ASABA 2018: Has Nigeria Learnt Its Lessons?
Monday, 06 August 2018 16:36The CAASABA 2018 has come and gone it is left, to be seen what the Nigerian Athletics Federation have learnt from the various challenges, and hitches that came with it.
The Arrival period and opening day encountered too many difficulties, from miscommunication to alleged abandonment of some National Teams at the Airport even down to no proper arrangements for journalists, this has led to widespread criticism by both local and international bodies.
Another amazing experience was the falling of the Tank which supplied water to the swimming pools, This challenges faced has also been escalated in many ways which has also dented the Nations Image even as they seek to bid for the Worlds athletics championships.
Solomon Ogba came out to refute some of the claims categorically calling the media agents who reported some of the news as “blind” and he also added that the Tank fell a 100m from the stadium in an area under construction. The question still remains has Nigeria not got what it takes to Host Africa in one city? How then will they want to host the world in 2023.
FRANCE FOOTBALL TEAM RECEIVES HERO’S WELCOME
Tuesday, 17 July 2018 13:50The 2018 FIFA World Cup champions have been given a heroes’ welcome in France.
Players and officials of the French national football team were greeted by fans who lined the Champs-Elysées in central Paris, chanting their praise.
French president Emmanuel Macron also reportedly celebrated with the team on their return.
You will recall that France had on Sunday defeated Croatia four-two to lift the World Cup for the second; the first time being twenty years ago.
BARCELONA ANNOUNCES RECORD REVENUE
Tuesday, 17 July 2018 13:49
Spanish football club, FC Barcelona, had reported record revenue of nine hundred and fourteen million Euros in the 2017-2018 season.
Part of the proceeds came from Barcelona’s world record transfer fee of two hundred point six million pounds from French side, Paris Saint Germain for Brazilian Neymar in 2017.
Barcelona has since then broken its transfer record twice with the signings of Ousmane Dembele for ninety-six point eight million pounds and Philippe Coutinho for one hundred and six point four million pounds.
The 2018 La Liga winner has now said it was on track to achieve revenues in excess of one billion Euros by 2021.
NFF CRISES: PINNICK VS GIWA
Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:45Attention has returned to the Federal High Court in Jos where the Amaju Pinnick group has taken the case asking that the order which for Chris Giwa to take office should be vacated.
Our man Bello Zech went to the streets to sample the thoughts of football fans on who they think should be the President of the NFF. Let’s take a listen.
Russia 2018: Senegal, eliminated, as fair play decided
Friday, 29 June 2018 08:12
All five African teams have crashed out of the group stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia.
The last to leave the tournament are Senegal, who lost against Colombia one-nil in their last Group H match played yesterday.
However; Senegal finished with equal points and goal tally with Japan, but were eliminate based on FIFA’s fair play rule, having picked up more Yellow cards than Japan.
The President of Egypt Football Association, Hany Abo Rida, says the Ramadan fasting affected the Pharaoh's preparations for the World Cup in Russia.
Rida said his squad chose to fast during the Muslim holy month that ended the day before Egypt's opening game against Uruguay, as well as the subsequent ties with the hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia.
GHANAIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION DISSOLVED BY THE GOVERNMENT
Friday, 08 June 2018 11:23
The Ghanaian government has ordered the dissolution of its national football association.
This followed the filming of the president of the Ghanaian Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, apparently accepting a cash gift of sixty-five thousand dollars from an undercover reporter pretending to be a businessman.
Ghana's Information Minister, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, said the government decided to take immediate steps to address widespread rot in the system, adding that interim measures to govern Ghanaian football would be announced soon.
Nyantakyi, who is Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football and a member of the FIFA Council, has not commented on the allegations.
Similarly; football's world governing body, FIFA is yet to react to the decision to dissolve the Ghanaian FA and the alleged cash gift claims exposed in a documentary by Ghana’s celebrated undercover reporter Anas Aremayaw Anas.
This is because FIFA laws prevent government interference in football administration, and it had previously banned countries that breached the rules.