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   Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho was missing from Portugal training on Saturday, leaving his status for their final World Cup group game against Iran in doubt.Moutinho sat out Friday’s session due to illness and was again absent 24 hours later with the European champions due to face Iran in Saransk on Monday.    The 31-year-old has started both of Portugal’s first two matches in Russia, providing the assist for Cristiano Ronaldo in their 1-0 win over Morocco. Left-back Raphael Guerreiro returned to training with the rest of the squad after sitting out on Friday with a leg complaint.    Portugal are level on four points with Spain in Group B and need a draw from their last game to guarantee a place in the knockout phase. “We’ve seen their (Iran’s) games and other games at this World Cup. We’ve understood there are no easy games,” said defender Ruben Dias. “It will be a game in which we should be ready for anything.” “All the teams are ambit...

Group: G Teams: Tunisia vs Belgium Time: 1:00pm Venue: Spartak Stadium Belgium will aim to get a second consecutive win and confirm their spot in the Round of 16 when they face Tunisia in a Group G match at the Spartak Stadium today ahead of a blockbuster showdown with England next week. This will be the second World Cup meeting between these two teams after they played out a 1-1 draw at Korea/Japan 2002. With the Belgium team favourites in the group, they showed capacities in their 3-0 win over Panama in their campaign opener. However, Tunisia although was defeated by England with a last minute glimpse goal by Harry Kane. Tunisia were consistently winning the 50-50 balls and doing well when in possession of the ball. If Tunisia come again today with a strong defence and are well organised in the midfield, Chelsea winger Eden Hazard, Manchester United centre-forward Romelu Luka and Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will have to be more clinical to give their team ...

Atlanta ’96 Olympic Games hero, Emmanuel Babayaro, has praised the Super Eagles following their 2-0 victory over Iceland on Friday in their second Group D clash in the 2018 World Cup. Leicester City forward, Ahmed Musa scored two goals in the second half of the game to keep the Super Eagles’ World Cup dream alive. In an interview with Goal, Babayaro said, “At least, we can heave a sigh of relief after the Croatia game. We had a good performance against Iceland. “For me, I am happy they listen to the voices of the supporters back home who were calling on the NFF and telling them what the Super Eagles have done wrong [in the first game]. “It is a team and so we can always improve. I am excited with the victory like many other Nigerians absolutely”. Ahead of Nigeria’s next encounter with Argentina on Tuesday, Babayaro is confident that the Gernot Rohr’s men will beat the South Americans in their final and last Group D match. “Nigeria must work more on deadfalls situation, set pie...

The Nigerian Army says its men killed seven Boko Haram terrorists and recovered weapons in Azaya Kalmari village in Mafa local government area of Borno state on Friday. The Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in Maiduguri. Nwachukwu said that the troops encountered the insurgents at 12.00pm, while conducting clearance operation at remote villages around Mafa town. “The gallant troops overpowered the insurgents in the ensuing firefight, killing seven of them. “The troops also recovered two AK 47 rifles, one Ak 56 rifle and seven rounds of 7.62 mm (special) ammunition. “Troops also successfully cleared Moduhum, Njimtulur, Hayaba Gana, and Hayaba Kura, Hashime, Azaya Kura and Azaya villages. All located in the outskirts of Mafa,” said Nwachukwu. He added, “After clearing the initial resistance posed by the insurgents, the troops proceeded to further clear other surrounding villages including, Koshebe Kanur...

It has been revealed that a computer recovered from Osama bin Laden’s compound in 2011 contained a vast video collection including children’s cartoons and documentaries about himself. According to Reuters, the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released a list of material found on the computer, which was taken during the military operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that killed the al Qaeda leader. Among the 470,000 or so files, the fourth collection to be made public by the US were videos such as children’s films Antz and Cars along with games such as Final Fantasy VII. There were three documentaries on the computer about bin Laden, one was called Where in the World is Osama bin Laden. His son’s wedding video was also among the collection. Some of the material has not been released due to fears of breaching national security, the files were corrupted, or because they were p*rnographic. CIA director Mike Pompeo said: “Today’s release of recover...

Brazil vs Switzerland : Brazil’s bid for a sixth World Cup got off to a slow start as Switzerland withstood an early onslaught to snatch a 1-1 draw in Rostov-on-Don on Sunday. Brazil’s midfielder Fernandinho (top) and Switzerland’s forward Breel Embolo compete for the ball during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group E football match between Brazil and Switzerland at the Rostov Arena in Rostov-On-Don on June 17, 2018. / AFP PHOTO Brazil’s midfielder Fernandinho (top) and Switzerland’s forward Breel Embolo compete for the ball during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group E football match between Brazil and Switzerland at the Rostov Arena in Rostov-On-Don on June 17, 2018. / AFP PHOTO On the day when holders Germany were shocked 1-0 by Mexico, Brazil’s tag as pre-tournament favourites looked justified in a dominant first-half capped by Philippe Coutinho’s wonder strike to open the scoring. However, Brazil paid for their failure to kill the game off when Steven Zuber powered home an equaliser ...

One week ago, Miracle Ikechukwu Igbokwe, emerged winner of the third season of Big Brother Naija, and walked away with a treasure chest of spoils. The young pilot was awarded N25million in cash and N20million worth of gifts, including an SUV Car, N4.7 million all-expense paid trip for two and a N3.3 million entertainment set, which adds up to the N45 million grand prize. Miracle who was a force to be reckoned with when it came to the games and competitions in the Big Brother Naija house also a N1 million cash prize from Payporte Arena Games and N200,000 from the final wager. He also won the Pepsi Refresh Your Mix which fetched him N1 million and a trip to Dubai for the One Africa Music Fest, and a year’s supply of Pepsi and Aquafina. The much-loved reality star also won N500,000 from the Close-Up task. Miracle Igbokwe, was on Saturday at a ‘Home coming’ event in Lagos, received his N12m Mercedes Benz SUV as part of his N45m prize after he emerged the winner of #BBNaija 2018. Mi...