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FIFA have provided an explanation as to why the back to back World Cup 2018 Qualifiers tie between Nigeria and Cameroon was moved to Thursday the 31st of August and Monday the 4th of September respectively. Nigeria presently lead group B of their group with four points more than second...

Former Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips has been elected into FIFA’s Ethics Committee Adjudicatory Chamber as Africa’s representative. According to Sahara Reporters, the outcome of the election was revealed by the committee before the conclusion of 67th FIFA Congress on...

The Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, has expressed sadness over the death of 30 Manchester United football fans in Calabar, Cross River State. The fans were electrocuted while watching the Europa League quarter-final game between Manchester United and Anderlecht on...

World football governing body FIFA revealed on Friday it made a loss of 369 million dollars in 2016 as legal costs rose following a series of corruption scandals. Accounts showed a total loss of and the organisation said 2017 would see further losses approaching 500 million dollars, though...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is not happy about the slow pace of football development in Africa. In a four-hour working visit to Ghana, where he paid a courtesy call on President Nana Akufo-Addo, Infantino urged Africa to stop developing at the pace of a tortoise and accelerate the speed of...

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has been appointed into FIFA’s Organising Committee for Competitions. Before now, the world football governing body, had different committees for organization of its several competitions, including the FIFA World Cup, FIFA...

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is in favour of FIFA's decision to expand the World Cup to 48 teams as he believes players will be better protected. It was announced on Tuesday that the proposal of 16 groups of three teams from the 2026 tournament onwards has been approved by the FIFA...

The Fifa council has rubber-stamped plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from 2026, with the revamp proposed by the governing body’s president, Gianni Infantino, receiving unanimous backing. Delegates in Zurich were asked to vote on four suggestions to change the existing format or...

Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday night beat Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann to win the FIFA's Best Men's Player for 2016 . "I'd like to thank my team, national team, Real Madrid, my trainer, my family that came here, my son, my brothers," Ronaldo said in accepting the award. "2016 was the...

FIFA has banned Amos Adamu from all football-related activity. An ethics committee at FIFA has been looking into allegations of breaches of its code of ethics since March last year. The committee recommended a two-year ban and fine for Adamu, a former Fifa executive committee member who was...

The president of the South African FA at the time of the 2010 World Cup has been banned by Fifa for five years in connection with a match-fixing scandal involving the country's national team. A previous Fifa investigation found 'compelling evidence' that four South Africa friendlies prior to...

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has revealed that the world football governing body Council, supports the idea of an expanded World Cup with 40 or 48 teams. He spoke on Thursday, after the first day of the two-day FIFA Council meeting in Zurich, where the issue of increasing number of...

A top Chinese football official has urged FIFA to realise the “dream” of China’s fans by bringing the World Cup to the giant Asian nation in 2030 — or even sooner. Chinese Football Association vice-president Zhang Jian said FIFA’s rotation policy probably ruled out a return to Asia in 2026...

World football governing body, Fifa and France Football have ended their partnership deal for the Ballon d’Or award. This follows an announcement by both parties on Friday, with the prestigious individual award now set to return to its original home after FIFA severed its sponsorship ties...

CAF has refused to endorse Amaju Pinnick’s nomination, which would have enabled him to contest for a FIFA council seat later this month. The football body has announced seven possible candidates that will contest for the elections into the FIFA Council scheduled for September 29. They are...

President of world football governing body, Mr. Gianni Infantino and the Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samoura arrived in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, on Sunday. The FIFA boss is expected to perform some functions on his 2-day visit to the country. Here are some of them: 1. Infantino will...

FIFA, which has struggled to find commercial partners since it was battered by a corruption scandal last year, named a Russian bank as its first regional World Cup sponsor. The global soccer body on Monday said Alfa Bank would “activate sponsorship initiatives” around the 2018 World Cup...

World football governing body, FIFA, today release the July 2016 ranking of national teams in the world. Here is a list of the top 10 teams:

Nigeria will play Luxembourg for the first time in international football as they continue their build-up to the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers. The game is scheduled for Tuesday (today) and to kick off at 6pm Nigerian time, at Stade Jozy Barthel. This is the first time both countries will...

The international friendly match between the Super Eagles and the National team of Luxembourg has been brought forward by 24 hours. A letter to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) by the Football Association of Luxembourg on Friday explained that the match, earlier scheduled for 1st June, had...