Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of AfricanFootball, CAF has been named as replacement for Sepp Blatter whose reign as FIFA president was cut shot yesterday by ethics committee of the organisation. Blatter, 79, was handed a 90-days suspension and stripped of all duties by the ethics committee for allegedly making an over bloated two…
Champions League: Manchester City, Barcelona, Others To Face-Off
UEFA Champions League draws for the Round of 16 have been completed this afternoon in Nyon, Switzerland, UEFAs headquarters with eye-catching match ups between European football heavyweights. English Premier League table-toppers, Chelsea were drawn against French champions, Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, following an unbeaten run in the group stage. Chelsea secretary, David Barnard, spoke after the…
Nigeria Drops In FIFA World Ranking
Nigeria has dropped by five spots in the October edition of the FIFA /Coca-Cola World Ranking released on Thursday. According to the October ranking on FIFA’s website, Nigeria now has 632 points as against 642 points it garnered in September, ranking 42nd in the world and 9th in Africa. Nigeria, the African Champions fell 1-0…
England To Host Euro 2020 Finals
Wembley will host the final and semi-finals of the 2020 European Championships, UEFA, Europe Football governing body, has announced. Hampden Park in Glasgow and the Aviva Stadium in Dublin will host three group matches and a last-16 tie in the tournament, which for the first time is being played in cities across the continent rather…
2014/15 UEFA Champions League Draws Out
The 2014/15 UEFA Champions League draws was released on Thursday at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The reigning champion, Real Madrid is going to face English side champion league returnee, Liverpool FC with Basel of Switzerland, and Ludogorets. Twenty-two teams automatically entered this season’s competition in the group stage, with a further 55 teams taking…
Real Madrid wins 10th European cup
Real Madrid last night defeated Athletico Madrid 4-1 to lift the 2013/14 Champions League. Real Madrid came from behind to claim the Champions League crown in extra time at the expense of Atletico Madrid. The goals from Gareth Bale, Marcelo and Christiano Ronaldo helped Madrid to seal victory and also clinch a 10th European Cup.…
UEFA Semi-final, Final Draws Released
The 2014 UEFA Champions league fixtures have been released. The draw was held at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland by a team of UEFA officials. The first leg, which is to be played on April 22 and 23 fixtures Atletico vs Chelsea; and Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich consecutively. While the return leg debacle…
