Madjer, 58, becomes the country’s fifth national coach in three years and must pick up the pieces after their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
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The 30-year-old played no part in the 3-0 defeat to Brazil in the early hours of Wednesday morning due to suspension, as La Roja cruelly missed out on a place at next year’s tournament on goal difference.
“These delays are not critical, there is nothing terrible there, but as I have always said … it is the most difficult thing to resolve tasks at a final stage,” Putin said at a meeting with senior sports officials, regional governors and prominent athletes.
Dalung told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja that the team was well prepared for the world cup qualifier against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon coming up on Friday in Uyo.
But Mutko said on Monday in Moscow that since Blatter and Platini were appealing against their bans, they were still permitted to attend football events
Russia has again cut its budget for the 2018 World Cup in part by abandoning plans to build a new…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Saturday were picked as one of the top ranked teams in Africa. The…
The intended departure of FIFA President, Joseph Blatter, will not negatively affect Russia’s hosting of the 2018 World Cup. This…
Football’s world governing body Fifa said in a statement it had taken the action “as a result of the non-payment of an outstanding debt”
The 53-year-old, a former Chilean football federation president, was chairman of a FIFA group tasked with assessing the strength and feasibility of the various bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals