FIFA rankings: Nigeria now Africa's 11th best team, while Cape Verde tops Africa

FIFA this morning released it's rankings for the Men's football team, with Nigeria in position 62 as the 11th best team in Africa after climbing one position upwards in the month of February.

Belgium, Argentina, Mexico, Iran and New Zealand held their positions at the top of their respective confederations, with the only change in leadership at the confederation level this month taking place in CAF. Cape Verde Islands snatched the first place from Côte d’Ivoire to become Africa’s new number one team.

In Africa, Cape Verde is the leading nation on position 31, followed by Cote D'Ivoire on 36, Algeria on 37 and Ghana on 41 and Tunisia 47. Senegal, Egypt, Congo DR, Congo, Cameroon and Nigeria come 48, 53, 58, 59, 61 and 62 respectively.

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AUDIO: I was not paid N20million before resignation, Oliseh threatens to sue NFF

Former Super Eagles Coach, Sunday Oliseh has threatened to sue his former employers, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over defamation surrounding the controversial ₦20 million for salaries and rent for his time as the national team head Coach.

Oliseh who confirmed his resignation was officially communicated 11:01pm on Thursday stressed that neither him nor his Assistant; Jean Francois Losciuto, had received any payments.

Speaking with footballlive.ng, the former Super Eagles captain berated the manner the NFF handled the news suggesting to the public that he resigned upon receiving ‘his pay for job done.’

Listen here.

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Stop using sports facilities for weddings, thanksgivings, carnivals, etc - Sports Minister tells Governors

Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has advised state governors to stop the use of sport facilities in their state for events such as weddings, carnivals, political campaign, thanksgivings and others. Dalung said this while inspecting facilities at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar, Cross Rivers over the weekend.

"The turf of the football pitch here appears to be in bad shape and there is evidence that it was in good shape before but along the line, something happened. So, I suggest that football pitches across the country be exclusively used for those things that they are meant for and not to be subjected to other events that could destroy the turf. Invariably, what I am suggesting is that, state governments should not subject sports facilities to other events such as marriage, wedding, Carnival, cultural events and so on”he said

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AC Milan To Sue Yusupha Yaffa Over Age Falsification

Gazetta dello Sport claims Yusupha Yaffa lied to Italian authorities upon arriving from Gambia in 2009, insisting he was 13 years old when he was actually 22.

AC Milan is taking former academy player Yusupha Yaffa to court following allegations he told the club he was nine years younger than his real age.

Yaffa arrived in Italy in 2009 seeking asylum from Gambia and, according to Gazetta dello Sport, lost his identity papers and claimed his age was 13, when his actual age is said to have been 22.

A move to the Milan academy followed in 2013 when he was presumed to be 16 years old with a birthday of December 31, 1997, but an investigation puts his real birthday as February 14, 1987.



Yaffa, who is now on loan at German outfit MSV Duisburg from Eintracht Frankfurt, spent three years with Milan and became a regular in their Under-19 set-up before leaving 12 months ago.

The striker faces fraud charges in Italy after reportedly raising suspicions over his age with comments made on Facebook regarding his schooling and multiple queries from former school friends.

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CHAN: Eagles get $10,000 for defeating Niger

The Chairman of the League Management Company, Shehu Dikko, on Monday gave the Super Eagles $10,000 for defeating Niger Republic 4-1 in the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) group C clash played on Monday.
Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick and Dikko were among the spectators that watched the match at Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali and the trio rejoiced after the final whistle, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.
The players also earned $2,000 each for the victory against Niger Republic, while coach Sunday Oliseh pocketed $4,000.

http://thenationonlineng.net/chan-eagles-get-10000-for-defeating-niger/

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