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Segun Odegbami says Nigeria must go beyond replacing NFF officials and rebuild the football system itself if the country wants different results.
European Leagues president Claudius Schaefer has escalated pressure on Gianni Infantino, openly questioning whether the FIFA president should continue leading world football.
South Africa’s stalled VAR project has become an open government-federation confrontation after Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie said he demanded R13 million back from SAFA, with the association requesting 21 days to respond.
Nigerian football is enduring one of its darkest periods, and Sylvanus Ofekun believes responsibility must reach the very top. In this hard-hitting commentary, he challenges the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation over national-team failures, player welfare, accountability and what he describes as a dangerous normalisation of failure.
FIFA has confirmed Kevin Lamour’s departure weeks after the senior executive publicly challenged Gianni Infantino’s controversial plan to bring private investment into FIFA’s tournament business.
Nigeria’s football election enters a decisive phase as nomination submissions reach their deadline, while calls for reform and resistance to suspending the process sharpen the battle over who reaches the ballot.
Three major football confederations have intensified their dispute with FIFA, accusing president Gianni Infantino of a breach of trust over the handling of the abandoned FIFA Forward Enterprise plan.
CAF has backed FIFA leadership after the Forward Enterprise proposal was dropped, while endorsing an update that acknowledged mistakes in the process surrounding the plan.
Gianni Infantino has received internal FIFA backing after criticism of the withdrawn FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, but UEFA’s opposition keeps the World Cup money fight alive.