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Russia declares World Cup open after glitzy show

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2018

Russia declared the soccer World Cup open on Thursday at a glitzy ceremony in Moscow headlined by British pop star Robbie Williams and Russian soprano Aida Garifullina. The 15-minute show produced by Russia’s state Channel One broke from World Cup tradition, focusing on musical acts including a

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World Cup 2018: Russia stops Nigerian fans from bringing live chicken to stadium

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2018

Russia has denied Nigeria’s football fans the opportunity to bring live chickens into the stadium when the Super Eagles are playing. As reported by Russia’s Interfax.ru, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Kaliningrad region, Andrei Ermak told reporters. “Our information center MCH-2018 receives a lot of various questions: fans from Nigeria asked if it’s possible to go

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World Cup: Psychic Pig picks Nigeria to reach semi-finals

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2018

The psychic pig Mystic Marcus that predicted President Donald Trump’s victory has picked Nigeria, Argentina as semi-finalists for the 2018 World Cup. The psychic pig which has a history of sniffing out a winner – and is hoping to continue his unbroken record for this summer’s World Cup, thesportsbay reports. Mystic Marcus has a 100 […]

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2026 World Cup: How Nigeria voted for Morocco

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2018

More details have emerged about how countries voted for the host of the 2026 football World Cup. In a bid process that lasted 15 seconds, FIFA revealed that Nigeria, through the Nigeria Football Federation president, Amaju Pinnick, voted for Morocco. There were insinuations that after President Donald Trump sort of threatened to withhold or stop aid and […]

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Spain name Fernando Hierro as coach for World Cup

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2018

Sporting Director of Spain’s Football Federation (RFEF) Fernando Hierro has been named the national team’s new coach for the duration of the World Cup in Russia, the Federation said in a tweet on Wednesday. Hierro replaced Julen Lopetegui who was sacked earlier on Wednesday after the federation said he failed to tell them he had […]

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Just in: Spain sack Coach Lopetegui on eve of World Cup

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2018

SPAIN have sacked Julen Lopetegui just two days before their first World Cup match – despite the late efforts of senior players. RFEF president Luis Rubiales revealed the decision after a dramatic morning when a press conference was called for 9.30am and then delayed over an hour and a half. Lopetegui was announced as the […]