SuperSport confirmed itself as Africa’s home of world football after completing a broadcast deal with FIFA for its major international rights for the 2017/18 season
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On Thursday, FIFA suggested Africa’s current tally of five berths will nearly double when the tournament expands to 48 teams in 2026
According to a statement from the FIFA Media Office, the tender was launched on Oct. 21 and it included the media rights to all 2017-2018 FIFA events
The proposals approved by FIFA’s president and his counterparts at the six confederations are expected to be ratified by the FIFA Council on May 9
The 29-year-old Barca forward was suspended by world football ruling body FIFA for directing “insulting words” at an assistant referee during Thursday’s 1-0 win over Chile
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the victory was Brazil’s eighth straight win under coach Tite
The defeat in the high altitude of the Andean city, coupled with Colombia’s 2-0 win away in Ecuador and Chile’s 3-1 defeat of Venezuela, means the twice World Cup winners fall from third to fifth in the 10-team South American qualifying group
The first match for which the sanction will apply is the next fixture in the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia between Bolivia and Argentina, which will be played on March 28 (today)
The former Ajax boss was dismissed by the Royal Dutch Football Association with the Oranje at risk of missing out on a second major international tournament
Gareth Southgate’s first game at Wembley since succeeding Sam Allardyce on a permanent basis provided few alarms as England remain firmly in control at the top of Group F
The petite but lion-hearted midfielder spoke on Sunday during a meeting of the Super Eagles with the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, at the team’s Crowne Plaza London Ealing hotel
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the win put them back in the automatic qualifying spots for next year’s finals in Russia
It was in a win which all but cemented their place at next year’s FIFA World Cup finals in Russia
FIFA confirmed on October 14 that co-hosting would be allowed at the 2026 tournament and that there would be no restrictions on the number of countries in a given bid
This was contained in a statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF’s spokesman
Checks revealed that Fernando Arce was the first player booked by Ramos, while Mariano Trujillo was the first player he sent off after booking the player twice in 15 minutes
Puyol was one of the standout players of the Spanish side, which triumphed at the last edition of the competition at South Africa in 2010
A statement on Monday from the Ivorian Presidency in Abidjan quoted the National Assembly President, Guillaume Soro, as delivering the message on Sunday when he visited the team in Brazil
The world football governing body, FIFA, in a statement on its official website on Wednesday, said that Iran landed, shortly before Croatia, at the Sao Paulo International Airport, Brazil at 4:10pm (local time)
The statement also quoted NFA’s General Secretary, Musa Amadu, as saying Nigeria had nothing to do with Perumal all through Super Eagles’ qualifying campaign for the World Cup in South Africa