FIFA pleads with Qatar World Cup participants to “focus on football”
FIFA has written to 2022 World Cup participating teams urging them to focus on the football in Qatar and not let the sport be dragged into ideological or political “battles”. The letter from FIFA president Gianni Infantino and the governing body’s secretary general Fatma Samoura follows a number of protests
More pains as Eagles lose N5.6bn FIFA largesse
These are certainly not the best of times for the Super Eagles following their failure to qualify for The first-ever winter World Cup. billed for Qatar later this year, Adaeventsnews Sports Extra reports. The Eagles, who had appeared in six of the previous seven World Cups, were favored to book