Football

Nigeria’s Super Eagles has retained her previous 52nd position in the world and seventh in Africa in the March FIFA/Coca-Cola World rankings released on Thursday. Nigeria had 609 points, two points below Cameroon that is 51st in the world. The top five remains unaltered, with Germany still on top, while Poland that will be up against the Super Eagles in a friendly are the only movers in the top 20, having climbed into joint-sixth position alongside Spain.

Icelandic Football Association President Guðni Bergsson is confident that the team can get to the knockout rounds of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia like they did in the 2016 European Championship in France.

Iceland got to the knockout phase of the 2016 European Championship in France without losing any of their Group F matches before losing to France in the last eight.

The underdogs, who are going into their first World Cup, are drawn in the same Russia 2018 group as Nigeria, Croatia and Argentina.

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has commented on the chances of African teams progressing to the knockout rounds of the 2018 World Cup, and has backed Egypt to shine as they have Liverpool sensation Mohamed Salah in their ranks.

The German tactician is hoping that the five African representatives in the mundial, including Senegal, Tunisia and Morocco, reach the last sixteen of the tournament in Russia.

''Egypt is the best team in Africa as voted by CAF. They have the best coach. They have a chance in the group with Russia, The whole world will follow the group with the hosts,'' Rohr told the print edition of Soccer Laduma.

Manchester United striker, Romelu Lukaku has taken a swipe at his teammates after a shock 1-2 defeat to Sevilla at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.  The 2-1 loss at Old Trafford knocked United out of the competition, and the Belgian striker, who scored his side's only goal, added that not enough was done to ensure their progression to the quarterfinals. Speaking to BT Sports, the Belgian said

As Chelsea prepare to confront Barcelona on Wednesday night at Nou Camp in a bid to secure Champions League Quarter Final ticket after playing 1-1 at Stanford Bridge two weeks ago, Brazil International Willian said his side need to play a perfect game to knockout the Catalans.
Willian who put up a sparkling performance against Barcelona in the first leg by scoring the first goal and hitting the woodwork twice said Chelsea also need a strong defence to defeat Barcelona.

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourihno has admitted making tactical mistakes on Tuesday night after his side lost 1-2 to Spanish side, Sevilla in the Champions League round of 16 at Old Trafford. The former Chelsea and Real Madrid gaffer who spoke after the game revealed that it was his fault, rather than that of his players, who he believes did their jobs well.  Speaking to Mega TV he said