OK, so this was only Trinidad, a side so out of their league that you had to laugh when, rather than shaking hands in the line, one of their players, Ataullah Guerra, instead bowed extravagantly to the doubtless embarrassed Messi. Yet you could soon remember why he remains worth a bit of genuflection as, within six minutes, Messi had produced a pirouette followed by an eel-like slide and slither between four befuddled Trinidad midfielders and a potential goal-creating assist. Read more [...]

The Belgian believes the Super Eagles will put up a great show in Brazil despite their rating by the World football governing body Gombe United head coach Maurice Cooreman has advised the Super Eagles to ignore the recent Fifa rankings. Stephen Keshi’s men failed to improve on their rankings with seven days to the World Cup despite recording two draws in their friendly matches, a 2-2 draw with Scotland and a goalless draw with Greece. Nigeria are also ranked 28th amongst the 32 countries that Read more [...]