European football governing body, UEFA will ask for its teams to be given 16 places at the expanded 48-team 2026 World Cup Uefa will also request that the European teams…
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Nigeria has moved up nine places to the 41st position in the World football governing body, FIFA monthly ranking for February. Despite missing in action at the concluded Africa Cup…
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Cameroon up 29 places in FIFA World Ranking after AFCON triumph
by Arinze Ago February 9, 2017African Nations Cup champions Cameroon have moved up to No. 33 in the FIFA World Ranking, a 29-place jump. But Africa’s top-ranked team remains Egypt, who lost in the final…
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Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick has been appointed to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Organising Committee for Competitions. This was confirmed by the NFF on their official…
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Three-time African champions, the Super Eagles, moved one place up to 50th spot in the latest FIFA monthly ranking. In the ranking published on FIFA’s website on Thursday, the Nigerian…
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi stunningly did not vote for one another to win the FIFA world player of the year award. At the inaugural The Best FIFA Football…
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Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo claimed he had to overcome media “campaigns” against him to win FIFA’s inaugural “The Best” prize for the world’s best player in 2016. Ronaldo lifted…
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FIFA’s ruling council on Tuesday unanimously approved an expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams in 2026, with a format of 16 groups of three nations. “The FIFA Council…
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Lionel Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez and their Barcelona team-mates did not attend the FIFA ‘The Best’ Award ceremony on Monday night. Messi was one of the three finalists for the…
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General view prior to part II of the FIFA Council Meeting 2016 at the FIFA headquarters on October 14, 2016, in Zurich Switzerland.Valeriano Di Domenico – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images…