August 3, 2022
Super Eagles former coach; Gernot Rohr, claims that because the Nigeria Football Federation took so long to pay him, they would have to pay him his unpaid salary plus interest at the current exchange rate.
The Franco-German was relieved of his job as the Eagles gaffer last December, following a series of underwhelming performances by the three-time African champions.
Despite moves by the NFF to pay his salary until the end of his contract, which should have expired in December, Rohr, the Eagles’ longest-serving coach took the case to world football body FIFA, demanding an additional £1m for breach of contract “without just cause” but FIFA instead approved $377,879.46 (N155m as of December 2021 and N157m at the current official dollar to naira rate).
A ruling by the FIFA players’ status chamber in May ordered the NFF to pay Rohr the money within 45 days, after ending his contract abruptly adding that the country’s football governing body would be sanctioned if Rohr was not paid in full within 45 days.
“If full payment (including all applicable interest) is not made within 45 days of notification of this decision, the respondent (the NFF) shall be imposed a restriction on receiving a percentage of development funding, up until the due amounts are paid,” said the FIFA decision.
However, 85 days after the ruling by FIFA, the former Bordeaux manager told journalists that he was yet to get a penny from the NFF.
July 1, 2022
FIFA says it will use semi-automatic offside technology at the November to December World Cup to make video assistant decisions faster and more reliable.
Football’s world governing body said on Friday that the system would be used in all 64 matches in Qatar.
The new offside technology was tested at the Arab Cup and the Club World Cup in February.
Using a signal in the ball and a dozen cameras that record players’ movements, the position of players is recorded even more accurately than before.
The data will be reviewed by a video assistant and immediately relayed to the referee on the field.
“The match officials are still involved in the decision-making process, as the technology gives an answer only when a player is in an offside position.
“In other words, the assessment of interfering with an opponent remains a match official’s responsibility,” FIFA referees’ chief, Pierluigi Collina, said in a statement.
In addition to more precise measurements, it is also hoped that the technology speeds up video assistant reviews for offside.
Currently, it takes an average of 70 seconds but the new system could cut that to 25 seconds.
“I’ve heard a lot about ‘robot referees.’ I understand sometimes this is very good for headlines, but this is not the case,” Collina said.
Video screens will be used to inform fans in the stadium about decisions.
June 24, 2022
The Women’s Under-17 team of Nigeria; the Flamingos have been drawn in Group B ahead of the U17 FIFA Women’s World Cup billed to be staged in India.
The Bankole Olowookere ladies who qualified for the tournament without loosing a single game now have herculean task of overcoming Germany, Chile and New Zealand when the competition kicks of from 6–28 October, 2022.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Black Stars of Ghana have gotten new dates.
NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, made this known in a statement on Monday.
The first leg billed for Thursday, March 24 at the Cape Coast Stadium, will now take place on Friday, March 25 starting from 7.30pm Ghana time, which will be 8.30pm in Nigeria.
While the second leg initially set for Sunday, 27th March, will now hold at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday, 29th March, starting from 6pm Nigeria time.
