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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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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In continuation of its tour of 91 cities in 51 countries across six continents, the FIFA World Cup trophy has arrived in Nigeria. The iconic prize of world football visited the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, where President Muhammadu Buhari had a feel of it and delivered a welcome address. President Buhari handed the FIFA World […]
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Enigmatic football manager and self-styled ‘Special One’ José Mourinho has become RT’s latest signing. He’ll offer his unique insight into the game for the channel’s FIFA 2018 World Cup Russia special coverage. Named FIFA World Coach of the Year in 2010, Mourinho boasts one of the most outstanding coaching resumes in world football. He will […]
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Brazilian World Cup winner and former world best footballer Ronaldinho has retired from professional football. Ronaldinho, 37, was part of the triumphant Brazil 2002 World Cup squad, won the Champions League in 2006 with Barcelona and won the Balon d’Or in 2005. His brother and agent Roberto Assis confirmed the retirement on Tuesday and announced […]
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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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Barely 24 hours of resumption of sales of the 2018 FIFA World Cup tickets, a total of 1,318,109 tickets have been ordered. Ticket sales for the world football tournament in Russia resumed on Wednesday exclusively on FIFA website and the excitement sparked by Friday’s final draw brought another wave of worldwide interest. As the random […]
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The draw for the Russia 2018 World Cup has been concluded and Nigeria has once again been placed in the same group (Group D) with Argentina. Other countries in Group D are Iceland and Croatia. Nigeria first met Argentina at its first ever FIFA World Cup appearance in 1994, losing a tight game that ended […]
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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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“We’re Italy and if we qualify it will be by playing football,” coach Gian Piero Ventura insisted on Sunday on the eve of a crunch World Cup play-off against Sweden in Milan. Four-time world champions Italy need to overturn a 1-0 first-leg defeat to avoid missing out on the World Cup for the first time […]
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