Tag: Siasia
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Siasia returns to coaching soon as FIFA ban winds down
Siasia returns to coaching soon as FIFA ban winds down Former Super Eagles head coach Samson Siasia is preparing to return to coaching with a local league club soon. Siasia, initially handed a life ban by FIFA over match-fixing allegations, saw his punishment reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). With his ban…
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FIFA win Siasia’s lawsuit over match-fixing ban
FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, has won the dismissal of a lawsuit by former Nigeria national team coach, Samson Siasia, challenging his lifetime ban, later reduced to five years, for fixing matches. US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said he had “no conceivable basis” to exercise jurisdiction in Manhattan federal court. Hellerstein said this was because…