By Daily Sports on July 14, 2017
World football governing body FIFA have had to step into a logjam concerning the date and place for a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Cameroon.
This was after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) had scheduled the first leg in Nigeria for August 31 by 7pm in Uyo.
The NFF insisted the game be played on September 1 with kick-off time being 5pm at the same venue.
And FIFA have now intervened by directing that the game be played as demanded by the home team, Nigeria.
“The NFF have received an official correspondence from FIFA ordering that the game be played on September 1 from 5pm in Uyo,” a source told SCORENigeria“
That therefore puts to rest the controversy surrounding this match day.
”The return leg will therefore be on September 5 in Yaounde.
•Photo shows NFF President, Amaju Pinnick.
Source Daily Sports
Posted July 14, 2017
You may also like...
Mourinho rules out Real Madrid return
CAF raises AFCON prize money to $7m
Rashford Eyes Return To Man Utd Training After...
Co-or-die: Rangers out to stun Zamalek in Enugu...
Rohr Must Reside In Nigeria To Coach Eagles,...
Iwobi scores for Arsenal but Alonso wins it...
England battle Norway as Argentina face Swiss in World Cup last eight
World Cup: Spain, France semi-final clash, final before the final – De la Fuente
African results justify World Cup slots increase amid criticism
Everyone expects Spain to beat us, says Belgium coach
Okoye backs France to win World Cup
Joshua, Fury opponents vow to ruin mega-fight plans
C’wealth Games: Olopade targets swimming, judo breakthrough
Teen girl dies celebrating France’s World Cup win
Balogun apologises to fans after US W’Cup exit
Eaglets suffer second defeat in China tourney
Alalshikh sets condition for Joshua, Fury Wembley fight
France urges calm during World Cup game against MoroccoFrance urges calm during World Cup game against Morocco
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,946 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,284 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (53,193 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,802 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,687 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,555 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,443 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,963 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (51,178 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,646 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (48,124 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,515 views)