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Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) on Friday, 30th of October named Alexander Belinga as interim coach to replace sacked German Volker Finke as he look forward to booking a place at the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup with African Best Nominee, captain Stephane Etoundi Mbia. The German was appointed in May 2013 but his performance had come in for strong criticism after stream of poor results. Having spent close to two years under coach Volker Finke as a captain, Mbia will be looking forward to steer the Indomitable Lion to their 8th World Cup outing under Alexandre Belinga as they flag up their qualifying campaign against Niger Republic on November 15. The President of Cameroon the Fecafoot, Tombi A Roko, said that fellow Cameroonian Bonaventure Djonkep would be Belinga's assistant. Experienced Mbia won the last two edition of Europa Cup  with Sevilla of Spain, his wealth of experience of the round lethal game will go a long way in helping coach Belinga to land Cameroon their 8...

Photograph by FIFA.com Brazil had looked bright in the opening stages, either finding Akpan Udoh in fine form in the Nigerian net or hitting their opportunities off target, with Rogerio and Evander two of the culprits.  A Seleção were made to rue those missed opportunities when the lethal Osimhen extended his lead at the top of the goalscoring charts. John Lazarus crossed from the Nigerian right and the Nigerian No9 headed in, via a deflection off Eder Militao. Moments later, Nigeria doubled their lead, Osimhen instrumental once more. The forward hooked a bouncing ball back over his shoulder, with Michael following in. The ball bounced up off the turf and past Juliano. The Brazilian No1 was deceived by another bounce just four minutes later, as Anumudu hit a left-footed drive from distance. The effort skipped off the turf, and past the stopper, who was visibly unhappy at not keeping the shot out. The second period saw few clear-cut opportunities, with Funsho Bam...

The Nigeria Football Federation will on Thursday in Lagos present badges to Nigeria’s FIFA Referees for the year 2015. The list includes six men Referees, three women Referees, seven men Assistant Referees, four women Assistant Referees, four Futsal Referees and four Beach Soccer Referees.     NFF President Amaju Pinnick will badge the referees at the Eko Hotel & Suites just before the 2014 Glo-Caf Awards ceremony inside the same edifice.   The men referees are Amao Joshua Opeyemi, Udoh Anietie Ferdinand, A. Abubakar, Shuaibu Abdullahi, Odey Benjamin Ekabatiem and Ogunyamodi Henry Shina, while women referees are Nwogu Uloma Nneka, Musa Hadiza and Foluso Adewuyi Ajayi.   Men assistant referees are Edibi Peter Elgam, Baba Abel, Pwadutakam Samuel, Usman Isah, Orowole Tope, Igudia Efosa Celestine and Ogwu Peter Eigege, and women assistant referees are Momoh Bosede Adijat, Iyorhe Mimisen Agatha, Nkwocha Hulda Uba and Aliu Felicia Obile.   Futsal ref...