Tag: FIFA

A ‘boardroom’ defeat led Nigeria to drop one place to ninth in the FIFA Africa rankings for December released Thursday. Nigeria had a 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw in Algeria ...

Nigeria was lucky to retain its ticket to the Russia 2018 World Cup following world football governing body, FIFA’s discovery that the Super Eagles fielding Shehu Abdullahi, who was ineligible, ...

World football–ruling body, FIFA will hold its FIFA Executive Football Summit (EFS) meeting in Lagos, Nigeria in February next year, the Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed.  “Nigeria has been selected ...

By Augustine Akhilomen Despite defeating Argentina 4-2 in an international friendly match at the Krasnodar Stadium, the Super Eagles performance doesn't seem to have caught the eye of FIFA as ...

It was the raid that changed the face of the world’s most popular sport. Swiss police swooped in on a five-star Zurich hotel at dawn, arresting seven soccer officials at ...

By Augustine Akhilomen The Football Federarion of International Football (FIFA) has fined the Super Eagles of Nigeria $31 ,000 for failing to control their crowd during last month ’s World ...

Nigeria aim at improving her placement on the log in the next edition of the ranking as they duel against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in a double header World ...

By Augustine Akhilomen Ex international, Dosu Joseph says the latest FIFA rankings which placed the Super Eagles 39th in the world and sixth in Africa is an indication that more ...

Michel Platini, French former president of European football federation UEFA, has failed again in his attempt to beat a ban from involvement in the game worldwide. Platini was suspended for ...

FIFA are investigating Russia’s entire 2014 world cup squard and 11 other footballers for alleged doping offences. It appears the are part of 1000 individuals who are under the spotlinght ...