesday.
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi hopes the momentum from Saturday's 1-0 victory over Bosnia will set his side on a similar path to that they followed in winning the last African Nations Cup.
At least 66 people, including women and children, have been killed in clashes between two rival ethnic groups in southeastern Nigeria, hours after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in four states to crush the insurgency led by a radical Muslim group.
From India's neighbourhood and extended neighbourhood, presidents of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Iran, Seychelles and prime ministers of Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mauritius have sent congratulatory greetings to Modi.
Manika Batra shocked World No. 2 Wang Manyu of China to secure the biggest win of her singles career.
People from 4 villages near in Nigeria were forced to leave their homes and flee after the Boko Haram militants told them to leave or face consequences.
The world on Saturday condemned the three explosions that rattled Nigeria's 50th independence day in Abuja and claimed 15 lives. Condemning the attacks, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan promised that those behind the act "will pay dearly for this heinous crime." Nigeria's former colonial master Britain condemned the act and promised to help the oil-rich African nation in bringing the attackers to book.
Burkina Faso sprung a major surprise at the African Nations Cup when they drew 0-0 with holders Zambia on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals along with Nigeria who beat Ethiopia 2-0.
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has suspended the national soccer team from international competition for the next two years following their poor performance in the World Cup, a senior adviser said on Wednesday.
Family members were overjoyed when the three Tamils and a Maharashtrian, abducted by gunmen in Nigeria, were released on Tuesday morning.
Photos of the World Cuop Group F match between Iran and Nigeria
Oil tanker MT Heroic Idun and its 26 crew members, including 16 Indians, were in detention since August last year.
Nigeria's ban from international soccer has been fully lifted after court actions against members of the federation were dropped, soccer's governing body FIFA said on Friday.
Neymar went off injured 12 minutes into Brazil's 1-1 draw with Nigeria in a friendly in Singapore on Sunday.
Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest downstream company, has major plans for Nigeria, the world's eighth largest exporter of crude oil.
Lionel Messi scored twice as Argentina beat Nigeria 3-2 in another entertaining World Cup match on Wednesday.
Nigeria midfielder Sani Kaita has been inundated with death threats from home after he was sent off in the Super Eagles' 2-1 loss to Greece in their Group B World Cup match on Thursday.
Italy and Nigeria played out a thrilling 2-2 draw which included a goal-of-the-season contender from Shola Ameobi in an entertaining friendly at Fulham's Craven Cottage on Monday.
Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the central mosque in north Nigeria's biggest city Kano, killing at least 120 people on Friday, witnesses and police said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants.
Essar Energy Holdings, a part of the Essar group, has acquired an oil and gas exploration block in Nigeria in the latest round of bidding. The shallow offshore block is completely owned by Essar Energy.
Nigeria beat Bosnia 1-0 on Saturday to record their first World Cup finals victory since 1998 and condemn the European team to an early exit in their first appearance at the tournament.
Nigeria are keeping everyone guessing about their plans for the World Cup Group B match with Greece on Thursday, training in seclusion on the Indian Ocean coast since their defeat by Argentina.
Nigerian scams are known to e-mail users around the globe, but this one was new because the message had come from my brother's e-mail account.
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