Issa Hayatou Defeated As CAF Elects Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad as New President

Ahmad Ahmad

Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad has emerged the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). He defeated incumbent Issa Hayatou by 34 to 20 votes at the election currently holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Hayatou, who has been in charge at CAF for 29 years, was seeking an eighth term. Ahmad had challenged Hayatou and promising change after a discreet playing and coaching career.

Ahmad took the reins of the Madagascar football federation in 2003 and on Thursday challenged long-serving Issa Hayatou for the African Football Confederation (CAF) presidency.

Favourite Hayatou and Ahmad went head to head in Addis Ababa seeking a four-year term as African football boss. 

World football –ruling body, FIFA appoints Pinnick into Organising Committee for Competitions

World football –ruling body, FIFA, has named the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, into one of its most important committees – the Organising Committee for Competitions.

Hitherto, the world body had different committees for organization of its several competitions, including the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA U20 World Cup, FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, FIFA U17 World Cup, FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Pinnick was a member of the Organising Committee for the FIFA U20 World Cup.

However, at its 66th Congress in Mexico City on 12th – 13th May 2016, and in accordance with the revised FIFA Statutes that came into force on 27th April 2016, the model of the standing committees was reviewed, cutting the number from 26 to 9.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino arrives Nigeria

President of football’s world governing body, FIFA, Mr Gianni Infantino and the Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samba Samoura, have arrived in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja on a two–day working visit.

The FIFA officials were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, members of the NFF Board and some football club owners in the country.

The objective of the visit is to renew FIFA’s commitment towards developing football in Africa and promote corporate support for the sport in Nigeria.

Comparing Messi and Ronaldo, Stop it!

All these people comparing Messi and Ronaldo. Stop it! E ma fi iku we arun. Ronaldo is nobody's mate. It is very easy to thrive under love and praises, but a man that can thrive under hate and criticism is king.
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Messi has been loved all his life. Ronaldo has been hated all his life. Why? Because, according to his haters," the guy too proud".
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Do you know what it means to play in a stadium with the fans of the opposing team chanting against you? Now imagine the fans of your own club chanting against you. When Fergie signed Ronaldo, the whole of England hated him cos of his world cup clash with Rooney. Ronaldo played in front of Manchester United fans and they booed him. Imagine the whole stadium booing you. The day he won the Old Trafford fans to his side was a match against Portsmouth. They were booing him until he sent in the shot. Old Trafford went quiet that day, then erupted in jubilation. He silenced his haters, one shot at a time.

Michel Platini to Quit as UEFA President after Ban Appeal Fails

UEFA President, Michel Platini, will resign from European football’s governing body after failing to have a six-year ban from football overturned.

A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel reduced the ban to four years monday.
Following the judgement, the 60-year-old said he would be stepping down.

Platini and former FIFA counterpart, Sepp Blatter, were last year found guilty of ethics breaches over a 2m Swiss Franc (£1.3m) “disloyal payment”.

The pair, who deny wrongdoing, had their original bans reduced from eight to six years by the FIFA appeals committee.

World cup ‘bite’ incident: Suárez could be banned for up to 24 matches under Fifa code

            Italy's Giorgio Chiellini shows his shoulder,
claiming he was bitten by Uruguay's
Luis Suarez in their World Cup match

Luis Suárez wrote his name into World Cup infamy by biting the Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini towards the end of a dramatic Uruguay win to risk another lengthy suspension of anything up to 24 matches.

Uruguay looked to be heading for the exit in the 79th minute with the game locked at 0-0 – the South Americans needed victory – when Suárez tussled with Chiellini as they chased a ball inside the Italy penalty area. The Liverpool striker leaned his forehead into Chiellini, in what looked, initially, to be a butt before biting down on his opponent’s shoulder. 

Suárez flung himself to the ground and, moments later, he could be seen holding his teeth.

World Cup Opening Ceremony: NFF says pardon FIFA, LOC over flag error

The Nigeria Football Federation says it bears no grudge against FIFA or the 2014 World Cup Local Organising Committee for misrepresenting Nigeria at Thursday’s opening ceremony.

The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the organisers of the soccer fiesta displayed the wrong flag while announcing Nigeria at the opening ceremony.

Instead of Nigeria’s flag, the Republic of Niger’s flag was projected at the middle of the pitch during the event.

BRAZIL EXCLUSIVE: Super Eagles demand World Cup appearance cash

AfricanFootball.com can exclusively reveal that Nigeria stars led by skipper Joseph Yobo and Mikel Obi have met with the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to demand an appearance fee for the World Cup.

This is outside the match bonus, which starts at $10,000-a-man for a first round match win, announced for the players for Brazil 2014.

“The players led by Yobo and Mikel met with NFF president Aminu Maigari and some of his officials to demand for their own share of the cash FIFA will pay the country for at least featuring in the first round of the World Cup,” a top source informed AfricanFootball.com

Nigeria will already earn more than $9 million for qualification and participation in the first round of the 2014 World Cup and they will get more if they reach the knockout stages of the competition.

Brazil 2014: Yobo, Osaze, Agbim Make Super Eagles World Cup List

Today, been the FIFA deadline for the summation of the list of the names of the participating countries in the Brazil 2014 world cup, the Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi has released his 23 man list for the World Cup starting this month.

Among the players that made the Keshi's 23man killer squads are the Captain Joseph Yobo, Osaze Peter Odemwingie, Chigozie Agbim, John Mikel Obi among others

GOALKEEPERS: Vincent Enyeama, Austin Ejide, Chigozie Agbim

DEFENDERS: Joseph Yobo, Elderson Echiejile, Juwon Oshaniwa, Godfrey Oboabona, Azubuike Egwuekwe, Kenneth Omeruo, Efe Ambrose, Kunle Odunlami

MIDFIELDERS: John Mikel Obi, Ogenyi Onazi, Ramon Azeez, Michael Uchebo, Reuben Gabriel

FORWARDS: Osaze Odemwingie, Ahmed Musa, Shola Ameobi, Emmanuel Emenike, Babatunde Michael, Victor Moses, Uche Nwofor  

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will face Iran, Bosnia and Argentina during the group state of the tournament in Brazil.

Brazil 2014 World Cup: Protests continue

Several demonstrations aimed at Brazil’s upcoming World Cup tournament took place in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, snarling traffic towards the city center. At least two distinct protests gathered in Rio, organized mainly through online social networks, O Globo reported.

Never before has the World Cup incited these feelings of hatred among Brazilians,’ said Ugo Giorgetti, a prominent Brazilian film-maker and football fan. He seems to speak for many, judging by huge street protests that accompanied last year’s Confederations Cup - demonstrations initially provoked by a hike in bus fares.

Romário, star of Brazil’s 1994 World Cup-winning team and now a socialist politician in the Chambers of Deputies, the lower house in Congress, calls the tournament ‘the biggest heist in the history of Brazil’.

It is not just the delays, the cost and the futility of the stadia that is so abhorrent this time.

As with previous unrest in the country, many of those who showed up to Friday's events covered their faces with masks and wore dark clothing, holding signs with slogans such as “We want schools, subways, trains, buses, and standard hospitals FIFA.” A large group of teachers was said to have taken part in Friday’s mobilization.

FIFA- PANINI: Over 1 million people are using the Online Sticker Album!

PANINI: Over 1 million people are using the Online Sticker Album! Free code this Wednesday - http://t.co/cQGgiWo7Ts pic.twitter.com/70gB4sSwQu
— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) May 5, 2014

SCANDAL: How Eagles qualified for 2010 World Cup - Match Fixer

A convicted Singaporean match-fixer, Wilson Raj Perumal has shockingly claimed that he helped Nigeria to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa through his match fixing shenanigans.

Wilson Raj Perumal claims he influenced results to help the Super Eagles to qualify for the South Africa World Cup. In a shocking claim, the match fixer said that Nigeria football authorities promised him the right to organise their pre-2010 World Cup friendlies as well as part of the money FIFA pays to help teams prepare for the tournament.