Harry Awurumibe The U-19 women’s football teams of France and Netherlands have advanced to UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship semi-finals and have also by this achievement qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup billed for 2020 in a yet to be determined country. They join Germany and Spain as Europe’s four teams at next year’s world finals France and the ...
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France 2019 Fallout: Brazil sacks coach Vadao
Harry Awurumibe The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) has announced the departure of Vadao as the Head Coach of the national women’s football team, As Canarinhas after nearly two years at the helm. Just like Nigeria, Brazil suffered a Round-of-16 exit at the recent FIFA Women’s World Cup in France after a narrow 2-1 extra-time defeat against hosts France. It was ...
Read More »The adjudicatory chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has found Mooketsi Kgotlele, former General Secretary of the Botswana Football Association (BFA), guilty of having accepted bribes in relation to the manipulation of international matches in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics. The formal ethics proceedings against Kgotlele were initiated on 6 September 2018 and ...
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