Reluctant tactical switch pays dividends for Nigeria

IMAGE: Ahmed Musa celebrates scoring Nigeria's first goal with team mates and coach Gernot Rohr during Friday's World Cup match against Iceland. Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters Nigeria’s top......

No mercy for misfiring Messi: Nigeria coach

'We love this great player Messi, everybody loves him. But the question for us is not if it's the last World Cup for him' 'We are not here to watch him play. In football there is no mercy, no pity.......

FIFA World Cup diary: Tite angrily denies any contact with Real Madrid

IMAGE: Brazil caoch Tite during a training session. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images via Reuters Brazil coach Tite angrily denied on Saturday that he had been in contact with Real Madrid......

World Cup PHOTOS: Musa double powers Nigeria to victory

IMAGE: Nigeria's players celebrate after Ahmed Musa, centre, scored the opening goal. Photograph: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 on Friday to revive their hopes of advancing......

Callow Nigeria will get stronger with age, says coach

  IMAGE: Nigeria's Odion Ighalo lies on the floor dejected as John Obi Mikel walks off during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group D match against Argentina at Saint Petersburg Stadium in......