{"id":22543,"date":"2019-08-16T18:26:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=22543"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:26:09","slug":"breaking-fifa-bans-nigerian-coach-samson-siasia-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-fifa-bans-nigerian-coach-samson-siasia-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: FIFA bans Nigerian coach Samson Siasia for life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Breaking: FIFA bans Nigerian coach Samson Siasia for life<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Former Nigeria&#8217;s Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has been banned for\u00a0life\u00a0from all football activities by FIFA for collecting bribes.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/governance\/news\/y=2019\/m=8\/news=adjudicatory-chamber-of-the-independent-ethics-committee-sanctions-samson-siasia.html\">The official statement from the FIFA Ethics committee<\/a> stated that Siasia attempted to manipulate matches for betting purposes. The decision\u00a0to ban the Nigerian coach came after conducting a &#8220;large scale&#8221; investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-fifa-bans-nigerian-coach-samson-siasia-life\/ecgbfenx4aadzag\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECGbFEnX4AAdzAg.jpg?fit=634%2C569&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"634,569\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ECGbFEnX4AAdzAg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECGbFEnX4AAdzAg.jpg?fit=300%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECGbFEnX4AAdzAg.jpg?fit=634%2C569&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22546\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECGbFEnX4AAdzAg.jpg?resize=579%2C519\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECGbFEnX4AAdzAg.jpg?resize=300%2C269&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ECGbFEnX4AAdzAg.jpg?w=634&amp;ssl=1 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following the news, Samson Siasia has denied all the allegations leveled against him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know anything about this. I did nothing wrong and I have not received any letter from FIFA.&#8221; he told a Nigerian journalist Colin Udoh<\/p>\n<p>Samson Siasia added that he was never given the opportunity to defend himself and will do all he can to clear his name.<\/p>\n<p>Samson Siasia will address a press conference at 12 noon Nigeria time (7AM EST) at the National Stadium in Abuja, Nigeria.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking: FIFA bans Nigerian coach Samson Siasia for life Former Nigeria&#8217;s Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has been banned for\u00a0life\u00a0from all football activities by FIFA for collecting bribes. The official statement from the FIFA Ethics committee stated that Siasia attempted to manipulate matches for betting purposes. The decision\u00a0to ban the Nigerian coach came after conducting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8417],"tags":[491,8309,256,12165,9876],"class_list":{"0":"post-22543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-african-football","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-fifa","10":"tag-fifa-ban","11":"tag-nigeria","12":"tag-samson-siasia","13":"tag-super-eagles"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/108342485_605507824.jpg?fit=480%2C270&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-5RB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41224,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/nigerias-super-eagles-appoint-finidi-george-as-new-head-coach\/","url_meta":{"origin":22543,"position":0},"title":"Nigeria&#8217;s Super Eagles appoint Finidi George as new head coach","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"April 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Nigeria's Super Eagles appoint Finidi George as new head coach Ex Nigerian winger Finidi George has been named the new head coach of the country's senior men's national team. 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