The International Federation of Association Football, FIFA, has extended the ban on its former president SEPP BLATTER for six years. FIFA also extended the ban on its former secretary-general JEROME VALCKE by eight months. Both BLATTER and VALCKE were sanctioned in relation to the receipt of huge bonuses for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup in…
Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane says he is taking inspiration from Leicester City’s shock 2016 Premier League success as he leads the Egyptian side at the Fifa Club World Cup. The nine-time African champions will face Qatari champions Al Duhail on Thursday in Doha. The winner will face European champions Bayern Munich on Monday in a semi-final…
World football governing body, FIFA has filed criminal complaint against its former president, SEPP BLATTER. FIFA is accusing BLATTER of mismanagement of the money meant for the football museum in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA alleged that BLATTER used money meant for the development of football to repair a rented building. The project is said to have cost FIFA…
Two African footballers – SADIO MANE of Senegal and MOHAMED SALAH of Egypt – have been named in a ten-man list for the FIFA Best Men’s Player of the Year Award. MANE and SALAH are competing against the likes of CRISTIANO RONALDO, LIONEL MESSI, NEYMAR and KYLIAN MBAPPE. Others are ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI from Poland, THIAGO ALCANTARA, and…
World football governing body, FIFA, has slammed a five-year ban on the President of the Confederation of African Football, AHMAD AHMAD. FIFA’s decision also puts an end to AHMAD’s bid for a second term as the head of CAF, having held the position since March, 2017. FIFA took the decision against the Madagascar-born football administrator after he…
The Nigeria Football Federation has received the sum of one million US dollars as Covid-19 palliative from the world football governing body, FIFA. NFF President, AMAJU PINNICK, confirmed receiving the money in a series of messages on Twitter. PINNICK said FIFA equally sent six hundred thousand dollars for the FIFA Forward projects in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, and…