A statement on the CAF website on Friday disclosed that the decision by FIFA was contained in a July 6, 2017 letter signed by Fatma Samoura, the FIFA Secretary General.
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Nigeria will hope to improve on the log in the double header Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on August 31 in Uyo and September 4 at Stade Omnisports Ahmadou-Ahidjo in Yaoundé
It is the first time Germany will lift the trophy
In the playoff match for third-place at the Spartak Stadium, Portugal looked to be weaker in the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and in the face of El Tri’s, sweeping wing play
Germany started the contest in typically efficient fashion and they found themselves in front after just six minutes
After 120 goalless minutes a shootout was required to separate the two sides
Germany entered the match knowing that any victory would be enough to win the section
Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernando Silva, Andre Silva and Nani all got on the scoresheet as the Euro 2016 winners finished top of Group A ahead of Mexico, who claimed the runners-up spot after registering a 2-1 triumph over hosts Russia
The result leaves both countries precariously placed after both lost their opening group games. Australia will need to beat Chile in its final group game to have any hope of progress
This is the first time in the history of FIFA when a player was escorted by a disabled child
It took just eight minutes for the four-time Ballon d’Or winner to put his nation ahead thanks to some build-up play from Bernardo Silva and Raphael Guerreiro
Chile, reigning two-time Copa America winners, were without Arsenal star forward Alexis Sanchez to begin the match but he came on as a second-half substitute
An own-goal from Michael Boxall and Fedor Smolov’s second-half strike sealed all three points for new coach Stanislav Cherchesov’s side as the tournament hosts impressed at the Krestovsky Stadium
But Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov, appointed after the country’s disastrous Euro 2016 campaign, predicts a tricky encounter as he oversees his first competitive match in charge
A written submission from Cameroonian club Etoile Filante de Garoua argues that Cameroon’s football federation, FECAFOOT, as presently constituted has no authority to send a team to the tournament
“When I was in America with the team at the end of last season, I was getting treatment on the injury which was progressing, but I couldn’t make the Confederations Cup,” Moses told Chelsea’s official website
Keshi took eight local based stars to the just-ended FIFA Confederations Cup and received a lot of criticisms for that move, with some even blaming it as the cause of the Eagles early exit from the competition
Mikel struggled to stick to his media duties in a recent interview in Brazil during the Confederations Cup
Brazil FA President, Jose Maria Marin; Spain FA President, Angel Maria Villar Llona, joined FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter, in a special presentation ceremony, in which shirts signed by the respective finalists were presented to Tokyo Sexwale, the Minister of Human Settlements in South Africa and a close friend of Mandela
The two sides could not be separated in 120 minutes of football and it was the Italians who held their nerve in the penalty shoot-out