Tag: FIFA
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,…
Toure Threatens To Quit City
Yaya Toure has stunned Manchester City by demanding: Give me a new contract by Saturday — or I am off.…
W/Cup Qualifier: Kenya Delegation To Arrive Lagos Thursday —NFF
A 25-man delegation of the Harambee Stars of Kenya will arrive Lagos aboard Kenyan Airways enroute Calabar on Thursday afternoon.…
Oliseh Gets FIFA Job
Taiwo Adelu Former Super Eagles of Nigeria’s captain, Sunday Oliseh, has been appointed into the FIFA Technical Study Group. Oliseh…
Nigerian Premier League: Referees Threaten Boycott
The much awaited Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, which kicks off tomorrow across various centres in the country may be…
FIFA calls for tough match fixing laws
KUALA LUMPUR(AFP) – Football authorities vowed Wednesday to excise the “cancer” of match-fixing but said tougher laws were needed worldwide…
Onigbinde Against Foreign Coach
FIFA/CAF Technical Instructor, Adegboye Onigbinde has advised the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to jettison the idea of hiring a foreign…
Match Fixing: 41 Korean Players Get Life Ban
Forty-one South Korean players have been handed worldwide lifetime bans following a match-fixing scandal in the country’s K-League, world governing…
FIFA Ballon d’Or: Messi Battles Iniesta, Ronaldo For Crown
Record-breaking Lionel Messi is poised to become the first player to win four successive Ballon d’Or awards this evening, sealing…
Eagles Soar In FIFA Ranking
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up five places to 52nd spot in the December ranking made public today by the…
Nations Cup: NFF Gives Mikel, Others Deadline
Super Eagles midfielder, Mikel Obi and other Europe-based stars have been told to report at the team’s Faro camp in…
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Soccer: Zambian player claims goal record
Zambia’s Godfrey Chitalu, not Argentina’s Lionel Messi nor Brazil’s Zico, scored most goals in a calendar year, local football bosses…
Cuban footballers defect in Canada
Three members of the Cuban men’s soccer team competing in the World Cup qualifying tournament have defected, international football’s governing…
Boko Haram assassins wipe out family in Kano
Four men suspected to be agents of the Boko Haram sect have shot dead a member of the Nigerian Security…
Nigeria, USA In Tough Tie
Nigeria and USA go head-to-head tomorrow in the semi final of the Japan 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The…
Falconets land in Japan for World Cup campaign
Nigeria’s national U-20 women’s team, Falconets, on Wednesday arrived in Tokyo, Japan, to begin their World Cup campaign. The team’s…
18 Eaglets Fail MRS Tests
Reports from the camp of Nigeria’s U-17 squad say no fewer than 18 members of the Golden Eaglets have failed…
Blatter hammered over stance on bribery case
The German football federation (DBF) on Saturday expressed dismay after FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted he did not have the…
Peters Tips Flamingoes To Shine
Former member of the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, James Peters, has tipped Nigeria’s Flamingoes to shine…
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Nigeria goes higher in FIFA ranking
Nigeria has moved two places up in the latest ranking of footballing nations released by FIFA today. It is now…