Posts tagged with FIFA

EDITORIAL: NFF And Malady Of Anambra State FA Caretaker Committee

0 comments, 04/08/2020, by Best Choice Sports in CAF, FIFA, Football, Grassroots, Investigation, News

On Monday, while stakeholders in Nigeria football went to sleep in peace, the football managers in the country, the Nigeria Football Federation, the only institution bestowed with nurturing, grooming, developing and expanding Nigeria football far and beyond the periphery of the country, decide... Read more...

How NFF Official’s Desperation To Get Sallah Ram Led To Ridiculous Press Release

0 comments, 29/07/2020, by Best Choice Sports in Football, Grassroots, Investigation, News

By Amaechi Agbo On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF issued a press statement, hastily, condemning the July 27 Anambra State Football Association's elections that returned Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah as chairman for another four-term in office, Bestchoicesports.com.... Read more...

2022 Qatar World Cup Begins On November 21

0 comments, 15/07/2020, by Best Choice Sports in CAF, FIFA, Football, News

The 22nd edition of the world's most glamorous football event, 2022 FIFA World Cup will commence on November 21, 2022 in Qatar, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report. World football governing body and organisers of the mundial announced Schedule for the tournament with the final going to be hel... Read more...

Players Union Charges NFF To Publish List Of Clubs Benefited From FIFA/CAF COVID-19 Relief Fund

0 comments, 10/07/2020, by Best Choice Sports in CAF, FIFA, Football, Investigation, News

By Our Correspondent Nigeria's players' union, the National Association of Nigeria Professional Footballers, NANPF, has charged the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to publish it’s relief package for clubs in the league as has been done across the globe Referencing the Senegal Footbal... Read more...

Colombia FA Fined $4.6 Million Over 2018 World Cup Ticket Inflation

0 comments, 07/07/2020, by Best Choice Sports in FIFA, Football, Investigation, News

The Colombian Football Federation (FCF) and some of its senior members have been fined $4.6 million (3.6 million pounds) for planning and executing a scheme to resell World Cup tickets at inflated prices, the country’s commerce regulator said on Monday. The decision came after two years of inv... Read more...

Former Sports Minister Blackmailed Maigari To Impeach Me – Baribote

0 comments, 29/06/2020, by Best Choice Sports in Football, Investigation, News

Former Chairman Nigeria Premier League, Chief Victor Rumson Baribote, has argued that the impeachment process used to impeach him as the league body head was illegal. Rumson Baribote was duly-elected Chairman of the Nigeria Premier League in 2011, at an election organized by the NPL Electoral Co... Read more...

FIFA Slams Tunisian Club Etoile Du Sahel With Three Transfer Windows Ban

0 comments, 29/06/2020, by Best Choice Sports in FIFA, Football, Investigation, News

Tunisian side Etoile du Sahel on Friday received a transfer ban from FIFA following their dispute with former player Darwin Gonzales. Etoile will not be able to sign any player in three transfer windows unless they settle the signing-on fee owed to the former Deportivo la Gueira player. Th... Read more...

Rivers United To Appeal To FIFA Over Transfer Ban

0 comments, 27/06/2020, by Best Choice Sports in FIFA, Football, Grassroots, News

By Amaechi Agbo Nigeria Professional Football League side, Rivers United has disclosed that it will appeal to world football governing body, FIFA over the three windows transfer ban handed to the club, Bestchcoicesports.com.ng reports The Port Harcourt based side was ban by FIFA from signing ... Read more...

Australia, New Zealand Are 2023 Women’s World Cup Hosts

0 comments, 27/06/2020, by Best Choice Sports in FIFA, Football, News

World football governing body, FIFA has handed Australia and New Zealand the right to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup football, Bestchoicesports.com.ng understands. Both countries were awarded the tournament by a comfortable margin after a vote by the FIFA Council on Thursday. Their joint p... Read more...

FIFA To Disburse $1.5 Billion COVID-19 Relief Plan To Women Football

0 comments, 26/06/2020, by Best Choice Sports in CAF, European Leagues, FIFA, Football, News

By Our Correspondent World football governing body, FIFA has mapped out the sum of $1.5 billion relief plan to help deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global football with women football targeted with 50% of the fund, Bestchoicesports.com.ng reports. FIFA's plan means it w... Read more...