Seven federations have submitted their bids for two World Cups Saudi Arabia lodged its bid book for 2034 to FIFA president Gianni Infantino and FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafstrom in Paris on Monday. Spain, Portugal and Morrocco federations submitted their bids for 2030 while Argentina, Paraguay and Morocco applied to host the opening three matches…
Nigeria’s National football team Super Eagles have dropped by one spot in the latest FIFA World Ranking for the month of July The Eagles who were ranked 38th fot the month of June fell to 39th in the July ranking, released yesterday. In the ranking table by the world football governing body, the Nigerian team…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has expressed strong support for the country’s bid for re-election into the FIFA Council. According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the FIFA Council is the principal decision-making organ of the world governing soccer organisation in the intervals of the FIFA Congress. The Council comprises 37 members elected by…
Football Managers including Mauricio Pochettino, Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta appear to be sceptical about the the possibility of introducing blue cards Football’s lawmakers have delayed plans to publish details of sin-bin trials – which were expected to include the introduction of blue cards – at higher levels of football until next month. Trial protocols…
Ex-Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales has lost his appeal against a three-year ban from football-related activities by Fifa. Rubiales stepped down from his role in September after kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s Women’s World Cup final win against England. Hermoso, who later filed a legal complaint against Rubiales, said the kiss…
FIFA on Saturday confirmed that three bids to host the Women’s World Cup in 2027 had been lodged “across three confederations” before the bidding process closed. From Europe comes a joint bid between Belgium, Netherland and Germany while Mexico and the United States also teamed up as they submitted another joint bid just before Friday’s…
EKWE-ANAEDO reported earlier that Australia gave Saudi Arabia an edge to win the bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup by FIFA President, Gianni Infantino. In recent developments, Gianni has confirmed that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup via his Instagram account. Ekweanaedo News understands that Saudi Arabia’s interest in hosting the…
World Football governing body FIFA has banned former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities for three years. Rubiales kissed Spain’s Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s Women’s World Cup final win over England. The kiss, which Hermoso says was not consensual, sparked outcry, with Rubiales eventually stepping down from his…
Football governing body FIFA says it has paid prize monies to all the football federations that took part at the FIFA Women’s World Cup including Nigeria. This means Nigeria’s Super Falcons will now hope to get their World Cup bonus following the announcement by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA). Each Super Falcons player…
Nigeria maintained its position in the latest FIFA men’s rankings for the month of October. Though the Super Eagles gained 1.62 points in the month under review to take their total point to 1490.48, they, however, maintained the 40thposition in the world. In the month under review the Eagles played two international friendly matches winning…
