By Kunle Solaja, Manhattan, New York Arriving in New York from Vancouver, Canada, after an exhausting eight-hour hop-step-jump journey through Minneapolis was hardly the ideal way...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, NEW YORK For 92 long years, Egypt carried the burden of a World Cup record they would rather forget. On Sunday night...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, NEW YORK Cape Verde’s dream FIFA World Cup debut gathered further momentum on Sunday as the African newcomers held two-time champions Uruguay to...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Japan made history in style on Saturday, thrashing Tunisia 4-0 in Monterrey in the 1,000th match in FIFA World Cup history and...
By Kunle Solaja, New York When Nigeria and Argentina met in Porto Alegre during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the encounter quietly entered...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, NEW YORK Turkey’s long-awaited return to the FIFA World Cup ended in heartbreak on Friday as the highly rated side crashed out of...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, VANCOUVER. Canada recorded their first-ever victory at a FIFA World Cup finals in emphatic fashion on Thursday, thrashing nine-man Qatar 6-0 in...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi is on the verge of making African football history when the Atlas Lions face Scotland in a...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, VANCOUVER As Mexico dreams of lifting the FIFA World Cup on home soil, thousands of fans are seeking help from an unlikely...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA, VANCOUVER Democratic Republic of Congo coach Sebastien Desabre has vowed that his side will play without fear and take calculated risks...