FIFA President Congratulates 32 Successful World Cup Teams. There are 211 national association football teams that are affiliated with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, via six independent continental confederations. The names of the six independent confederations are the…
Jose Mourinho Leads Roma to UEFA Europa Conference Cup Victory, Adds Another Feather to His Cap Roma Football Coach, Jose Mourinho Roma Celebrates Its Victory of the UEFA Europa Conference Cup. The day, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, will go down…
A new soccer manager, José Vitor dos Santos Peseiro, simply known as José Peseiro, a 62-year-old Portuguese national, has been hired for the job of manager for Nigeria’s senior men’s football team, the Super Eagles. José Peseiro Nigeria’s football governing…
Justice Longs Christopher, a former Nigerian international soccer player, and World Cup star is dead. Justice Christopher in Nigerian Colours Justice, who was 41 years old on the day of his death on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, was hale and…
Senegal Celebrates Her First African Cup of Nations Victory Senegal’s Tortuous Journey to Their First African Cup of Nations Title The Senegal national football team, also known as the Lions of Teranga, is neither a new name nor a newcomer…
Soccer-loving Nigerians are always happy and excited whenever they hear or remember the story of how their country’s, and indeed the World Golden Eaglets, defeated their German counterparts, on August 11, 1985, to win the maiden edition of the first-ever…
Who is Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton? Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton can easily be described as a self-made man, a merchant, a company founder, a yachtsman, and a philanthropist. The last name of Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton sounds familiar because of…
The Oceania Football Confederation, OFC, is one of the six continental confederations of the Federation Internationale de Football Association, FIFA. It was formed in 1966, as a result of Australia and New Zealand’s failed attempts to join the Asian Football…
The Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, CONMEBOL (Spanish)also known as the South American Football Confederation (English) and Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (Portuguese) is the continental governing body of football in South America countries, with the exception of Guyana, Suriname, and French…
Who is Jules Rimet? Jules Rimet was a French-born lawyer and football administrator. He was born on October 4, 1873, in Theuley, Franche-Comté, France. What Was His Contribution to the Game of Soccer? Jules Rimet started making contribution to the…