Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup has been passed by FIFA and will be allowed to proceed to a vote runoff against the North American bid on June 13, a bid official told AFP Friday. “The Moroccan bid has been accepted,” Moncef Belkhayat, a former sports minister who sits on the committee, said after the bid passed further scrutiny from football’s world governing body.
Chelsea's Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has put the club's stadium plans on hold after delays to the renewal of his UK visa. The redeveloped Stamford Bridge will be Europe's most expensive stadium at £1bn. The estimated cost for a new 60,000 seat Stamford Bridge has increased to £1bn after delays, which included a dispute with a local family.
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has assured that the lack of goals in the Super Eagles will be resolved before the start of the World Cup in Russia.
The Super Eagles have scored only two goals in their last three friendlies against Poland, Serbia and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Former Brazil coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira will head the FIFA Technical Study Group for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia according to a report on FIFA.com.
The FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG) which has been present at every FIFA World Cup since 1966 is saddled with the responsibility of analysing the matches of FIFA’s flagship event and evaluate statistical data using the latest technologies also has former Super Eagles left-winger, Emmanuel Amuneke as a member.
Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Carl Ikeme is gutted that he won't be representing Nigeria at the upcoming World Cup in Russia and has sent an encouraging good luck message to his international teammates.
The 31-year-old, who played a part in Nigeria's World Cup qualification story, featuring over both legs against Swaziland and was also in between the pipes against Zambia, was unfortunately diagnosed with acute leukaemia in July 2017 which ruled him out of action for both the promoted club and his country.
The new Nigeria home kit to be worn at the World Cup 2018 in Russia was sold out minutes after its release on Friday morning as hundreds of fans queued outside London’s NikeTown store in Oxford Street.
The kit, modelled by Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi amongst others, has been hailed as the best kit of all of those to be seen in Russia this summer, with Nike having to push the release date back earlier this week due to such high demand.
Nike had already received three million pre-order for the shirt before it officially went on sale on Friday.
