LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African football’s governing body, the Confederation of African Football (Caf), has launched an investigation into political remarks made by Nelson Mandela’s grandson during the opening ceremony of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Algeria. In a statement, Caf said it will “assess whether there was compliance” with rules laid out by both…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Morocco’s football federation (FMRF) has protested to world governing body Fifa about the refereeing during Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final defeat by defending champions France in Qatar. The FMRF is unhappy that Mexican referee Cesar Ramos failed to award a penalty in the first half to the North Africans when Theo Hernandez made…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In August 2018, Tej Narayan Tharu fell to his death while while working on a site at the Qatar World Cup. One moment, he was a 24-year-old with a family and a future. The next, he was a cremated statistic. In Itahari, Nepal, as flames engulfed his coffin, his wife wailed and…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federation of International Football (FIFA) has ordered the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to pay former Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, his compensation of $378,000 (about N157million) following the early termination of his contract. Rohr, 68, had his appointment terminated by the NFF in December 2021, following the poor performance of the…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil and Argentina lost their appeals to FIFA on Monday and will have to play the World Cup qualifying game that was abandoned last year in Sao Paulo amid chaos on the field caused by pandemic rule breaches. In one of the most bizarre scenes during the qualifying program for the World…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A former head coach of Nigeria, Gernot Rohr has dragged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) before FIFA and is awaiting a ruling on a $1m compensation claim for unfair dismissal, BBC Africa reports. Rohr was fired in December, weeks for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The German is the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fifa has decided that Russia can continue their bid to qualify for this winter’s World Cup, despite their opponents refusing to play against them. As England became the latest country to say they will boycott matches against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, Fifa finally ended days of silence on the subject…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, the top performers so far in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, were paired with arch rivals Ghana in the African World Cup play-offs draw in Douala on Saturday. Ghana will have home advantage first and both legs will be played between March 21 and 29 with the aggregate…