Why are the mighty falling: as Netherlands dismantle Spain in a thrilling 5-1 win

Netherlands rocked Spain in Salvador with a thumping comeback win, thrashing the World Cup holders 5-1. The Dutch should have taken the lead after just eight minutes, but Wesley Sneijder botched a wonderful opening. Robben produced the pass that sent Sneijder bearing in on goal but he snatched at his lofted shot and allowed Iker Casillas to thrust his right glove up and make the save. Spain rallied quickly from that scare and soon began...

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University of Lagos Produces Africa’s youngest PhD holder- Age 24

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) that is well known has the Nigeria University of first choice and the Nation's pride yesterday the 12th of June, 2014 awarded a PhD to Mr. Olaoluwa Oluwadamilola (age 24), making him Africa’s youngest PhD holder.  Olwadamilola had the best PhD thesis, titled: “Studies on Fixed Points of Contractive and Expanding Maps in Multi-Dimensional Spaces”. He scored 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). Bakre...

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The Nigerian Kokoroko Singer 'Kefee' is dead

Nigeria born entertainer, Kefee is dead.  Latest updates show that Kefee, who went into coma on her way to Chicago,United states didn’t survive the ordeal. She was pregnant when she went into coma. The plane in which Kefee was travelling made an emergency landing in Los Ageles so that she could get urgent medical attention. The death of Kefee is coming days after her radio presenter husband,Teddy Esosa made a call to Nigerians to...

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Injury scare: Ronaldo cuts training short

Cristiano Ronaldo cut short a training session with Portugal on Thursday, to add weight to the suggestion that he will not be fully fit ahead of their first game against Germany on Monday. Ronaldo trained with the rest of the team for about 15-20 minutes doing physical exercises but then did not take part in the rest of the session with full ball drills. Instead, he stretched on his own and signed a few shirts for fans before going to...

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Brazil-Croatia: The Controversial Penalty

Thursday's World Cup opener between Brazil and Croatia had plenty of excitement, and it was also utterly scandalous. With the match tied at one in the 72nd minute, Fred made a move for the ball in the Croatia penalty area. Dejan Lovren appeared to not make much contact with Fred, but Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura awarded Brazil a questionable penalty that Neymar converted in the 71st minute, giving the host nation 2-1 up in what turned...

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Photos: Brazil 2014 World Cup Kickoff with Protests still in the Air

The 2014 World cup kickoff yesterday June 13th with a colorful opening ceremony at the Arena de Sao Paulo in Brazil that reportedly cost around $4.5million to put together.  International music stars, Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull were joined on stage by Brazilian pop-star Claudia Leitte to perform the official World Cup song 'We Are One (Ola Ola)'.  Despite the ongoing celebration going on inside the arena hundreds of protesters also...

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