Tag: Ban
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Former African Player of the Year vows to appeal FIFA ban
Former Football Association of Zambia President KalushaBwalya has revealed he will appeal the two-year ban handed him by FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee. Bwalya was banned for allegedly receiving benefits from banned Qatari official Mohammed Bin Hammam after investigations made by the committee according to a statement on FIFA’s official website. Bwalya,…
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FIFA bans former African Player of the Year
Zambia’s former African Footballer of the Year, Kalusha Bwalya, has been banned from the game for two years by world governing body FIFA after an investigation into his links to banned Qatari official Mohammed Bin Hammam. The adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s Ethics Committee on Friday said that they had banned Bwalya, a member of the…
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Falz reacts, says NBC ban of ‘This is Nigeria’ song is hilarious
Nigerian music sensation Falz, has reacted to the banning of his song ‘This is Nigeria’ by the National Broadcasting Commission. This ban was disclosed in a letter from the NBC dated 6th August 2018 and signed by its Zonal Director, Igomu Onoja. NBC fined a radio station in Jos N100,000, for playing Falz’ ‘This is…
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NBC bans Falz’ ‘This is Nigeria’
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has banned Falz famed song ‘This is Nigeria.’ This was disclosed in a letter from the NBC dated 6th August 2018 and signed by its Zonal Director, Igomu Onoja. According to NBC, a part of the song – “This is Nigeria; look how we living now everybody be criminal” has…
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Former Arsenal midfielder’s doping ban extended to 18 months
Former Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri has had his doping ban for using a drip treatment at a Los Angeles clinic increased from six to 18 months. It follows an appeal against the original sanction, given to the Frenchman by Uefa in February. The ban is backdated to 1 July 2017, even though Nasri, 31, has…
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CAS dismisses ex-FIFA Sec Gen, Valcke’s appeal against ban
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke’s appeal against his 10-year ban for breaching the world football body’s code of ethics. The court, which is at Lausanne in Switzerland, said the ban and the 100,000 Swiss franc (about $100,290 or N38 million) fine were “wholly appropriate”. Its action…
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Roma owner banned for comments after Liverpool CL defeat
Roma owner James Pallotta has been given a three-month suspension by UEFA for comments after their Champions League semi-final against Liverpool. Pallotta criticised the standard of refereeing in the second leg in Rome on May 2. Roma won 4-2 but lost 7-6 on aggregate as Liverpool progressed to the final in Kiev. He called the…
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Arbitration Court overturns UEFA ban on AC Milan
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday overturned a decision by European soccer body UEFA to ban AC Milan from next season’s Europa League competition. CAS added that the Italian club’s finances had improved after a recent ownership change. UEFA said last month that AC Milan did not meet a break-even requirement under…
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Russia 2018: World Cup referee banned for life
A World Cup-bound referee has been banned for life for a match-fixing attempt in Saudi Arabia just weeks before he was due to fly to Russia, says the country’s football federation. The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) says Fahad Al Mirdasi confessed to offering to fix the King’s Cup final between Al Ittihad and Al…
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Codeine ban: NDLEA arrests 17 suspects in Ilorin
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara Ccommand, has arrested 17 suspects in different parts of the state while trying to smuggle the drug to other destinations for sale. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government had banned companies from producing codeine. Addressing newsmen on Thursday in Ilorin, the state…