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Coach of the Iranian national team, Carlos Queiroz wants Lionel Messi banned from football because he’s too good at it. Queiroz insists the ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: FIFA
FIFA Ranking: Nigeria Drops One Spot Further
Nigeria has dropped further one spot in the latest FIFA ranking released by the football governing body on Thursday. The Super Eagles, who w... Continue Reading
FIFA Rejects Neymar’s Denouncement Against Barcelona Over Un...
FIFA has rejected Neymar’s denouncement against Barcelona for alleged unpaid bonuses. The Brazilian forward had demanded he be payed a... Continue Reading
CHAN: Libya And Super Eagles Reach Quarter-Finals
Libya scored three minutes into stoppage time to edge Rwanda 1-0 Tuesday and snatch an African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals pl... Continue Reading
FIFA Releases Latest Rankings, See Nigeria’s Position
Nigeria retained the 51 position in the world and placed 9th in Africa, according the latest rankings released by FIFA. Tunisia, Senegal, Eg... Continue Reading
Liberia’s Ruling Party Expels President Johnson Sirleaf
Liberia’s ruling Unity Party has expelled outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, accusing her of refusing to support the party’s candidat... Continue Reading
Ex-FIFA Chief Sepp Blatter Against Video Evidence At World C...
Former FIFA President Joseph Blatter has spoken out against using video evidence at Russia 2018 World Cup as teething problems continue to t... Continue Reading
Super Falcons To Face France In April
Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick has revealed that the country’s national female team, the Super Falcons will be busy in ... Continue Reading
Minister Apologises For Buhari’s Goof On Board Appointments...
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has apologised for one of the errors committed by President Muhammadu Buhari in his recent... Continue Reading
Segun Odegbami: George Weah’s Election A Big Lesson For Nige...
It is clear as the election of football icon, George Opong Weah, as President of Liberia in a run-off poll conducted December 26 has a “ver... Continue Reading
Liberians Hail Victory Of George Weah In Landmark Vote
Liberians revelled Friday in former football star George Weah’s presidential victory, in the country’s first democratic transfer of power in... Continue Reading
FIFA Could Ban Spain From The 2018 World Cup – Angel Maria V...
Angel Maria Villar, the suspended president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), has warned that government interference in Span... Continue Reading
Germans Pick Moscow As World Cup Base
Both daily newspaper Bild and magazine Kicker say the Germans are opting for Vatutinki, a village 40km southwest of Moscow city centre. Repo... Continue Reading
FIFA Fines Nigeria For Fielding Ineligible Player In World C...
Fifa has sanctioned the Nigeria Football Federation for fielding an ineligible player in their World Cup qualifying encounter against Algeri... Continue Reading
Russia 2018 WC: Eagles To Play Poland March 23, Says Rohr
Barring any unforeseen circumstances Nigeria’s Super Eagles will play against Poland on March 23, 2018 to tune up for the World Cup. Gernot ... Continue Reading
Nigeria Wants Pyatigorsk As World Cup Base
Nigeria have picked the city of Pyatigorsk as their first-choice base camp for next year’s World Cup in Russia, subject to approval from FIF... Continue Reading
FIFA World Cup 2017 Draw: Nigeria To Play Argentina, Iceland...
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association(FIFA) has released the much anticipated country stage grouping of the Russia 2018 Worl... Continue Reading
FIFA President Gianni Infantino Aims For New Transfer Rules
Infantino claimed at a press conference in Istanbul that there needs to be clarity around the transfer process to make sure it has more cred... Continue Reading
World Cup: Super Eagles Submit 30-Man Provisional Squad May
The Super Eagles are to submit in May a 30-man provisional squad list to world football governing body FIFA ahead of the World Cup. Coach Ge... Continue Reading
FIFA Announces Pots For 2018 World Cup Draw, Nigeria Placed ...
FIFA officially announced the pots for the 2018 World Cup draw on its website on Thursday, November 16, 2017. Nigeria who defeated their all... Continue Reading
Spanish La Liga Eyes Mega TV Rights Deal
Spain’s La Liga president Javier Tebas expects to boost its coffers with a huge new televison rights deal as of 2019-2020 that could be wort... Continue Reading
Lionel Messi And Son Recreate El-Classico On FIFA
Barcelona star, Lionel Messi was pictured playing FIFA video game on PlayStation with his 5-year-old son, Thiago Messi. The Barcelona star... Continue Reading
Senegal Qualify For 2018 World Cup After Victory Over South ...
The Teranga Lions of Senegal have qualified for the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia after defeating Bafana Bafana of South Africa 2-0 at the P... Continue Reading
FIFA Have Outlined The Bidding Process For The 2026 World Cu...
The guide challenges perspective bidders to demonstrate ‘transparency, participation, objectivity and a commitment to human rights and susta... Continue Reading
FIFA To Reveal All 2026 World Cup Votes, Aims For Clean Bids
Publishing documents Tuesday to guide the process, FIFA explained how bidders must detail a strategy to respect human rights and labor stand... Continue Reading
VAR System Under Pressure In Germany After Complaints Of Bia...
The VAR system is being trialled this season in Italy and Germany, generating much debate in both countries with fans complaining it slows g... Continue Reading
Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr Not Taking Algeria, Argentina...
A top official of the Super Eagles has revealed that the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Algeria and the international friendly match ... Continue Reading
FIFA To Give 2018 World Cup Champion $38M From $400M Fund
FIFA says each of the 32 competing national federations will get at least $8 million, the same as in 2014 when the overall prize fund was $3... Continue Reading
Super Eagles World Cup Semi-Final Mandate ’Excessive’ – G...
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation has handed his team a semi-final target at the 2018 F... Continue Reading
Qatari Exec Meets Investigators In FIFA Bribery Case
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a Qatari soccer and television executive, was questioned Wednesday by Swiss investigators ... Continue Reading
FIFA Tells Zambia To Stop Pretesting And Accept Loss To Nige...
News coming out of Zambia is that FIFA has thrown out Zambia’s protest regarding the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria on October 7 i... Continue Reading
Nigeria Now Has A Formidable Team – Amos Adamu
Amos Adamu, a former FIFA Executive Committee member, on Monday said that Nigeria now has a worthy team that would perform well at the 2018 ... Continue Reading
Super Eagles May Play Seychelles In November – NFF Chief Ama...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria may not play the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers match against Seychelles in March, Nigeria Football Federation... Continue Reading
Russia 2018: Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr Seeks To Avoid P...
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has warned his players that their performances at next year’s World Cup will be affected if there is any repeat of... Continue Reading
Nigeria Moves Three Places In Latest FIFA World Rankings
The Super Eagles of Nigeria moved up three places from 44th to the 41st position in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola World Rankings released on Mon... Continue Reading
FIFA Investigating Tim Cahill’s Alleged Sponsored Goal Celeb...
FIFA is investigating reports that Tim Cahill was paid for a sponsored goal celebration during Australia’s 2-1 win against Syria on Tuesday.... Continue Reading
Day US Lost 2018 World Cup Ticket, Happiest In My Life – Jac...
Disgraced former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, the Trinidad businessman banned for life from football after charges in a US corruption in... Continue Reading
Xavi Hernandez Open To Being Qatar World Cup 2022 Coach
Xavi Hernandez said he is open to being Qatar’s coach when it hosts the 2022 World Cup and rebuffed critics by claiming he is “very proud” t... Continue Reading
Barcelona’s Chief Negotiator Quits The Club
Until now, Sanllehi had been the director of football and in charge of negotiations when it came to signing new players. Club president Jose... Continue Reading
Minister Babtunde Fashola To Represent President Buhari At N...
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), will represent His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), at... Continue Reading
CP Garba Umar Urges Football Fans Against Pitch Invasion
CP Garba Umar, Senior Security Advisor to the Super Eagles, has urged football fans to be orderly as they throng Uyo to watch the team’s Wor... Continue Reading
FIFA: World Cup On Track But Significant Work Ahead
“In general the state of readiness is good, planning is good and on track,” Colin Smith, FIFA’s director of competitions, ... Continue Reading
FIFA Launch Hindi Twitter Account For #FIFAU17WC
FIFA has launched a new Twitter account @FIFAHINDI – the first global sports federation to do so – to cater for football fans in... Continue Reading
FIFA Has Rejected The Appeal To Rubber-Stamp Adrien Silva...
Leicester submitted paperwork on Silva’s £22m switch 14 seconds too late on 31 August’s transfer deadline. Fifa withheld Silva&#... Continue Reading
Ukraine Boss Andriy Shevchenko Reveals “I Feel Italian”
Shevchenko scored 175 goals in 322 appearances over two spells with Milan, and the former striker admits he is using Antonio Conte, Max Alle... Continue Reading
WCQ: Super Eagles Will Fight To Earn 3 Points Against Zambia...
Super Eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi has assured that the team will fight and bag the three points against Chipolopolo of Zambia in Saturday... Continue Reading
FIFA Has Confirmed It Has Been Asked By The FA To Rubber Sta...
The midfielder has been in limbo after the Foxes missed the transfer deadline by 14 seconds when trying to sign him from Sporting Lisbon las... Continue Reading
Virgil van Dijk Had Revealed That Barcelona Are His Go-To Te...
Barcelona endured a difficult summer with Neymar leaving against their wishes to join PSG, while they were also hammered 5-1 by Real Madrid ... Continue Reading
Sadio Mane: We Can Beat Any Team In The League
Q: How frustrating has Liverpool’s start to the season been, especially since the 4-0 win against Arsenal? A: Sometimes it can happen ... Continue Reading
Under-17 World Cup: How To Protest Against Age Cheating
Jharkhand seemed the worthy winners of the Sub-Junior National Football Championship title when, surprisingly, further investigations reveal... Continue Reading