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Following the recent meeting of the Disciplinary Committee, FIFA can today confirm the latest sanctions imposed for incidents that occurred during the preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup™ as well as in international friendlies. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been sanctioned for fielding an ineligible player in the match between Algeria and Nigeria on 10 November 2017. The match is declared to be forfeited and awarded 3-0 in favour of Algeria, with the NFF also receiving a fine of CHF 6,000. The sanction relates to the player Abdullahi Shehu failing to serve the automatic one-match suspension imposed on him as a result of receiving a caution in two separate matches of the same competition. This sanction bears no impact on the final result of the preliminary competition for the FIFA World Cup since Nigeria had already qualified (and Algeria eliminated) before the match took place. However, the sanction has no significant impact on the three-time African ...

The two men used their Tuesday press conferences to blame each other for Sunday's tunnel bust-up, in which punches and bottles were thrown Jose Mourinho was late for his Manchester United press conference on Tuesday afternoon. Nothing out of the ordinary there, you might think, but as one journalist at Carrington put it: "The cynical might suggest he's waiting to see what Pep Guardiola, whose press conference is under way, says first on the Old Trafford tunnel bust-up." With Mourinho, you can never be too cynical. By the time he took his seat, his Manchester City counterpart had indeed given his thoughts on the tunnel row which has overshadowed Sunday's Manchester derby. It afforded him the chance to weigh up his response and fire back, and he did so. Guardiola, himself no slouch in the press conference stakes, kicked things off; he may not have shed any light on who threw the punches and the bottles, but he did give the distinct impression that United were the...

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Ex-super eagles striker, Obafemi Martins has extended his contract with Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.

Super Eagles line up ahead of Zambia clash played earlier this month Gernot Rohr’s side are now the 60th best team in the world having occupied the 64th position in the previous rankings.

Welcome back to another lovely weekend of football action all over the continent. Liverpool made it 5 wins in a row as they come back from behind to win Swansea 2-1. Late goals from William and Costa in the second half made sure they left with all three points, Isaac success found the net for Watford in his first start as he secured a point ina 2-2 draw for Walter Mazzaris.

Yesterday saw the end of another European week, day 1 match 2 of the champions league saw current European champions Real Madrid held to a stalemate at Germany byBorusia Dortmund while fellow Spanish team sevilla won their first game of champions league as 2015 finalist Juventus saw off Croatian side dynamo Zagreb in a four goal thriller as EPL title holder

The draw for the Champions League group stage was made on Thursday, August 25.

After defeating Germany in the Rio 2016 Olympic finals the Brazilian and Barcelona football star tattoos himself with the Rio 2016 Olympic logo

Japanese surgeon, philanthropist and world record holder  Dr.  Katsuya Takasu  has made good on his promise to reward the team coach Siasia  and  Captain Mikel Obi  with $200,000 and $190,000 respectively. 

The Youth and Sports Development ministry after denying that U-23 captain, John Mikel Obi bailed out the team by paying $4,600 to settle some outstanding hotel bill before they departed to Salvador for their quarter- finals game against Denmark, has refunded him the money. It was reported that some officials who were not captured in the 25-man football Olympic list incured some debt which the hotel demanded before they could let them go and Mikel had to pay the bill to avoid them being embarrassed.

Liverpool came from behind to begin their Premier League season with victory in a seven-goal thriller against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. The hosts took the lead through Theo Walcott, who recovered from missing a penalty to slot home just 69 seconds later, but Jurgen Klopp's side stormed back as a Philippe Coutinho brace and strikes from Adam Lallana and Sadio Mane proved enough to seal the points. Arsenal rallied to grab two back through Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Calum Chambers but ultimately came up short as Liverpool were left celebrating a remarkable 4-3 win.

Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were stopped by people posing as armed police, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) said in a statement. The robbers demanded money and other personal belongings. Initially the International Olympic Committee (IOC) denied reports of the robbery, before the US committee confirmed it had taken place. Lochte said on Twitter that he and the other athletes were " safe and unharmed ", and thanked all those who had given him support.

Is naked diving the next Olympic sport? From the looks of these photos, we can only hope. If they can have cane fighting and tug-of-war in the Olympic Games back in the day, there is no reason why they can't incorporate a little skinny dipping into the mix today. If you haven't been keeping up, a very funny thing happened at the Olympics the other day during a men's diving event. You know that little bar of text that shows up on your TV screen to indicate the athlete's name and stats? It accidentally acted as an unnecessary censor bar, giving the illusion that the divers were competing in the buff. The Internet, which quickly approved of the hilarious images being broadcast, snapped pics of their TV's in response.

The Team USA swimmer, as well as teammate Jimmy Feigen , bleached their hair prior to heading to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, but it seems their hairstylist forgot to mention the crucial fact that the chlorine would dye their hair green! Lochte, who won a gold medal alongside Michael Phelps in the 4x200m relay race, showed how much his hair had transformed since arriving in Rio while posing with their new medals. Even by following the photos on his Instagram, Lochte inadvertently has shown the subtle transition from platinum blonde to a pale shade of green. While it might not be as green as The Joker, Lochte's locks are becoming a look in their own right. When he first decided to change the hue of his hair, Lochte seemed eager to show it off. But now that he's won more gold medals, perhaps he'll view his hair as a lucky charm—and continue to do so should he choose to return to the Olympic games in the future. Whether he was doing it for team sp...

Dear girlfriends , It has been 4 months since you took over the remote control and lavished yourself with telemundo , other soap channels and took the centre stage of our weekends. Because of our unending love, we have supported you and have had to learn the names of actors in most of the soaps including the episodes.We Even escorted you to those shopping erands and made us sit in cars like small boys .while you ran from one shop to another. We sat at a nearby car wash or bar while you where doing your hair. This was serious sacrifice from us. Since we have lived on the principal of doing unto others as we would others do unto us, we look forward to your handing over the remote control for the decoder and TV for the upcoming soccer season which begins this Saturday 13th August 2016. Thank you Your loving boyfriends.

Quadri has been impressive in the games ,  beating fifth seeded player Chih-Yuan Chuang in the third round and German Boll Timo in the fourth to make it to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, he met world number one Ma who effectively put him off with a 4-0 win. Quadri started calmly but Ma dominated the game to dispatch the Nigerian in straight sets 11-4, 11-2, 11-6, 11-7. Ma outclassed Quadri in the first game and also dominated the second which Quadri got just two points. In the last two games, the Nigerian returned stronger but that wasn’t enough as Ma’s experience saw him through. The whole game lasted just 28 minutes. Ma will now face Jun Mizutani of Japan in the semifinals on Thursday, August 11.

The Nigeria’s men basketball team (D’Tigers) , gave a powerful and surprising display in their second group game against Lithuania on Tuesday night, but still succumbed to the superior firepower of their opponents, losing 80-89. Having been blown away in their opening game against Argentina, D’Tigers, who are the reigning African champions, gave a brave fight to help their chances of qualification for the quarter finals of the men’s basketball event. With Ike Diogu opening the floor with the first basket, the Nigerian men hit the ground running, winning the first quarter 16-13. At the end of the second quarter, captain of the side, Diogu, recorded 11 points, Alade Aminu scored six points while Umeh had eight points as the Nigerians led 41-36 at half-time. Lithuania, who are ranked third in the world, bounced back from their sloppy start in the third quarter and went 16 points clear to lead 65-54. D’Tigers attempted a late fight back but Lithuanians’ experience and quality saw t...

Tuesday's defeat by the 20th-ranked Svitolina ends Williams' Olympic tournament, having also suffered a surprise loss in the doubles tournament with her older sister Venus on Sunday. World number one Serena Williams was bundled out of the Rio 2016 tennis tournament in the third round of the singles competition after a shocking 6-4 6-3 defeat to Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.