LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has said they will not be scared by the world football governing body FIFA. The Minister told KweséESPN on Friday in Kampala that since Nigeria is a sovereign state, they will not bow to pressures from FIFA. Earlier in the week FIFA issued Nigeria with an ultimatum…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World Cup champion France is No. 1 in the FIFA rankings for the first time in 16 years. Germany, the previous World Cup champion, dropped from first to 15th on Thursday after its elimination in the group stage. The U.S., which did not qualify for the World Cup, advanced three spots to…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fifa have handed Nigeria and Ghana stern warnings to fix their issues or they risk being hit with suspensions. The tussle for power in the Nigeria Football Federation is still ongoing with Chris Giwa and Amaju Pinnick factions yet to settle their differences – a consequence which led to the delay in…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, says Chris Giwa remains the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President as declared by the Supreme Court judgment on April 27. Dalung said on Monday in Abuja that the ministry was operating under the rule of law and obeying the court ruling. The minister was…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, says the world football ruling body recognises only Amaju Pinnick as President of the Nigeria Football Federation. FIFA equally said it will not accept any outside interference in the affairs of the NFF as headed by Amaju Pinnick. Infantino, while responding to questions at a press conference in…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWRANGERS)-World soccer governing body, FIFA, have fixed this Tuesday for their decision on the latest crisis to rock Nigeria Football Federation, with the possibility of an announcement also expected on the matter. This follows a formal notification given FIFA by the NFF about details and true situation of the latest leadership tussle…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung’s directive that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) should comply with the Supreme Court judgment delivered on April 27, 2018, sacking Amaju Pinnick-led board, sport analysts and Festus Keyamo, a lawyer, said on Monday that the world football governing body, FIFA, may ban Nigeria from competitions….
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has arrived in Moscow for a World Cup visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Blatter posed for photographs with fans from Mexico and Portugal on his arrival Tuesday at a five-star downtown hotel. The 82-year-old Blatter is banned from official football duty until…