AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-African football legend Samson Siasia is set to make a surprise return to the Super Eagles setup, six days after completing a five-year ban from football. According to OwnGoalNigeria, Siasia will join Austine Eguavoen’s interim coaching crew for the in the interim setup comes as a shock, given his recent ban for match-fixing…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia, is worried that the present Super Eagles players lack what it takes to be African Champions. Siasia said this much in an interview on Sportsville. The ex-international, in his first official interview after the expiration of his FIFA ban, said ‘’though the current team comprises of…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States court has issued a summons with a 21- day ultimatum to the world football body, FIFA, to respond to Samson Siasia’s suit challenging his coach licence ban and indictment for bribery. According to PREMIUM TIMES, a copy of the summons was issued on August 5, 2021 by the U.S….
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 SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With her eyes swollen in tears, Beauty Uguoere Siasia, the mother of a former Super Eagles skipper and coach, Samson Siasia broke down and cried. “I don’t know why they keep kidnapping me. Only God knows,” the 80-year-old woman sobbed on Sunday as tears dripped down her wrinkled face. Mama, as she…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abducted mother of former Nigeria coach and player, Samson Siasia, has been released after almost three months in captivity, The Nation has reported. Mrs Ogere Siasia and two others were seized in Odoni, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in July. This is the second time in four years that the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles player, Samson Siasia, needs N36m to appeal the life ban sanction imposed on him by FIFA over alleged match-fixing. Siasia, who made this known on Wednesday, said failure to secure the money would affect his appeal of the life ban. According to him, inability to get the money before…