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A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that Samson Siasia’s lawsuit challenging a bribery conviction and coaching ban handed down by FIFA.

The court ruled that the swiss dispute has no jurisdictional ties to New York, therefore struck it out.

United States (U.S.) District Judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, axed the August 2 complaint filed by Samson Siasia, a U.S. citizen and former Nigerian national team head coach. In 2019, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee convicted Siasia of participating in a wide-ranging conspiracy to fix hundreds of matches by allegedly paying off corrupt players and officials.

Siasia had alleged …

Former Nigeria international Odion Ighalo has revealed that he has not made a final decision concerning a return to the Super Eagles.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that head coach Gernot Rohr told reporters recently that there is a possibility Ighalo could be included in the squad for next month’s final round of group stage games for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Liberia and Cape Verde.

‘The final list is not made yet. But there is a chance to get him back. I put him in the bigger provisional list for the next games because …

Chelsea coach, Thomas Tuchel has urged Callum Hudson-Odoi to raise the standard of his game if he must keep his place in the starting line-up.

Despite scoring a goal in Chelsea’s 7-0 win over Norwich at the weekend, Tuchel challenged Hudson-Odoi that for him to prove a point, he would need consistency for 250 games.

Hudson-Odoi had failed to press the Norwich defence immediately after the game kicked—off, which earned him a rebuke from Tuchel.

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‘Let’s be honest, there’s no reason we should start in the second minute with pressing if …

David Alaba and Lucas Vazquez scored as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou on Sunday in the rivals’ first clash since the exit of Lionel Messi.

Defender Alaba turned goal-scorer in the 32nd minute with a wonderful curling shot from the left side of the area that the outstretched Marc-Andre ter Stegen could not stop.

His strike came minutes after American Sergino Dest squandered Barcelona’s best chance of the match when he sent his close-range shot soaring over the crossbar.

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Vazquez added a second goal in stoppage …

Former Manchester Tottenham manager, Jose Mourinho suffered one of the most embarrassing defeats in his managerial career, as Roma were demolished 6-1 by minnows Bodo/Glimt in the Europa Conference League on Thursday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the Serie A side came into the game looking to extend their 100% start in Group C.

However, Mourinho’s much-changed side were embarrassed on the artificial surface at Aspmyra Stadion in Norway.

Erik Botheim and Patrick Berg put the hosts two goals up inside 20 minutes.

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Carles Perez pulled one …

Tennis heavyweight Roger Federer on Monday dropped out of the top 10 in the ATP rankings for the first time in almost five years, as newly-crowned Indian Wells champion Cameron Norrie jumped 11 spots.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Federer, 40, has not played due to a right knee injury since losing in the Wimbledon quarter-finals to Hubert Hurkacz in July.

Poland’s Hurkacz climbed two places to 10th after making the Indian Wells last eight last week, knocking Federer down to 11th.

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It is the first time …

Manchester United’s embattled manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reacted to his side’s 4-2 defeat at Leicester, admitting that he ‘probably made a couple of bad decisions’.

United travelled to the King Power Stadium hoping to atone for those dropped points against Aston Villa and Everton before the October international break.

United found themselves on the wrong end of a six-goal thriller, as late goals from Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka sealed a memorable triumph for Leicester.

Africa Daily News, New York can also confirm that it was Leicester’s first home win against United since 2014 which they won 5-3.…

Henry was in the stands at the Emirates, as the Gunners beat Tottenham in the North London Derby.

But the 44-year-old then watched Arteta’s men struggle to claim a point against Brighton a week later.

That draw saw Arsenal drop back below Spurs on the Premier League table, into the bottom half.

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‘I don’t know if things are going in the right direction. I watched the Brighton game. Did you watch …

Former Nigerian midfield maestro, Sunday Oliseh has called on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to sack the current Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr as a matter of urgency due to his inability to move Nigeria’s football forward.

Oliseh made this call while reacting to Super Eagles’ 1-0 loss to the Central Africa Republic in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos on Thursday.

The 1994 Africa Cup of Nations winner in an interview with ‘Saturday Punch’ which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, stated that Nigeria’s football has retrogressed under the German tactician …

London heavyweights, Chelsea will stay top of the Premier League until Sunday evening at least, following their 3-1 win over Southampton on Saturday.

The Blues were looking to bounce back at Stamford Bridge, following back-to-back defeats against Manchester City and Juventus.

Chelsea started sharply on Saturday with Trevoh Chalobah giving them a 1-0 lead with a diving header.

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However, Ben Chilwell gave a penalty away, with James Ward-Prowse sending Eduoard Mendy the wrong way.

The game changed in Chelsea’s favour, after Ward-Prowse was shown a straight red for a hard …

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Joshua lost his WBA, IBF, and WBO belts to Oleksandr Usyk via a unanimous decision at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night.

A rematch with Usyk has now been confirmed by his promoter, Eddie Hearn.

However, Joshua feels he can still fight Fury with or without his world titles.

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