Tag: FIFA
Morocco 2022: Super Falcons target FIFA World Cup ticket against Cameroon...
Ever-present Nigeria believe they will celebrate another FIFA Women’s World Cup ticket on Thursday night after a quarter-final clash with neighbors Cameroon in Casablanca...
FIFA President Congratulates Rivers United On Historic NPFL Title Win
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has congratulated the players, technical crew, management, supporters, and everyone at Rivers United, for their emergence as the champions of...
World Cup Qatar 2022 Playoff: FIFA Makes Changes To Match Officials
World football –ruling body, FIFA has effected minor changes in the list of match officials for this month’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 playoff...
Qatar 2022 Race: North African Referees To Take Charge Of Nigeria’s...
World football –governing body, FIFA has appointed referees from North Africa to officiate the Super Eagles’ last two games of the group phase of...
FIFA Bans Cofine FC Coach, Remi Amadi, For Two Years
Coach of Cofine FC of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Remi Amadi has been slammed with a global ban of two years from all football-related...
Aisha Buhari Cup To Serve As FIFA –Ranking Tournament!
World football –governing body, FIFA has confirmed that the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament taking place in the City of Lagos...
FIFA Gives Go-Ahead For Aisha Buhari Cup!
World football –governing body, FIFA on Wednesday provided the Local Organizing Committee with a final go-ahead to stage the maiden edition of the Aisha...
Crisis In NFF Refereeing Committee As News Of Alleged Sabotage And...
According to a source who chose to remain anonymous while speaking to Sports247, information broke out as regards the diversion of the funds for...
Pinnick Leads Drive For Billion-Dollar Infrastructural Lifeline For African Football
President of the Nigeria Football Federation and Member of the CAF Emergency Committee, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick was the pivot of a crucial meeting...
Youth Football And Unity Take Centre Stage In Côte d’Ivoire …Focus...
FIFA (www.FIFA.com) and CAF presidents visited Côte d’Ivoire to begin two-day itinerary; Focus on promoting unity, developing and strengthening football governance; Continent's inaugural pan-African...
Watch FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™ Draw Live …The 16-Nation Tournament...
The countdown towards the historic FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™ (www.FIFA.com) will reach an important milestone today (Tuesday 27 April) when the draw takes...
FIFA: MoU for African schools football competition signed in Congo DR
Today in Kinshasa, FIFA (www.FIFA.com), the Congo DR Football Association (FECOFA) and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed an historic...
Infantino, Asia Confederation, Japan FA Felicitate With Pinnick
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has personally congratulated the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick on the latter’s barnstorming entry into the...
CAF Presidential election: FIFA President praises African “team spirit”
FIFA (www.FIFA.com) President Gianni Infantino has stressed the importance of “team spirit” to project African football to the top of the world in his...
FIFA President Discusses Threats To Football At UN Crime And Justice...
President Infantino addresses a special event on safeguarding sport from corruption and crime; FIFA (www.FIFA.com) protecting “not just football and its institutions, but also...
Championnes: Football For Gender Equality In Africa
FIFA (www.FIFA.com), the French Development Agency (AFD) and the NGO Plan International France are joining forces to launch the Championnes programme in Togo, Guinea...
UN and FIFA Share Strategic Social Goals
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Ms. Amina J. Mohammed had a virtual meeting with FIFA (www.FIFA.com) President Gianni Infantino in which they exchanged views...
FG Formally Endorse Amaju For FIFA Seat
The bid by President of the Nigerian Football Federation Mr. Amaju Pinnick to secure a seat in the FIFA Executive Committee...
Benin And FIFA Continue To Work Together On FIFA’s Football For...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has met with the President of the Republic of Benin, Patrice Talon, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports, Oswald...
FIFA President’s African Visits Continue
FIFA President Gianni Infantino concluded his visit to Morocco by thanking his highness, King Mohammed VI, the Moroccan government, and Moroccan Football Association (FRMF)...
FIFA Regional Development Office Inaugurated In Kigali
The long-term development of football in east Africa received a substantial boost with the inauguration of a new FIFA Regional Development Office in Kigali,...
FIFA: Football Development Highlighted In Visit To The Central African Republic
A meeting with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, a national honour from the Central African Republic, and a presentation of a ground-breaking project involving the Central...
African Union and FIFA commit to build on positive results and...
Two years to the day of signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations, African Union (AU) Chairperson Félix Tshisekedi and FIFA President...
FIFA Re-Asserts Independence Of FAs From Third Party Interference
World football –governing body, FIFA, has once more emphasised its zero tolerance for third party and political interference in the affairs of its Member...
No Contradiction In FIFA’s Barring Of Confederation Of African Football (CAF)...
Ahead of the 45th Ordinary Congress of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the organisation has disclosed the candidates for positions that are...
FIFA Announces Cancellation Of 2021 U-20 And U-17 World Cups
The Bureau of the FIFA Council has today taken several important decisions concerning upcoming FIFA competitions.
Following the amazing success of the 2019 edition, the...
Latest Twist In Delta FA; FIFA Is Asking The NFF Questions
Following the petition to FIFA on Nffs intransigence and unwholesome interference on the DFA elections won by Edema Fuludu as Chairman and Victor Ikpeba...
FIFA Secretary General Discusses world football disruption, impact of FIFA COVID-19...
FIFA’s (https://www.FIFA.com/) Secretary General Fatma Samoura took part in the closing session of the World Football Summit (https://bit.ly/33sLFDG) Live today in a wide ranging discussion that...
SWAN President Confirms Receipt of FIFA Covid-19 Funds From NFF
The President, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Sir Honour Sirawoo has commended the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the release of the FIFA...
FIFA Bans African President Ahmad From All Football For Five Years
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Ahmad Ahmad, president of the African Football Confederation, has been banned from all football involvement for the next five...
FIFA Ban Haiti Soccer Chief For Life After Sex Abuse Investigation
Haiti’s football federation president Yves Jean-Bart was banned for life by FIFA and fined over a million dollars on Friday.
The 73-year-old Jean-Bart was found...
Babangida Charges NFF To Release Palliative Funds To Clubs And Players
Former Nigeria international and Ajax Amsterdam star winger, Tijani Babangida has charged Nigeria Football Federation to ameliorate the pains and sufferings of Nigerian footballers...
FIFA ethics threat looming as Ahmad launches his bid for African...
Ahmad Ahmad has announced his intention of standing for re-election next March as African football supremo. Whether he will have that chance is open...
BBNaija 2020: Ozo Eyes FIFA President, Gianni Infantino Seat
Big Brother Naija housemate, Ozoemena “Ozo” Chukwuhas said he dreams of becoming the president of the Federation of International Football Association, FIFA someday.
Consultant and...
Infantino tells FIFA congress he met Swiss legal supremo in mission...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino delivered a strong defence of his own leadership of the world football which has come under scrutiny from the Swiss...
UNODC, FIFA Partner To Kick Out Corruption
The UN’s leading anti-corruption agency, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the world football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de...
FIFA’s New Rule: Hope For Nigerian Players Abroad
FIFA as come out to suggest that players could switch allegiance to another national team if the player is being snubbed. World Football Governing...
Infantino is in the clear, says FIFA ethics committee
Gianni Infantino, whatever Swiss justice may be pondering, is innocent and clear to continue leading FIFA forward according to the world football federation’s own...
FIFA teams up with African Union, WHO and CAF to promote...
FIFA is joining forces with the African Union, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to jointly address the...
Super Eagles Supporters Club Hails ‘Transparent’ NFF On FIFA COVID19 Relief...
The Super Eagles Supporters Club (SESC) has applauded the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for its ‘transparent’ disbursement of the COVID-19 palliative package from FIFA,...
FIFA react as Osimhen completes deal to Napoli
World football governing body, FIFA has taken time to congratulate super eagles star striker, Victor Osimhen on the completion of his transfer to the...
FIFA COVID-19 Relief Plan: NFF expecting fund from FIFA, CAF, others...
The Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick has revealed that the body is still expecting monies from FIFA and CAF respectively following the federation’s...
FIFA confirms paying $700,000 owed to Super Falcons for World Cup...
World football governing body, FIFA, has confirmed it has paid Nigerian Football Federation the outstanding $700,000 owed to the Super Falcons for participation in...
Nigerian football lacks proper developmental programmes – Nigerian FIFA licensed agent,...
Nigerian FIFA licensed agent, Olawale Onipede has declared that Nigeria does not have proper developmental programmes for its football.
In a chat with Sports247, the...
FIFA postpones U-17 world cup till 2021 as Flamingo coach reacts
World football governing body FIFA, yesterday released a statement postponing the November scheduled under 17 women world cup till February 2021.
Coach of...
Pinnick assures FIFA grant to be used judiciously
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick has assured football fans and stakeholders that the federation will effectively maximise the funds...
NFF to receive palliative as FIFA is set to share $150m...
Amaju Pinnick led Nigeria Football Federation is set to receive aid from the world football governing body FIFA of the sum of $500,000 (about...
We want FIFA Recognition – Authentic Nigeria Football Supporters Club
It is said that every football team has a 12th player on the field of play and that is largely directed to the supporters...
FIFA picked Nigeria Referee for Futsal
The Nigeria Referees Association heartily rejoices with one of our own, Fifa Musa Dung Davou of the Plateau State Referees Council, who is...
2022 FIFA World Cup: Remo Star Coach predicts easy qualification
Remo Stars FC Coach, Daniel Ogunmodede has refused to be left out in revealing his opinions on the World Cup draws with Nigeria drawn...
