Tag: FIFA
UEFA Shows Ref Red Card
UEFA has sent home a referee from the U-19 European Championship after the Bosnia-Herzegovina Football Federation opened disciplinary proceedings against…
FIFA Appoints Madagascar Officials For Eagles/Malawi Clash
World football-governing body, FIFA, has appointed officials from Madagascar to take charge of the crunch 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying…
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Brazil tame Spain to clinch Confederations Cup
Brazil have retained the Confederations Cup, walloping World and European champion, 3-0, with a brace by striker Fred and a…
World Cup: FIFA, Brazil Govt Hit Back At Critics
FIFA and the Brazilian government dismissed suggestions Monday that next year’s World Cup will be staged at the cost of…
Romario Slams Brazil Over Spending On World Cup
Former Brazil forward Romario has described FIFA as “the real president of Brazil” and said the money spent on stadiums…
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Confed Cup: FIFA Has Not Discussed Cancellation
FIFA has not discussed the possibility of cancelling the Confederations Cup, which has been overshadowed by protests sweeping Brazil, soccer’s…
Confed Cup: Eagles Slammed Over Poor Finishing
African champions Nigeria, as expected, beat minnows Tahiti 6-1 in their Confederations Cup opening Group B match on Monday in…
Eagles Bonus Row: Onigbinde Slams NFF
Former Nigeria national team coach, Adegboyega Onigbinde has declared that Super Eagles’ players should not be held culpable if the…
Nigeria Going Late For Confed Cup
African champions Nigeria, who stayed in Namibia after their World Cup qualifier in a row over bonus payments, have delayed…
FIFA assures on Nigeria’s participation in Confed Cup
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will travel to Brazil on Saturday to compete in the Confederations Cup despite an ongoing dispute about…
2014 W/Cup Qualifier: Keshi Sure Of Victory Over Namibia
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi is confident of claiming all three points as he prepares his wards to face Namibia Wednesday…
Confed Cup: Eagles Test Might Against Spain, Uruguay
Nigeria has been placed in an extremely tough group in the Brazil 2014 Confederations Cup, which kicks off on 15…
New Namibian Coach Plots Eagles’ Defeat
The man, who replaced Roger Palmgren as coach of Namibia, Ricardo Mannetti is drumming up support as he prepares to…
Confederation Cup: 8 Home Eagles Make Keshi’s Squad
Eight players from the Globacom-sponsored Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, are among the 23 Super Eagles players that would represent…
Contract Dispute: FIFA Bans Ivorian Star, Die
Swiss champion Basel says FIFA has suspended its Ivory Coast midfielder Geoffroy Serey Die for four months over a five-year-old…
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2014 W/Cup Qualifier: Nigeria Beats Kenya, Tops Group F
CSKA Moscow striker, Ahmed Musa scored an 81st minute goal to give the Super Eagles of Nigeria a 1-0 victory…
Amrouche Names Kenya Starting Eleven
Coach Adel Amrouche has named his starting team to face off with the Super Eagles of Nigeria this evening at…
Drama, As Eagles Arrive Nairobi
There was drama aplenty when Nigeria’s Super Eagles arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport, Nairobi, Kenya in the early hours…
Nigeria, Mexico Test Might
Reigning African champions, Super Eagles of Nigeria and their CONCACAF counterparts, Mexico, will Saturday morning at Houston’s Reliant Stadium, USA…
Togo Names Squad For Cameroon, Libya Matches
The Togolese Football Federation has released the list of 23 players for the 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against Cameroon…
Black Stars Depart For Ethiopia Camping With 19 Players
Nineteen Black Stars players left Accra on Thursday afternoon to Ethiopia to continue preparations for next week’s 2014 FIFA World…
Broke Kenya FF risks World Cup qualifiers
Just a month before Kenya plays Nigeria in a World Cup qualifier match in Nairobi, the country’s football governing body,…
How Nigerian Football Can Be Viable
Adegboye Onigbinde, a former Super Eagles Head Coach, has said that the only way football could thrive unhindered in the…
FIFA bans CONCACAF’s Chuck Blazer
Chuck Blazer was provisionally banned from the FIFA Executive Committee on Monday following a decision by the chairman of the…
Confed Cup: FIFA voices concern over Brazil’s unreadiness
World governing body FIFA on Friday accepted that Brazil will not be entirely ready to host June’s Confederations Cup –…
FIFA appoints goal-line tech provider
FIFA has confirmed the appointment of GoalControl Gmbh as the official provider of goal-line technology (GLT) at the FIFA Confederations…
Brazil 2014: All Group F Games Hold Same Day
World football-governing body, FIFA, has ruled that all matches in the Super Eagles’ 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group F…
South Africa, FIFA on a collision course
South African sports minister Fikile Mbalula is on a collision course with world football governing body FIFA over how to…
AYC FLOP: Obuh Faces Sack
There are strong indications that coach John Obuh’s days with the Nigeria’s U-20 team, the Flying Eagles may be numbered.…
FIFA To Rake In N790 Billion From 2014 W/Cup
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil is set to provide a record $5 billion (about N790 billion) windfall for FIFA,…