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WorldStage Newsonline— As the world prepares for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, media centres in Russia said they had received 2,000 applications for accreditation from foreign and local journalists ahead of the event.
2018 FIFA World Cup: Media centres receive 2,000 accreditation applications Read More FIFA President Gianni Infantino has proposed staging what would effectively be a mini-World Cup, featuring eight international teams, every two years in addition to the traditional competition.
FIFA plans hosting mini-World Cup every 2 years Read More
WorldStage Newsonline— Nigeria has announced its membership of the World Minifootball Federation (WMF), responsible for organising six-aside football.
Nigeria becomes member of World Minifootball Federation Read More
WorldStage Newsonline— Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has become the first African player to score 10 goals in a single Champions League (CL) campaign, FIFA says on its Twitter handle @Fifacom.
Salah becomes first African to score 10 goals in single Champions League season Read More WorldStage Newsonline— The world football body, FIFA has released a new ranking table with Nigeria moving up five places.
Nigeria moves 5 places up in FIFA rankings Read More
WorldStage Newsonline– As the Super Eagles of Nigeria secured a 1-0 win over Poland in a warm up friendly at the Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw on Friday, the talking points from the match ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup are:
Key points in Super Eagles 1-0 win over Poland Read More WorldStage Newsonline— Morocco has announced plan to spend 15.8 billion dollars on infrastructure if it wins the right–to-host the World-Cup-soccer-finals in 2026.
2026 FIFA World Cup: Morocco budgets $15.8bn to host event Read More