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FIFA has announced the winning World Cup slogans for the 32 participating countries, with Nigeria tagged ‘THE WINGS OF AFRICAN PRIDE ahead of the Mundial. Online voters chose “Play with an open heart” as Russia’s slogan, winning against “Russian bears are on their way to victory” and “Together and with our whole hearts we are following the dream.” The slogans will feature on the buses of the competing teams as they travel across the country during the tournament, which will take place in 11 Russian host cities from June 14 to July 15. The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn…

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UEFA has today announced new Financial Fair Play rules, with clubs required to publish their accounts, “including payments to agents”.

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Hapoel Be’er Sheva Midfielder John Ogu is the latest Super Eagles player to arrive at the Le Meridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort camp in Akwa Ibom State. Ogu has missed the Super Eagles last two training sessions on grass but there are no worries about his fitness as he went the distance in his club’s final match of this season against Maccabi Netanya on Monday. John Obi Mikel and his former Chelsea teammate Victor Moses are the two players named in Nigeria’s 30-man provisional squad list still being expected as at the time of this report.

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CYBER experts in the USA have revealed clues that Russia is plotting a potential cyber attack which could coincide with the Champions League final coming up on Saturday. Cisco Systems claimed that a half a million routers had been compromised in preparation for what could be a major cyber attack against Ukraine, raising the spectre of large-scale disruption during Champions League soccer final. Ukraine’s Cyberpolice said in a statement published by AFP that it was possible the hackers planned to strike during “large-scale events,” an apparent reference either to the match between Real Madrid and Liverpool in the capital Kiev on…

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