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What are your thoughts on Messi's 4-match FIFA ban for verbally abusing a referee and how do you think it would affect Argentina's race to Russia? Here is my brief on the whole thing...

Nigeria's Super Eagles played out a 1-all draw with Senegal on Thursday night. They were set to continue their international break with another friendly against AFCON third place winners, Burkina Faso later tonight, Monday, at The Hive Stadium in London, however, this game which was highly anticipated although it wasn't going to be televised has been cancelled. According to a statement by the NFF on Saturday, the game was called off due to visa issues affecting traveling players. Thankfully, it wasn't some form of incompetence on the part of the Nigerians as we have become used to seeing. All seven players affected were Burkinabe players. Unfortunately, Burkina Faso officials were told of the challenge late on Friday. NFF official Chis Green said the cancellation was 'no fault of either the organisers or the Nigeria Football Federation'. 'We will announce further plans for the Super Eagles' preparation for these two important qualifying campaigns i

Ex-Arsenal star, Lucas Poldoski, 31, featured in his last international game last night against England and boy, what a way to draw down the curtain it was!

Had this game been staged in Kano, the Sani Abacha Stadium would be strewn with thousands of eager Super Eagles fans. After all it is a clash between a side so convincing some months ago that they were tipped to win the AFCON until they were surprisingly halted at the quarterfinal stage by the eventual winners, Cameroon, thanks to a saved Sadio Mane penalty kick VERSUS an African power house, Nigeria who although are hardly consistent, are yet to NOT win a game under technical adviser Gernot Rohr.

You will hardly find any football fan who has followed the game closely for at least the past 10years that won't complain about the "balls" of majority of the current crop of what I like to call "new generation" players.

It has been described as 'hard and threadbare' and increases the possibility of players getting injured. Something Jose Mourinho and his squad will be hoping does not happen with their current busy run of fixtures as the only Premier League team still involved in four competitions.

All seems to be going well with Chelsea even in their Cobham trianing ground located in Surrey, London. Cesc Fabregas has taken it upon himself to update his followers on the behind the scenes happenings on the ground.

Arsenal football club have been very much in the news recently but for all the unpleasant reasons - both on and off the pitch.

Lol. It's not only rival fans that have been having a field day with Arsenal's embarrassing Champions League outing. Oh, what a laughing stock Arsenal FC must be in Germany and who knows, the Premier League too.

Mission Impossible??? Most fans seen to think so ahead of tonight's second leg round of 16 tie between Barcelona and PSG.

Adidas have been the kit sponsor for Chelsea for some time now, and many of the league leaders fans will know little different to the famous three stripes on their team's strips.

Match day 12 saw 10 games played. In those, 2 draws were recorded while the rest ended in home wins.

They really need it especially with the up coming round of Champions League games. Lol... As in the popular Indian movie, 3 Idiots, All Is Well.

Having spent hundreds of mllions of pounds and breaking records to sign players, despite its limited popularity in the country, one wouldn't have expected the Chinese Super League season to kick-off in an empty stadium - but nobody was there to watch when the league kicked-off on Friday.

The Spanish striker suffered a head injury having come off the bench on Thursday night after Manchester United target Antoine Griezmann went on to score a 68th minute equalizer in Atletico's 1-1 draw with Deportivo La Coruna.

Interesting so far...who is you best bet to win it at the end of the season?

The Premier League and FA Cup winner had been out of a coaching job since leaving Inter Milan last summer.