Lagos (NAN) President of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), Sepp Blatter, on Saturday said the organization would give full support to three West African countries heavily hit by the Ebola Virus Disease.
According to “Inside Games,” an online news provider, Blatter made the pledge at FIFA...
So close.
Nigeria’s Falconets lost to Germany in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final which took place on Sunday 24th August 2014 in Montreal, Canada. It was 1-0.
After 90 minutes and an extra time, Lena Petermann scored for her country, defeating Peter Dedevbo‘s (Falconets coach) girls.
This will be the...
A Colombian lawyer, Aurelio Jimenez, is suing FIFA for the terrible performance of referees at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
And how much is Jimenez fighting for? Just the paltry sum of 1 billion euros.
Jimenez, 74, is suing FIFA for causing him emotional and physical distress, thanks to the poor officiating.
“I decided to sue...
FIFA has lifted the ban it placed on Nigeria on July 9th after a high court sitting in Jos sacked the President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Aminu Maigari and other board members. FIFA had frowned at the court ruling, stating that the move was a government interference in football activities which is against its...
The Super Eagles are now ranked 34th in the world, according to the latest FIFA rankings released today.
Nigeria were eliminated in the second round of the 2014 World Cup, after a decent showing where they also drew 0-0 with Iran, beat Bosnia 1-0 and lost 3-2 to Argentina in the group stages.
This means the African champions are now...
Nigeria have been given a 17 July deadline to reinstate the sacked board of the Nigeria Football Federation after Fifa extended it by two days.
Fifa last week suspended Nigeria from all international football because of alleged government interference.
But the government insists the removal of the NFF board from office was a...
As the zero hour approaches swiftly for Nigeria to reinstate the Aminu Maigari-led NFF board today or risk an indefinite ban from FIFA, the Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission, Dr.Tamuno Danagogo is expected to hold a crucial meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, where a decision on whether to reinstate the...