Ahead of their make or break World Cup showdown versus Iceland, the football icon spent some time with the Super Eagles African football great, Nwankwo Kanu has attempted to raise the spirits of the Super Eagles ahead of Friday’s game versus Iceland. The team would be hoping to bounce back to winning ways against the World Cup debutants after crumbling 2-0 to Croatia. The former Arsenal star interacted with Gernot Rohr’s team and happily posed for pictures with them and also some of the fans present to demonstrate his support for the team. “I came to do my part and bring up the spirit of our team and encourage them at Super Eagles hotel for some morale boosting effect ahead of Iceland game!,” he tweeted. A win for the Super Eagles at Volgograd Arena, Volgograd will boost their chances of reaching the knockout phase. Kanu featured for Nigeria at the 1998, 2002 and the 2010 editions of the Fifa World Cups before drawing the curtain on his glittering career.
We Catholics know that our faith is based on the Sacred Scripture and the Church's Teachings and Traditions. In fact, if any Catholic was asked, "Who is Mary of Nazareth to you personally?" We would definitely say, "She is my Mother". But then if we are asked a second question, "Why do you honour Her?" Most of us would be dumbstruck! Is it because the Church teaches us to? Is it because our parents and elders taught us so? Or are there some other reasons? For me, there definitely is. It is because I receive my Saviour Jesus' parting gift - the most valuable gift - His own Mother to be my Mother. What an honour and privilege it is! The Bible tells that Mother Mary is a virgin. But it is also mentioned in the Bible, "Then his mother and brothers came." (Mark 3:31) Who are these brothers of Jesus? Did Mother Mary have other children? Jesus answers in the Gospel of Mark 3:33-35, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" He looked...
The assistant trainer has assured that her girls will recover their winning form against the debutants at the ongoing African Women's Cup of Nations on Saturday Nigeria women assistant coach Ann Chiejine is confident her side will bounce back to winning ways in their final Group B clash against Kenya in Limbe. Despite being held to a 1-1 draw against Ghana, she insists her ladies only stumbled but will be fully ready to record a massive win in their last group game at the Limbe Omnisport stadium. "After our game yesterday, we went home and left everything behind because Ghana game is gone and looking ahead for Kenya game," Chiejine said in a pre-match press conference. "We have evaluated ourselves, we have seen where we had our lapses and currently working on. Without mincing words, we are here for business and come Saturday we are ready to play. "We are having our training this evening but generally, our players have forgotten Gha...
Comments
Post a Comment