FIFA has overlooked Nigerian referees as it named six African officials for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In addition there will also be 10 assistant referees from Africa. The referees are Abid Medhi (Algeria), Diedhiou Malang (Senegal), Gassama Bakary (Guinea), Grisha Ghead (Egypt), Sikawe Janny (Zambia) and Tessema Bamlak (Ethiopia). The assistant referees are […]
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Video assistant referee technology (VAR) will make its debut at the World Cup in Russia this summer despite lingering opposition from within and outside football, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Friday. “We are going to have in 2018, for the first time, a World Cup with VAR,” said Infantino after a meeting of the FIFA […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria retained their position in the latest edition of the FIFA World Ranking published by the football governing body on Thursday. The former African champions maintain the 52nd spot in the world and are still number seven on the continent. In a similar development, Tunisia, Senegal, Congo D.R., and Morocco are […]
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Nigeria’s under-20 women football team the Falconets, have been drawn alongside perennial foes Germany, China and debutants Haiti in Group D of the 9th FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition is scheduled to take place in France from Aug. 5 to Aug. 24. At the Draw Ceremony […]
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Thursday continued its downward movement in the monthly FIFA rankings, as the world football governing released the February edition. Nigeria’s national team was 51st in the world with 651 points in January but is now 52nd with 606 points, according to the latest ranking published on the official FIFA […]
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FIFA on Friday confirmed the list of Team Base Camps (TBCs) for the 32 teams which will participate in the 2018 World Cup finals scheduled for June 14 to July 15. The list has it that Nigeria’s Super Eagles will camp at Essentuki, a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia. The TBCs which will be the […]
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President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has reacted to the disciplinary action taken against Nigeria by world football governing body, FIFA. In a statement by the NFF on Tuesday, Pinnick mistake on the part of NFF and accepted the sanction, but ordered that an internal inquiry be instituted immediately over the “error”. […]
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FIFA has sanctioned Nigeria for fielding an ineligible player on November 10 in the final Group B game of the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Algeria. The World football governing body, on Tuesday, said Super Eagles’ right full back, Shehu Abdullahi, failed to serve a compulsory one game ban after receiving yellow cards in two […]
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FIFA’s ethics watchdogs have banned three former football officials from Guam, Nicaragua and Venezuela for life as part of efforts to address widespread corruption in the sport, the world football governing body said on Tuesday. The latest officials to be hit by FIFA bans are Richard Lai, the former Guam Football Association president and a […]
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World football governing body, FIFA, on Thursday, November 16, 2017, announced the pots for the 2018 World Cup draw on its website. In the publication, Nigeria is placed in Pot 4, which means it will not play any of the countries in that pot. Pot 1: has Russia, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, and France. […]
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