Estimated Reading Time: 1President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick has been elected into the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) council after a landslide victory. Pinnick defated Malawian FA president Walter Nyamilandu by 43 votes to eight during the Caf General Assembly held in Rabat, Morocco on Friday.[Read More…]
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Nigeria drops to 36th position on latest FIFA global rankings
Estimated Reading Time: 1Nigeria have slipped to 36th position on the latest FIFA global rankings for February, dropping one place from their previous position. Gernot Rohr’s side remain the fifth- best country in Africa with Senegal retaining the no. 1 spot, followed by Tunisia , Algeria and Morocco in the[Read More…]
FIFA cancels World Cups in 2021
Estimated Reading Time: 1 World football governing body, FIFA has announced the cancellation of the U-17 and U-21 world cups that were scheduled to be held in 2021. The federation said it made this decision because of the novel Coronavirus that has disrupted the world in the past 11 months. [Read More…]
FIFA Ranking: Nigeria moves up by two spots, now world 29th
Estimated Reading Time: 1Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up by two spots in FIFA’s ranking for September to place 29th after more than six months of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the ranking placed on the world football governing body’s website on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1493 points during[Read More…]
