Germany rule the world

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Germany dashed Argentina’s hopes of winning the World Cup for a third time after they beat the South Americans 1-0 in the final of Brazil 2014 at the iconic Maracana Stadium on Sunday.

Both countries had earlier met in the World Cup final — Mexico 1986, Italia ’90 — with the Diego Maradona-led Argentina beating the Germans 3-2 in Mexico while Germany won in 1-0 in Italy — with Maradona on the losing side.

An extra time goal scored by Mario Goetze was all the Germans needed to win their fourth World Cup title at the expense of Argentina.

Brazil 2014: FIFA World Cup Finals Draw

The 2014 FIFA World Cup draw took
place in Brazil today and Nigeria will
play against Argentina, Iran and
Bosnia. Nigeria's
opening game will be against Iran
and even though Bosnia looks like it
will be an easy game for us, the
country is ranked higher than
Nigeria in the world. They are
ranked 21st, while Nigeria is ranked
36th. Nigeria should qualify
alongside Argentina.

Lionel Messi's life is to be made into a film (to be released during World Cup)

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Lionel Messi's life is to be made into a film after a Los Angeles production company bought the rights to a biography of the Barcelona star.

The film is set to focus on Messi's boyhood in Argentina and treatment for growth hormone deficiency, before depicting his on-field successes.
Messi, 25, has won the Ballon d'Or, awarded to the world's best player, for the last four years.
Epic Pictures Group hopes to finish the film in time for the 2014 World Cup.

Emenike to miss 2014 qualifiers and Confederations Cup

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Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike will miss June's 2014 World Cup qualifiers and the Fifa Confederations Cup due to a knee injury.

The 25-year-old Spartak Moscow picked up the injury on Sunday, on his return from a long-term hamstring layoff, during a Russian Premier League match.
His club have confirmed that Emenike will be out of action for two months.
"It's a terrible setback for me because I was very happy to be back playing again on Sunday," he told BBC Sport.

Keshi Calls up 30 for Kenya Second Leg

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Nigerian footballer John Obi Mikel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Captain Joseph Yobo is again missing in Stephen Keshi's squad for a packed schedule in June while Emmanuel Emenike returns to the side after his injury as well as Kalu Uche.
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has invited 30 players to prosecute the team's jumbo schedule between the end of May and mid-July, in which about 10 matches loom.
The African champions have a high-profile friendly against CONCACAF champions Mexico in Houston, Texas, USA on the last day of May, before two World Cup qualifying matches in Nairobi and Windhoek that come before the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil.
Nigeria play Tahiti, Uruguay and Spain in Brazil but will play two more games if they advance to the knock-out stage, before returning to Africa for a 2014 African Nations Championship qualifying fixture against Cote d'Ivoire.