Brazil Axed Scolari Over Poor World Cup Performance

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Less than 12 hours after the 2014 FIFA World Cup come to an end, latest reports indicate that Brazil’s coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, has lost his job.
According to local reports in South America, the former Portugal manager was sacked after the hosts ended their World Cup campaign with two embarrassing defeats against Germany and Holland.
Scolari had said he would let the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) decide his fate after the host were beaten 7-1 by eventual tournament winners Germany in the semi-final and 3-0 by Holland in the third-place playoff.

Brazil 2014: FIFA World Cup Finals Draw

The 2014 FIFA World Cup draw took
place in Brazil today and Nigeria will
play against Argentina, Iran and
Bosnia. Nigeria's
opening game will be against Iran
and even though Bosnia looks like it
will be an easy game for us, the
country is ranked higher than
Nigeria in the world. They are
ranked 21st, while Nigeria is ranked
36th. Nigeria should qualify
alongside Argentina.

Cape Verde sanctioned; Tunisia through to final FIFA World Cup Qualifying Round

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By means of a telephone conference, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has today taken a decision to sanction the Cape Verdean Football Association (FCF) for fielding an ineligible player in the preliminary competition match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ between Tunisia and the Cape Verde Islands on 7 September 2013.

Latest FIFA Rankings: Africa Rankings

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Fifa today released it monthly football nations ranking. Here is how the Africa Countries are doing

Latest FIFA Rankings(Africa):

19 1 Côte d'Ivoire 902 -1 Down
24 2 Ghana 815 0 Equal
28 3 Algeria 762 6 Up
36 4 Nigeria 707 -1 Down

FIFA queries scandalous playoff score lines

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World football governing body FIFA has written to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to come forward with facts behind the recent mind-boggling 79 and 67 goals recorded in two  Nigeria National league playoff matches.

This much was made known to the sporting press in Abuja on Tuesday by the chairman of the  Nigeria National League, Chief Emeka Inyama, while inaugurating the investigative panel to address the current series of petitions  against the management of the second tier league of the country. Chief amongst the petitions is the one in respect of the withdrawal of Zamfara FC from the league.

Lionel Messi's life is to be made into a film (to be released during World Cup)

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Lionel Messi's life is to be made into a film after a Los Angeles production company bought the rights to a biography of the Barcelona star.

The film is set to focus on Messi's boyhood in Argentina and treatment for growth hormone deficiency, before depicting his on-field successes.
Messi, 25, has won the Ballon d'Or, awarded to the world's best player, for the last four years.
Epic Pictures Group hopes to finish the film in time for the 2014 World Cup.

Emenike to miss 2014 qualifiers and Confederations Cup

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Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike will miss June's 2014 World Cup qualifiers and the Fifa Confederations Cup due to a knee injury.

The 25-year-old Spartak Moscow picked up the injury on Sunday, on his return from a long-term hamstring layoff, during a Russian Premier League match.
His club have confirmed that Emenike will be out of action for two months.
"It's a terrible setback for me because I was very happy to be back playing again on Sunday," he told BBC Sport.

Goal-line technology: Premier League votes in favour for 2013-14v

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The Premier League has voted to introduce goal-line technology from the 2013-14 season.

British-based Hawk-Eye has been awarded the contract to provide the system.
Hawk-Eye uses seven cameras per goal to detect the ball and claims its system is "millimetre accurate, ensuring no broadcast replays could disprove the decision".
The Football Association will install a system at Wembley Stadium in time for August's Community Shield.