LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may be dragged before the world soccer ruling body, FIFA, following the unceremonious dismissal of Coach Gernot Rohr as the Super Eagles manager, so said one of the German’s confidants. The NFF in a statement released late on Sunday, announced that it had severed relationship with the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were charged with fraud and other offenses by Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday after a six-year investigation into a controversial $2 million payment. The 85-year-old Blatter and 66-year-old Platini now face a trial at federal criminal court in Bellinzona. They could be jailed for several…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Football governing bodies FIFA and CAF have postponed Monday’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match involving Guinea and visiting Morocco. The decision to postpone the game is as a result of Sunday’s coup d’etat in the west African country, as well as the reported detention of its president, Alpha Conde. “The current…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia says FIFA ran a foul of his constitutional rights after he was convicted of bribery. In a lawsuit filed Monday in New York federal court, the former Nigerian international claims only the US Government can charge him. The 53-year-old was initially sanctioned in 2019 by FIFA…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles coach Samsom Siasia’s life ban from football has been reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sports. In August 2019, world football body FIFA banned Siasia for life and fined him $50,000 and for agreeing to ‘the manipulation of matches’ for betting purposes. According to FIFA,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Marseille manager, Andres Villas-Boas, has called on the world football governing body FIFA, to retire the no.10 shirt in honour of the late Diego Maradona. Maradona, who is widely considered the greatest footballer of all-time, died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 60. His health has been in decline in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World soccer governing body FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee has handed the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, a five-year ban from all football-related activities for corruption. In addition to the sanction, the Madagascan administrator was punished with a fine of 200,000 Swiss Franc. The adjudicatory chamber of the…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-FIFA is joining forces with the African Union, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to jointly address the issue of domestic violence by launching the #SafeHome campaign across the African continent. The initiative is designed to support women and children victims of domestic violence, particularly as…