The men’s Club World Cup was founded in 2000 and the intercontinental competition has been contested every year since 2005, with European champion, Bayern Munich, overcoming home favourite, Raja Casablanca, to take the 2013 title in Morocco, FIFA said on its website
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Eusebio died at home of heart failure at 3.30am on Sunday, his biographer, Jose Malheiro, said
The Germany-based company has since conducted site inspections and installed its GoalControl-4D system in the two venues, Marrakech and Agadir
This was an increase of 37 per cent in comparison with the $420 million (about N69 billion) on offer for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa
Mandela’s last major appearance on the global stage came at those 2010 World Cup finals, the first to be hosted on African soil, when he attended the final in Soweto to a thunderous ovation from the 90,000 strong crowd
In spite Enyeama’s 13 clean sheets in French Ligue 1, the FIFA listed Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer who led the way on the five-man shortlist having being named as the only goalkeeper candidate for the Ballon d’Or
The Stephen Keshi-tutored team still lagged behind Didier Drogba’s Cote d’ Ivoire, who are first in Africa and 17th in the world, while the Black Stars of Ghana and Atlas Lions of Algeria are third and fourth best team respectively
The statement said: “Other elements of the design include the iconic unfurling “pico” or young fern, representing the youthful nature of those participating in the tournament
The Golden Eaglets won their record fourth U-17 World Cup title at the 2013 edition of the tournament, which was held from October 17 to November 8
Blatter, at a press conference at the Abu Dhabi’s Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium on Friday, said he has no known problem with the Real Madrid player and hence the press should not try to start one
The Gambian will be assisted by Angesom Ogbamariam (Assistant Referee 1) from Eritrea, who was born in 1971 and had been an international assistant referee since 1999
But contrary to expectations, Dr. Adamu has declared that he is not in hurry to return to football administration in CAF, FIFA and WAFU
d’Hoogie explained that a number of matches at the 2014 World Cup, including two quarter-finals, scheduled to kick-off at 1pm brought up the decision of the extra breaks
The world body has also confirmed that the match will start at 4pm Ethiopian time, which is 2pm Nigerian time
Keshi responded via a phone interview on a UK-based African television show with remarks interpreted by the Football Association of Malawi as racist
Maigari also declared that his Federation is organizing another FIFA approved course for trainers, all geared towards improving football in the country
The FCF has also received a fine of CHF 6,000 after the FIFA Disciplinary Committee considered the FCF liable for having breached Article 55 par. 1 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and Article 8 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Regulations
“I was at the National Hospital Abuja and was certified medically fit
and healthy to engage in various physical activities by two different
consultant cardiologists and they are: Dr. I. Uwaezuoke of the
National Hospital, Abuja and Dr. Tina Anya of the Federal Medical
Center, Abuja. They wrote a covering letter on those two reports
“We feel the racist remarks by Mr. Keshi are not acceptable,” FAM’s General Secretary, Suzgo Nyirenda, opined
In June, the African Champions were rated as the 31st best in the world before they made a downward slide to 35 in the July ranking