Nigeria Moves Up to 38th in FIFA Rankings
Nigeria has moved up three spots to 38th in the latest FIFA men’s world ranking, following a 4–1 win over Gabon and a 1–1 draw with DR Congo, which ended in a penalty loss. Despite missing out on the 2026 World Cup, these results helped push the Super Eagles ahead. With 1,502.46 points, Nigeria sits […]
Super Falcons Retain Rank 36th in Latest FIFA Ranking
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have held firm at 36th place in the latest FIFA Women’s World Ranking, according to the update published on Thursday on FIFA’s official website. Despite no major international competitions in the past month, Nigeria remains the highest-ranked women’s team in Africa, maintaining their top continental status. Earlier in June, the […]
Nigeria Moves Up One Place in Latest FIFA World Rankings
Nigeria moved up to 43rd globally but dropped to sixth in Africa in the latest FIFA rankings. Morocco now leads African teams, followed by Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, and Côte d’Ivoire. Argentina remains the top-ranked team worldwide, with Spain moving to second and France dropping to third. The next FIFA rankings will be released on July […]
Nigeria’s Flamingos to face Algeria in Women World Cup final qualifying round
Nigeria’s U-17 women’s team, the Flamingos will face their Algerian counterpart in the final qualifying round of Morocco 2025. The Flamingos qualified to the final round after a 5-1 aggregate scoreline over South Africa’s Bantwana, winning 3-1 in Pretoria and 2-0 in Ikenne last Saturday. Algeria booked their place in the round after recording a […]
Flying Eagles To Face Cote d’Ivoire In Friendlies Next Week
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will face Cote d’Ivoire in a double-header friendly next week. The first friendly is scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, while the second will take place two days later. Both matches will be played in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan. The Flying Eagles were initially set to face Egypt in a double-header friendly, but […]
Super Eagles Drop Eight Places In Latest FIFA World Ranking
The latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday has Nigeria recording the most significant drop following unimpressive performances in the last international window. In the November rankings, the three-time African champions plummeted from 36th to 44th globally, an 8-place drop. From its previous 1503 total points, the team’s points now stands at 1482.23. Among African teams, […]
Women’s Club World Cup to take place in 2026
FIFA has confirmed that the inaugural Women’s Club World Cup will take place in January and February 2026. The 16-team tournament will be held every four years and fall during the domestic season for European leagues, between the Women’s Champions League group stages and the knockout rounds. FIFA at its congress today in Bangkok also […]
FIFA President calls for forfeiture game when fans commit racist abuse
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has called for the implementation of an automatic forfeit of games for teams whose fans commit racist abuse. It follows recent incidents at Udinese and Sheffield Wednesday, which he described as “totally abhorrent”Infantino said in a post on X that there should be harsher punishments, as FIFA and football shows full […]
Lionel Messi wins best male player, Pep Guardiola named best male coach in FIFA Best Awards
Argentina forward Lionel Messi has won men’s player of the year at the Fifa Best Awards, with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola claiming the men’s coach prize in London. Inter Miami’s Messi finished ahead of City striker Erling Haaland and Paris St-Germain attacker Kylian Mbappe. The Fifa Best Awards generally cover a calendar year and […]
Super Eagles retain 42 nd Spot in final FIFA ranking of the year
FIFA has released the final ranking for 2023, and the Super Eagles are well ahead of their West African rivals going into next year’s Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria’s Super Eagles have ended 2023 in 42nd position in the latest FIFA ranking released yesterday.It also means Jose Peseiro’s men finish the year 2023 inside the […]
