NIGERIA'S NJOKU BANNED BY FIFA

Super Falcons player, Ugo Njoku, has been issued a three-match ban for elbowing Australia's Sam Kerr during Friday's Women's World Cup Group D match. 

 

Women's World Cup 2015: Nigeria's Ugo Njoku gets ban

  
The 20-year-old Nigerian, who came on as a substitute, went unpunished during the game,which ended 2-0 in favour of Australia.

The decision came after Fifa's disciplinary committee examined the video footage.
With Nigeria unlikely to progress, she will miss the final game against the US plus their next two official matches.

Earlier in the tournament France striker Camille Abily escaped punishment for a similar incident with England defender Laura Bassett, but the referee did not penalise Abily, and Fifa did not review the incident and the Football Association did not contest Fifa's decision.

2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING RESULTS

2016 European Championship Qualifying
                 RESULTS
 
Slovenia 2 - 3 England
Ukraine 3 - 0 Luxembourg
Belarus 0 - 1 Spain
Slovakia 2 - 1 Macedonia
Estonia 2 - 0 San Marino
Lithuania 1 - 2 Switzerland
Liechtenstein 1 - 1 Moldova
Russia 0 - 1 Austria
Sweden 3 - 1 Montenegro

Poland 4 - 0 Georgia
R. of Ireland 1 - 1 Scotland
Gibraltar 0 - 7 Germany
Finland 0 - 1 Hungary
Faroe Islands 2 - 1 Greece
Northern Ireland 0 - 0 Romania
Armenia 2 - 3 Portugal
Denmark 2 - 0 Serbia
Kazakhstan 0 - 1 Turkey
Iceland 2 - 1 Czech Rep.
Latvia 0 - 2 Netherlands
Andorra 1 - 3 Cyprus

2017 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFIERS RESULTS

2017 Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification
                RESULTS
 
         Egypt 3 : 0 Tanzania   
        Sudan 1 : 0 Sierra Leone   
        Ghana 7 : 1 Mauritius   
        Togo 2 : 1 Liberia   
        Equatorial Guinea 1 : 1 Benin   
        Niger 1 : 0 Namibia   
        Congo 1 : 1 Kenya   
        D.R. Congo 2 : 1 Madagascar   
        Cameroon 1 : 0 Mauritania   
        Ethiopia 2 : 1 Lesotho   
        Mozambique 0 : 1 Rwanda   
        Algeria 4 : 0 Seychelles   
        Mali 2 : 0 South Sudan    
        Senegal 3 : 1 Burundi   
        Burkina Faso 2 : 0 Comoros   
        Cape Verde 7 : 1 São Tomé and Príncipe   
        South Africa 0 : 0 Gambia   
        Nigeria 2 : 0 Chad   
        Angola 4 : 0 Central Africa   
        Uganda 2 : 0 Botswana   
        Zambia 0 : 0 Guinea Bissau   
        Malawi 1 : 2 Zimbabwe   
        Tunisia 8 : 1 Djibouti   
        Morocco 1 : 0 Libya   
        Guinea 1 : 2 Swaziland   

NIGERIAN DEFENDER COLLAPSE AND DIED ON THE PITCH

Nigerian defender David Faramola Oniya died on Saturday after collapsing on the pitch during a friendly between his Malaysian club T-Team and Kelantan. 

             

               Nigerian defender David Faramola Oniya collapsed and died on the pitch in Malaysia

The Local media said the 30years old defender, who is the T-Team captain, collapsed three minutes into the match in Kota Bharu and was taken to hospital.
The match was abandoned after 60 minutes when a message was received from the hospital that David Faramola Oniya had died.
The Nigerian defender had only just joined the Malaysian club this season.