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Superstar dribbler and quick striker Lionel Messi named world soccer player of the year. Special to Houston- based USAfricaonline.com; CLASSmagazine, AchebeBooks.com, Nigeria360 e-group, USAfricaTV At the annual FIFA awards ceremony in Zurich (Switzerland on January 10, 2011), Argentinean Lionel Messi was awarded the prestigious Ballon d’Or prize, recognizing him as the world’s best soccer player for the second year in a [...]
SOCCER twist: FIFA suspends Nigeria for “government interference”Special to USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine (Houston), and Nigeria360@yahoogroups.com AFP: FIFA suspended Nigeria from international football on Monday, alleging “government interference” in the running of Nigerian football. World football’s governing body said the decision followed a bid by the Minister of Sports to restart the league without relegations, pressure to [...]
N950million World Cup Soccer fraud: Nigeria officials on trial; NFF officials sacked, again. Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston Former Nigeria Football Federation president Sani Lulu Abdullahi and three others are on trial today Tuesday September 7, on charges of corruption and mismanagement of funds. Lulu is joined by former first vice president Amanze Uchegbulam, [...]
Jonathan reverses himself on Nigeria international soccer ban Special to USAfricaonline.com Nigeria’s government on Monday July 5, 2010 lifted a two-year ban it imposed last week on its national football team after a dismal World Cup showing, just ahead of a FIFA deadline to do so. The government issued a statement saying the country’s football [...]
President Jonathan, shut them down…. By CHIDO NWANGWU, Publisher of USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston. On Wednesday July 7, 2010, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan’s tangle with the world’s soccer governing body FIFA will see the rugged lines of global soccer cooperation, national sovereign claims and responsibilities intersect and clash, again. Jonathan’s swift hammer fell on [...]
Soccer: Countdown to the African Nations Cup finals on Sunday January 31, 2010. Facts and stats of African Nations Cup championships, 1957-2010 Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston On Sunday, January 31, 2010, the much anticipated African Nations Cup final showdown between Egypt and Ghana will hold in Luanda, Angola. Koman Coulibaly of Mali will [...]
Ghana Black Stars beat Nigeria’s Super Eagles 1-0 for finals ticket Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine and the e-group Nigeria360 Nigeria arrived in Luanda on Tuesday evening, each player richer by several thousand US dollars thanks to a government sponsored performance-based reward scheme, but they will need more than monetary incentives to get past a young, [...]
Soccer: 2010 World Cup draw on Friday Dec 4 By Jonathan Swindlehurst The world’s gaze will be firmly focused on the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday, December 4 as the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals draw will take place at 17:00 GMT All 32 qualified nations (or Participating Member Associations to give them [...]
6 African teams chasing 3 Word Cup spots By DB Peters Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine Johannesburg – Ahead of the final round of African World Cup qualifying matches, there are still three places at next year’s finals in South Africa up for grabs. In Group A, Cameroon are favoured to qualify, with Gabon waiting [...]
World Cup hoopla: South Africa says no emergency to move games Special to USAfricaonline.com There was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament if South Africa was not ready, chief organizer Danny Jordaan has said. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said two years ago that the United States was among countries [...]
Ghana wins Under-20 World Cup for first time, beats Brazil in shootout By Jerome Pugmire (CP) – Special to USAfricaonline.com CAIRO, Egypt — Ghana held on with 10 men to beat Brazil in a penalty shootout to become the first African team to win the Under-20 World Cup on Friday and end a decade of [...]
IFA’s Executive Committee has agreed that in 2009, Egypt would host the FIFA under 20 World Cup and that Nigeria would host the FIFA under 17 World Cup. The Nigerian government has already submitted the necessary guarantees to FIFA, assuring that it can host a successful event.
