Tag: World cup

France World Cup winner, Kylian Mbappe has donated $550,000 his full earnings and winning bonus from the World Cup to a charity that gives sports instruction to hospitalised and disabled children class young man on and off the field. According to the French news outlet L’Equipe, Mbappe, who has been supporting the association since 2017,…

World Cup: Iceland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson quits after seven years

Jul 17, 2018

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Heimir Hallgrimsson has stepped down from his role as Iceland coach after seven years with the team, in the wake of their historic World Cup finals appearance last month. The 51-year-old was named assistant to Lars Lagerback in 2011 and became joint-manager in 2014, helping Iceland beat England at Euro 2016. He then became sole…

World Cup: Ahmed Musa’s 2nd goal against Iceland nominated for goal of the tournament

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FIFA has shorlisted one of the goals scored by Super Eagles star, Ahmed Musa, for Goal of the Tournament Award at the just concluded 2018 World Cup in Russia. During the tornament, a total of 169 goals were scored but only 18 from that pool were shortlisted for the top award. Musa who was arguably…

Toke Makinwa wins 7.5m for predicting France’s victory

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Kehinde Ajose

in Entertainment, Trending

Nigerian media personality couldn’t hide her excitement after winning N7.5M placing a bet on France to win the 2018 World Cup. The eclectic media personality and entrepreneur made this known on Sunday, July 15th. Thereafter she posted the video on her Instagram page. https://www.instagram.com/p/BlQqnCrF5ZC/?taken-by=tokemakinwa Toke while dancing and celebrating with friends said she won…

World Cup: Time now ripe for Africans to be champions – Odegbami

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Ex-Nigeria international and sports administrator, Segun Odegbami, on Monday urged an African country to bring the World Cup to the continent. Odegbami told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, that instead of mere participation in the tournament, it was time an African country to return home with the cup which had eluded…

Russia to keep visa-free entry for football fans till end of 2018 – Putin

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Russia will provide visa-free entrance to the country for football fans with fan IDs until the end of 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “I think that we will provide visa-free entrance to Russia for foreign fans, who currently have fan IDs, until the end of 2018. This will be a multiple entry visa-free regime,”…

World Cup: London rail station renamed after Gareth Southgate

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London’s transport bosses temporarily renamed an underground station in honour of England football team manager Gareth Southgate after the team flew home following their run to the last four of the World Cup. England enjoyed their best World Cup performance in 28 years under Southgate’s leadership, reaching the semi-finals and narrowly missing a spot in…

Trump congratulates Putin on hosting ‘great’ World Cup

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in Football, Sports, World

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Russia having hosted “one of the best” FIFA World Cups in history as the two leaders started their first full-fledged summit in the Finnish capital Helsinki on Monday. “First of all, Mr President I’d like to congratulate you on a really great World Cup.…

Putin says Russia thwarted 25m cyber attacks during World Cup