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...
Why I Invited Enyimba Defender Valentine Ozornwafor To...
Georgia Oboh Set To Battle Magical Kenya Ladies...
Kean Scores Winner As Juventus Beat Mourinho’s Roma...
Nlareb wins FCT Classic
Jarrell Miller eyes Dillian Whyte
Ronaldo buys Spanish football team
D’Tigers suffer second-straight loss as W’Cup hopes fade
I just want to make impact – Arokodare
Ucheibe joins Oshoala at Al Hilal
Thunder Balogun died day I was to meet him – Odegbami
Ikpeme, Abdulrahaman take charge of NFF, NPFL
Warren likens Itauma to Messi, Woods
D’Tigers fall 78-62 against Cameroon in W’Cup qualifiers
Gusau resignation: N12bn NFF intervention fund probe ongoing, says EFCC
NFF election process suspended, Ikpeme takes over as interim boss
Hockey excluded from 23rd National Sports Festival
Amusan makes Diamond League return in Zurich
AFN cautions athletes over risky scholarship deals
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (64,055 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,413 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (53,298 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,903 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,780 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,655 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,561 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (52,075 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (51,264 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,741 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (48,224 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,610 views)