Football’s rule-making body the International Football Association Board (IFAB) has said that referees at the 2018 World Cup finals will be able to give red cards for off-the-ball incidents spotted by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
VAR will be used for the first time at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. And IFAB confirmed that players can receive retrospective red cards during matches in the tournament.
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has dropped four players from his World Cup-bound squad.
However, Moses Simon is currently nursing a thigh injury and will be out of action for at least three weeks, will be travelling with the team, according to team sources.
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Super Eagles to play a clean and fair game but bring the World Cup trophy back home.
The President stated this on Wednesday when he met with the Super Eagles at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He said that the team is very young but encourage them to display the Nigerian spirit and their knowledge to a great advantage over their opponents.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will depart the shores of the country on Wednesday aboard a chartered flight to London for Saturday’s international friendly against England at the Wembley Stadium. The Eagles are seeking Nigeria’s first win against England after losing 1-0 in 1995 and playing a 0-0 draw with the Three Lions at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan.
More than 400,000 people have signed a petition calling for FIFA to punish Sergio Ramos for "intentionally hurting" Mo Salah. Liverpool's talisman Salah went off injured in the first half of the Champions League final after a challenge from the Real Madrid defender. The organisers of a change.org petition have argued the Spaniard deliberately held the Egyptian winger's arm "under his armpit, causing dislocation of his shoulder".
Bundesliga club Hannover have signed Austria defender Kevin Wimmer on a season-long loan deal from Stoke. Wimmer only joined Stoke from Tottenham in an £18 million ($24 million, 20.5 million euros) move in August 2017. But the 25-year-old made just 19 appearances in all competitions as Stoke were relegated from the Premier League.
