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FIFA to launch global review of match calendar

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2020 0

Manchester (UK) – FIFA is to launch a major “once and for all” review of the international match calendar, which governs the dates of major competitions and tournaments, the body said on Wednesday. FIFA also expressed concern at the gap between the top national teams and the rest, which

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FIFA Agent urges IG to investigate Remo Stars player murder

Ihesiulo Grace 25 February 2020 0

FIFA Match Agent and Chief Executive Officer of Monimichelle Sports Facility Construction Ltd, Mr. Ebi Egbe has condemned the gruesome killing of Tiyamu Kazeem(a.k.a)Kaka of Remo stars football club by a trigger happy policeman attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS) of the Ogun state police command. He further called on the Inspector General of police […]

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FIFA forced to plan holding Council meeting by video-conference

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2020 0

Zurich – FIFA will hold the next meeting of its decision-making Council by video-conference from its Zurich headquarters, the global football body said on Tuesday. It is not going to be at Asuncion in Paraguay as originally planned. The decision was taken “at the request of several members”, FIFA said in a short statement. It […]

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Greece confirms visit of UEFA president, FIFA

Ihesiulo Grace 11 February 2020 0

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and FIFA vice president Greg Clarke are due in Athens on Feb. 25, a Greek government spokesman said on Tuesday. The visit is to help Greece outline its action plan to overhaul the football game in the country. Hobbled by dwindling attendances and the damaging effects of a debt crisis, Greek […]

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FIFA to launch fund to protect players’ salaries

Ihesiulo Grace 11 February 2020 0

World football governing body FIFA is launching a fund to support players who have not been paid by their clubs, a FIFA statement said on Tuesday. “The 16-million-dollar fund will start from July 1 and run to 2022 in an agreement reached with the FIFPRO, the world players’ union. “A share of 5 million dollars […]

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Liverpool players and officials angry with FIFA

Ihesiulo Grace 24 December 2019 0

Liverpool and their officials were left dismayed by the over-zealous actions of FIFA officials who prevented their squad from celebrating with their fans. Meanwhile, when Liverpool collected the Club World Cup trophy, they spent some time on the pitch before their coach, Jurgen Klopp began to bring the players, who had beaten Flamengo, over to […]

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FIFA Ranking: Nigeria still world’s 31st

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2019 0

Ilorin – Nigeria’s Super Eagles retained their spot as the world’s 31st team in the World Football Ranking for the month of December. In the ranking table on the website of world football governing body FIFA on Thursday, Nigeria have garnered 1,493 points, same as they had in the November ranking. The ranking still helped […]

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Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to source funds for U-23 team

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2019 0

Lagos – Following the demand of the U-23 team for their unpaid bonuses and allowances, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has swung into action immediately to find out why the funds were being withheld. The Special Assistant to the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Kola Daniel, said in Lagos on Friday that […]

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FIFA to invest $1Billion In Women’s Football in the Next Four Years – Infantino

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2019 0

FIFA will double its funding for women’s football to $1 billion over the next four years, president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday following a meeting of the world governing body’s council. “The Council decided to put 500 million in addition to the 500 million already budgeted,” Infantino told reporters in Shanghai. READ ALSO Nigeria drops, […]

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FIFA U17 WORLD CUP BRAZIL 2019 GROUPS

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2019 0

The 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, will be hosted by Brazil between 26 October and 17 November 2019. 24 countries will be grouped into four to tussle through the finals. READ ALSO Nwankwo Kanu hails former coach Arsene Wenger at 70 GROUP A: Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, Angola GROUP B: Nigeria, Hungary, Ecuador, Australia GROUP […]

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2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup watched by 1. 12bn viewers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2019 0

The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup held from June 7 to July 7 in France was watched by 1.12 billion viewers across all platforms. According to world football governing body FIFA, linear TV accounted for the majority of the global audience. It said 993.5 million viewers watching at least one minute of coverage on a […]

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FIFA to pay Francis Uzoho

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2019 0

Football’s governing body, FIFA will pay salary to Francis Uzoho during his spell on the sidelines. salary View this post on Instagram Walking around this walls? I thought by now they would fall but Jesus you never fail me at all??your promise still stands ! Thank you all for the kindness ❤️ trust me you […]

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FIFA bans former top Afghan football official over abuse cover-up

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2019 0

FIFA on Friday banned a former general secretary of the Afghanistan Football Federation for five years for covering up sexual abuse of female players. Sayed Aghazada was found guilty of failing to “report and prevent” former federation president Keramuudin Karim from carrying out repeated acts of sexual assault between 2013 and 2018. World football’s governing […]

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Iran finally permits women in stadium first time in decades

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2019 0

Iran government has accepted to permit women to attend a football match on Thursday for the first time in decades. This followed after FIFA threatened to suspend the country over its controversial male-only policy. The Islamic republic barred female spectators from football and other stadiums for around 40 years, with clerics arguing they must be […]

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Emiliano Sala: Cardiff to appeal FIFA ruling

Ihesiulo Grace 2 October 2019 0

Cardiff said on Wednesday they would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FIFA’s decision to make them pay Nantes the first instalment of the transfer fee for Emiliano Sala. The world governing body this week ordered Cardiff to pay French club Nantes an initial six million euros ($6.5 million) in their dispute […]

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FIFA awards 2019: Lionel Messi wins his first major honour

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2019 0

Lionel Messi won the FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award beating rivals Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil Van Dijk. The star-studded ceremony took place in Milan’s iconic La Scala Opera House on Monday. Lionel Messi was happy to win the Best FIFA Men’s Player award, but the superstar’s focus is now on helping Barcelona respond […]

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‘Its time to punish racists’ – FIFA urges Italy

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2019 0

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has urged Italian soccer authorities to hand out stadium bans for supporters guilty of racism after another incident in a Serie A match between Atalanta and Fiorentina on Sunday. Play was briefly suspended after Fiore’s Brazilian wing-back Dalbert reportedly told referee Daniele Orsato he had been the target of racist abuse […]

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FIFA warns Iran to allow Women into soccer stadiums

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2019 0

The FIFA presiden, Gianni Infantino said the ban on women attending soccer matches in Iran is “unacceptable”. The head of football’s world governing body said in a statement that FIFA’s position is “clear and firm” and that women “have to be allowed” into football stadiums in the country. Iran’s ban on women attending

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Breaking: FIFA launches 2022 emblem

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2019 0

The emblem for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar has been unveiled in Doha and 27 other major cities around the world. The design was inspired by Arab culture with the central theme based on a woollen shawl to reflect it being the first World Cup staged in the winter. The emblem was also […]

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Samson Siasia appeals FIFA’s life ban

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2019 0

Former Super Eagles Coach Samson Siasia said on Thursday he had lodged an appeal against his life ban from the game by world football governing body, FIFA. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Siasia was banned for life from the game, following a match-fixing probe by FIFA. Siasia, who spoke to NAN in Abuja through his associate, Opukiri […]