FIFA have release this month ranking, the new FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking see Spain remaining on top of ladder ahead of Brazil, Netherlands and world cup holder Italy in fourth position. Germany and England gain 1 point each to finished in the top 10, why Portugal and Argentina lost 1 point each, but they are still in the top 10 of the ranking. Serbia is the only country that gains 6 point to finish in the top 15, Egypt lost 7 point but still in top 20 countries.

Below are the top 50 countries in the March edition of FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking according to the FIFA site, the next world ranking will be  release by FIFA 31st March, 2010 and will be on FIFA website, latest  3rd April, 2010.

Ranking	Team	Pts Mar 10	+/- Ranking Feb 10		+/- Pts Feb 10
1	Spain	1642	0		15
2	Brazil	1594	0		26
3	Netherlands	1324	0		36
4	Italy	1226	0		17
5	Germany	1208	1		35
6	Portugal	1201	-1		25
7	France	1171	0		54
8	England	1109	1		33
9	Argentina	1087	-1		5
10	Greece	1074	2		44
11	Croatia	1050	0		-3
12	Russia	1042	1		16
13	Serbia	980	6		64
14	Chile	971	2		16
15	Mexico	968	2		21
15	Switzerland	968	3		44
17	Egypt	967	-7		-102
18	USA	954	-4		-9
19	Uruguay	936	2		27
20	Cameroon	888	0		-26
21	Nigeria	879	-6		-77
22	Côte d’Ivoire	874	0		9
23	Australia	867	0		10
24	Ukraine	851	0		3
25	Czech Republic	843	0		15
26	Israel	821	1		-2
27	Slovenia	819	6		52
28	Ghana	818	-1		-5
29	Paraguay	815	0		9
30	Bulgaria	812	0		11
31	Slovakia	810	5		58
32	Algeria	803	-1		19
33	Denmark	798	-7		-29
33	Norway	798	-1		26
35	Honduras	776	-1		17
36	Romania	774	2		29
37	Ecuador	761	-2		8
38	Colombia	757	1		21
39	Republic of Ireland	748	-2		2
39	Northern Ireland	748	1		19
41	Turkey	739	1		11
42	Sweden	737	1		10
43	Gabon	706	1		0
44	Costa Rica	701	1		2
45	Scotland	681	1		16
46	Japan	672	-6		-57
47	Latvia	662	2		28
48	Hungary	645	4		30
49	Venezuela	644	-2		-2
50	Bosnia-Herzegovina	644	-1		-1

The Deloitte’s sports  has released its Football Money League for the season 2008-2009 and where Real Madrid emerged as the world richest football club for the fifth time in a row. Real Madrid is also the first international football team to have crossed annual revenues of Euro 400 million. Real Madrid is followed by FC Barcelona, the last season winner of the UEFA Champion league, follow by, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in that order. The exchange rate of the pound is said to have a great  impacted Manchester United and other English Premimer League club’s  position. Manchester United was at the top of this list for eight years before Real Madrid took over that position.

Seven of the top 20 richest clubs are from England despite the fall in the value of the pound due to global economy recession. Germany has five clubs, Italy has four, and Spain and France each have two clubs included in this list. Real Madrid has not had a very satisfactory playing last season as they came second in La Liga behind FC Barcelona and also got knocked out in the Round of 16 stage of the Champions League last season, which FC Barcelona went on to win. The purposes of this assessment by Football Money League, is to ascertain deal of Euro 1.1 billion seven-year deal with Mediapro has been very successful. This season most of the clubs in the top 20 stayed the same with only VfB Stuttgart and Fenerbahce being replaced by Werder Bremen and the second big spending Manchester City.

Current   2007-08      FC Club Euro

1                         (1)                 Real Madrid                      401.4 million
2                        (3)                 FC Barcelona                    365.9 million
3                        (2)                 Manchester United        327.0 million
4                        (4)                 Bayern Munich                289.5 million
5                        (6)                 Arsenal                               263.0 million
6                        (5)                 Chelsea                                242.3 million
7                        (8)                 Liverpool                           217.0 million
8                        (11)                Juventus                           203.2 million
9                        (10)               Internazionale                 196.5 million
10                       (7)                AC Milan                            196.5 million
11                      (15)               Hamburger SV                  146.7 million
12                       (9)                AS Roma                              146.4 million
13                     (12)               Olympique Lyonnais       139.6 million
14                     (16)               Olympique de Marseille 133.2 million
15                     (14)               Tottenham Hotspur         132.7 million
16                     (13)               Schalke 04                           124.5 million
17                   (n/a)               Werder Bremen                 114.7 million
18                    (20)                Borussia Dortmund         103.5 million
19                   (n/a)               Manchester City               102.2 million
20                    (17)                Newcastle United             101.0 million

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has set a semi final target for any incoming technical adviser of the Super Eagles at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa according to one of the coach that was interview by the NFF and Presidential Task Force (PTF) yesterday said, it is a difficult task but it is achievable.

The former coach of the England football team, the three Lion, Glenn Hoddle, who apply for the Nigeria Super Eagles job, was interviewed yesterday and he is very confident that he will get the job. He spoke with to sport-exra and other newsman  at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja yesterday after the interview conduct by the NFF and PTF panel, some of the prospective coach, said that, it would be difficult for any coach to achieve the target set for any incoming coach considering that there is not enough time for the team to prepare for the World Cup final in South Africa.

Hoddle who also was the former coach of Wolverhampton, says that there is lots of caliber of players in the team, and the target can be achieved with an experienced coach, adding that he has what it takes to lead the team to the semi-finals of the World Cup final in South Africa. On his chances of getting the job, Hoddle, who boasted that he was the most experienced of all the shortlisted coaches, expressed confidence in grabbing the job to lead Nigeria Super Eagles to the World Cup. He said: “I think I am ready for the job in Nigeria. With my wealth of experience as a former manager of the England national team, I believe I am most favoured for the job and I would be ready to accept the offer and begin work immediately.”

The coach also noted that the country have lots of good individual players who would require the services of an experienced coach to blend into a winning side for the World Cup, adding that the fiesta is quite different from club football. He added that he was moved to join the race for the job because of his conviction that Nigeria has the caliber of players that can shock the world in South Africa if given the necessary support.

Below is the official and alternative player rankings for the ATP pro tours and statistics as at February 15, 2010. Roger Federer is still after he won the 16th grand slam tittle.

Rank  Players                     Country     Points

1	Roger Federer		0	11350.0
2	Novak Djokovic		0	8310.0
3	Rafael Nadal		1	7370.0
4	Andy Murray		1	7300.0
5	Juan Martin del Potro		0	6355.0
6	Nikolay Davydenko		0	5290.0
7	Andy Roddick		0	4210.0
8	Robin Soderling		0	3855.0
9	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga		0	2985.0
10	Marin Cilic		0	2970.0
11	Fernando Verdasco		0	2860.0
12	Fernando Gonzalez		0	2710.0
13	Gael Monfils		0	2430.0
14	Radek Stepanek		0	2240.0
15	Mikhail Youzhny		5	1980.0
16	Gilles Simon		0	1880.0
17	Tommy Robredo		2	1845.0
18	Tommy Haas		1	1830.0
19	David Ferrer		1	1780.0
20	Lleyton Hewitt		1	1770.0
21	Stanislas Wawrinka		0	1765.0
22	Juan Carlos Ferrero		0	1760.0
23	Tomas Berdych		0	1545.0
24	Ivan Ljubicic		0	1430.0
25	John Isner		0	1430.0
26	Nicolas Almagro		0	1370.0
27	Juan Monaco		0	1355.0
28	Philipp Kohlschreiber		1	1305.0
29	Jurgen Melzer		3	1270.0
30	Albert Montanes		0	1265.0
31	Sam Querrey		0	1260.0
32	Thomaz Bellucci		4	1246.0
33	Ivo Karlovic		2	1195.0
34	Feliciano Lopez		1	1195.0
35	V Troicki		1	1135.0
36	Marcos Baghdatis		0	1125.0
37	Janko Tipsarevic		0	1060.0
38	Igor Andreev		3	1040.0
39	Julien Benneteau		1	1004.0
40	Benjamin Becker		0	961.0
41	Jeremy Chardy		1	950.0
42	Paul-Henri Mathieu		3	940.0
43	Andreas Beck		0	930.0
44	Dudi Sela		1	912.0
45	Victor Hanescu		1	905.0
46	Andreas Seppi		0	900.0
47	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez		0	894.0
48	Lukasz Kubot		8	877.0
49	Evgeny Korolev		1	868.0
50	Pablo Cuevas		0	838.0
51	Florian Mayer		12	821.0
52	Horacio Zeballos		3	821.0
53	Marco Chiudinelli		1	816.0
54	Richard Gasquet		1	810.0
55	James Blake		3	800.0
56	Michael Berrer		6	783.0
57	F Fognini		0	780.0
58	Olivier Rochus		3	772.0
59	Florent Serra		1	745.0
60	Simon Greul		4	729.0
61	Marc Gicquel		10	724.0
62	Arnaud Clement		1	724.0
63	Potito Starace		2	707.0
64	Alejandro Falla		2	667.0
65	Stephane Robert		2	666.0
66	Lukas Lacko		2	664.0
67	Jose Acasuso		8	660.0
68	Michael Russell		10	660.0
69	Sergiy Stakhovsky		0	658.0
70	Philipp Petzschner		1	657.0
71	Mardy Fish		13	650.0
72	Peter Luczak		0	649.0
73	Leonardo Mayer		3	647.0
74	Daniel Koellerer		1	647.0
75	Thiemo de Bakker		7	636.0
76	Oscar Hernandez		1	633.0
77	Denis Istomin		19	630.0
78	Taylor Dent		1	623.0
79	Michael Llodra		9	617.0
80	Daniel Gimeno-Traver		1	613.0
81	Eduardo Schwank		7	608.0
82	Rajeev Ram		3	606.0
83	Juan Ignacio Chela		3	605.0
84	Jan Hajek		1	596.0
85	Fabrice Santoro		2	565.0
86	Marcos Daniel		3	565.0
87	Christophe Rochus		2	563.0
88	Illya Marchenko		2	563.0
89	Rainer Schuettler		5	560.0
90	Igor Kunitsyn		0	560.0
91	Paolo Lorenzi		7	557.0
92	Mischa Zverev		0	549.0
93	Maximo Gonzalez		0	548.0
94	Nicolas Massu		5	544.0
95	Nicolas Lapentti		0	540.0
96	Daniel Brands		1	540.0
97	Santiago Giraldo		3	532.0
98	Dmitry Tursunov		7	530.0
99	Ernests Gulbis		1	529.0
100	Robby Ginepri		1	529.0

Below is the golf world ranking for the top 200 golf players in the world, the ranking is through February 14th, 2010.

Rank         Player           Country   Pts.    Evts Lost    Gained
    1        Tiger Woods        USA     513.81   40  -72.87    0.00
    2        Steve Stricker     USA     351.54   44  -32.38   83.75
    3        Phil Mickelson     USA     328.66   43  -46.85   12.31
    4        Lee Westwood       Eng     359.89   51  -32.11   48.90
    5        Jim Furyk          USA     251.44   47  -30.11    5.12
    6        Martin Kaymer      Deu     275.07   52  -27.53   69.58
    7        Paul Casey         Eng     231.27   45  -29.49   25.11
    8        Rory McIlroy       Nir     284.54   56  -23.71   31.10
    9        Padraig Harrington Irl     259.95   52  -38.19    3.84
   10        Henrik Stenson     Swe     227.90   46  -33.15   10.61
   11        Ian Poulter        Eng     245.44   50  -22.91   32.40
   12        Geoff Ogilvy       Aus     239.21   49  -31.45   48.16
   13        Kenny Perry        USA     220.70   49  -34.32    9.54
   14        Robert Allenby     Aus     244.64   58  -23.71   37.95
   15        Sergio Garcia      Esp     212.11   52  -38.65    7.90
   16        Sean O'Hair        USA     198.48   49  -26.48   14.10
   17        Ernie Els          Zaf     212.89   54  -26.42   20.47
   18        Ross Fisher        Eng     191.78   49  -21.32    7.48
   19        Robert Karlsson    Swe     164.31   42  -22.84   55.41
   20        Retief Goosen      Zaf     232.45   60  -26.18   30.30
   21        Stewart Cink       USA     177.71   47  -28.88    9.28
   22        Lucas Glover       USA     192.60   52  -20.80    9.74
   23        Luke Donald        Eng     150.25   43  -18.36   38.64
   24        Zach Johnson       USA     177.03   51  -20.82    9.00
   25        Dustin Johnson     USA     184.38   55  -14.04   76.46
   26        Camilo Villegas    Col     167.66   51  -26.19   10.94
   27        Angel Cabrera      Arg     163.99   50  -18.66    7.96
   28        Anthony Kim        USA     161.15   50  -27.49    6.35
   29        Y.E. Yang          Kor     170.87   57  -15.54    9.73
   30        Alvaro Quiros      Esp     158.00   54  -14.33   48.65
   31        Nick Watney        USA     153.02   53  -16.64   11.43
   32        Miguel Jimenez     Esp     160.59   56  -19.77   50.00
   33        Hunter Mahan       USA     145.05   51  -19.70    1.93
   34        Vijay Singh        Fji     122.18   43  -31.43    1.68
   35        Ryo Ishikawa       Jpn     152.81   56  -13.76    2.38
   36        Tim Clark          Zaf     153.26   57  -18.31   23.15
   37        Charl Schwartzel   Zaf     150.29   56  -12.93   48.46
   38        Michael Sim        Aus     106.54   40   -7.67   18.20
   39        Yuta Ikeda         Jpn     106.02   40   -8.77    0.00
   40        Oliver Wilson      Eng     131.39   51  -17.23   15.42
   41        Mike Weir          Can     122.62   48  -19.26    6.00
   42        Soren Kjeldsen     Dnk     132.16   52  -17.61    3.35
   43        Matt Kuchar        USA     130.33   52  -12.70   34.84
   44        Adam Scott         Aus     114.78   46  -15.13    0.00
   45        Edoardo Molinari   Ita     129.13   52   -6.46   18.81
   46        Francesco Molinari Ita     137.13   56  -14.49    7.41
   47        Graeme McDowell    Nir     131.49   54  -17.49    7.70
   48        Anders Hansen      Dnk     126.15   52  -12.44   10.15
   49        Soren Hansen       Dnk     130.38   55  -15.51   18.28
   50        Thongchai Jaidee   Tha     138.89   59  -13.56   27.12
   51        Ryan Moore         USA     118.25   51  -10.93   11.88
   52        Rory Sabbatini     Zaf     125.09   54  -13.64   29.33
   53        David Toms         USA     107.51   47  -14.01    1.55
   54        Simon Dyson        Eng     133.86   59  -13.66    4.45
   55        Brian Gay          USA     135.72   60  -18.37   11.76
   56        Peter Hanson       Swe     117.22   53  -13.30   13.85
   57        Alexander Noren    Swe     101.87   48  -11.11    5.22
   58        Justin Leonard     USA     105.08   50  -19.57    0.00
   59        Ben Crane          USA     106.61   51  -10.85   42.00
   60        Jeev Singh         Ind     121.97   60  -21.44    5.53
   61        Kevin Na           USA     106.97   53  -12.67   11.61
   62        J.B. Holmes        USA      98.76   49  -12.63   46.23
   63        Stephen Ames       Can      96.56   48  -12.68    9.05
   64        Scott Verplank     USA      93.50   47  -12.21    3.44
   65        Chad Campbell      USA     105.20   53  -15.71    9.25
   66        Ross McGowan       Eng     103.49   53   -7.93    2.45
   67        Stephen Marino     USA     116.88   60  -14.32   25.71
   68        Louis Oosthuizen   Zaf     101.56   53  -10.86   29.76
   69        Chris Wood         Eng      76.41   40   -7.88   11.62
   70        Ben Curtis         USA      83.76   44  -16.83    1.28
   71        Shingo Katayama    Jpn     102.41   54  -15.10    0.00
   72        Gonzalo Fdez-C     Esp      98.04   52  -12.95    2.08
   73        Jason Dufner       USA      96.70   52   -8.42    5.04
   74        Brandt Snedeker    USA      95.38   52  -12.13   28.00
   75        Hiroyuki Fujita    Jpn      89.42   49  -10.49    0.00
   76        Justin Rose        Eng      98.69   55  -12.96    9.67
   77        Heath Slocum       USA     102.83   58  -13.09    5.15
   78        Marc Leishman      Aus     105.64   60   -7.97   26.23
   79        John Rollins       USA      94.05   55  -11.32   17.28
   80        John Senden        Aus     102.58   60  -12.95    2.15
   81        Koumei Oda         Jpn      84.83   50   -6.61    0.00
   82        Davis Love-III     USA      86.27   51  -11.37   10.33
   83        Paul Goydos        USA      87.67   52  -10.93   22.96
   84        Kenichi Kuboya     Jpn      84.07   50   -7.25    1.89
   85        Yasuharu Imano     Jpn      66.94   40   -5.12    0.00
   86        Gregory Bourdy     Fra      92.15   56   -6.90    7.50
   87        Brendan Jones      Aus      67.29   41   -9.17    0.00
   88        Shane Lowry        Irl      64.93   40   -3.36   19.06
   89        Kevin Sutherland   USA      83.39   52  -13.78    9.83
   90        James Kingston     Zaf      85.86   54  -11.22    5.81
   91        Martin Laird       Sco      89.43   57   -7.00   15.56
   92        Liang Wen-Chong    Chn      75.24   48   -7.55    2.21
   93        K.J. Choi          Kor      75.07   48  -13.44   10.87
   94        Bubba Watson       USA      80.81   52  -10.98   14.33
   95        Jerry Kelly        USA      88.56   57  -12.85    2.62
   96        Mathew Goggin      Aus      88.93   58  -14.69    1.28
   97        Anthony Wall       Eng      82.63   55  -10.95    1.95
   98        Pat Perez          USA      75.82   51  -11.39   10.17
   99        Darren Clarke      Nir      81.44   56  -11.86   16.07
  100        Scott Strange      Aus      73.89   51   -9.12    0.00
  101        Rod Pampling       Aus      86.15   60  -13.49    4.86
  102        Bryce Molder       USA      76.82   54   -6.42    7.94
  103        Ryan Palmer        USA      78.24   55   -5.20   50.00
  104        David Duval        USA      58.17   41   -3.64   24.00
  105        Prayad Marksaeng   Tha      84.99   60  -13.53    4.00
  106        Tom Watson         USA      55.76   40   -4.57    7.50
  107        Mark Wilson        USA      77.88   56  -11.15    6.54
  108        Andres Romero      Arg      64.95   47  -13.33   11.31
  109        Kim Kyung-Tae      Kor      63.16   46   -4.19    0.00
  110        Andrew Dodt        Aus      54.64   40   -2.62   32.48
  111        Richard Sterne     Zaf      66.55   49   -9.01    1.92
  112        Nick Dougherty     Eng      71.63   53   -9.25    8.05
  113        George McNeill     USA      73.99   55   -7.64   13.26
  114        Jason Bohn         USA      53.71   40   -7.36    8.18
  115        Richard Green      Aus      62.47   47   -8.55   10.56
  116        Tomohiro Kondo     Jpn      61.92   47   -6.48    0.00
  117        Bill Haas          USA      77.53   59   -6.76   31.52
  118        Thomas Aiken       Zaf      71.97   55   -6.07   16.39
  119        Charles Howell-III USA      76.89   59   -9.76   16.99
  120        Danny Willett      Eng      51.06   40   -4.71    8.45
  121        David Smail        NZl      64.96   51   -8.69    0.00
  122        Gaganjeet Bhullar  Ind      52.05   41   -3.76   14.00
  123        Shigeki Maruyama   Jpn      64.69   51   -4.02    0.00
  124        Ryuichi Oda        Jpn      62.12   49   -3.63    0.00
  125        Fred Couples       USA      50.09   40   -8.46    2.00
  126        Charley Hoffman    USA      68.85   55   -9.30    3.68
  127        Lin Wen-Tang       Twn      49.79   40   -8.52    0.00
  128        Thomas Levet       Fra      63.05   51   -9.22    0.00
  129        Nick O'Hern        Aus      68.48   56   -8.48    3.89
  130        Azuma Yano         Jpn      65.95   54   -8.72    0.00
  131        Richie Ramsay      Sco      69.13   57   -5.04    3.93
  132        John Mallinger     USA      65.87   55  -10.17    0.00
  133        Stuart Appleby     Aus      68.21   57  -12.56    0.00
  134        Steve Webster      Eng      58.54   49   -7.52    3.11
  135        Peter Hedblom      Swe      63.00   53   -9.09    5.08
  136        Rhys Davies        Wal      68.42   58   -5.72   10.26
  137        Bradley Dredge     Wal      60.05   51   -5.96   12.36
  138        Fredrik Jacobson   Swe      57.17   49   -9.83    2.35
  139        Raphael Jacquelin  Fra      66.42   57   -7.23    3.23
  139        Gareth Maybin      Nir      62.93   54   -7.33    4.23
  141        Johan Edfors       Swe      62.72   54   -9.17    1.78
  142        Nicolas Colsaerts  Bel      46.39   40   -3.86    0.00
  143        Bo Pelt            USA      68.30   60   -8.11    8.78
  144        Tetsuji Hiratsuka  Jpn      63.54   56   -4.41   11.30
  145        Boo Weekley        USA      52.18   46  -13.16    1.70
  146        Blake Adams        USA      45.35   40   -3.71    7.77
  147        Rafael Bello       Esp      67.98   60   -8.26    1.59
  148        Tom Gillis         USA      44.94   40   -3.56   11.59
  149        David Drysdale     Sco      67.13   60   -6.73    7.75
  150        Josh Teater        USA      44.42   40   -2.72    9.92
  151        Ricardo Gonzalez   Arg      53.13   48   -5.84    7.02
  152        Jonathan Byrd      USA      57.44   52   -7.80    6.05
  153        Woody Austin       USA      59.52   54  -11.29    2.00
  154        Peter Lawrie       Irl      62.69   57   -7.65    9.47
  155        Charlie Wi         Kor      61.23   56   -9.63    7.11
  156        Toshinori Muto     Jpn      50.07   46   -5.77    0.00
  157        Webb Simpson       USA      51.92   48   -5.71    7.47
  158        Chad Collins       USA      53.98   50   -3.96    7.73
  159        Brian Davis        Eng      64.49   60   -9.14    1.51
  160        D.J. Trahan        USA      59.75   56  -10.83   12.47
  161        Danny Lee          NZl      42.54   40   -4.94    1.54
  162        Jason Day          Aus      48.17   46   -6.72    1.32
  163        Daisuke Maruyama   Jpn      57.99   56   -5.44    0.00
  164        Robert Rock        Eng      55.91   54   -6.23    2.97
  165        Greg Chalmers      Aus      62.00   60   -7.38    1.68
  166        Aaron Baddeley     Aus      48.42   47  -10.24    1.20
  167        Christian Nilsson  Swe      41.16   40   -4.02    4.26
  168        Jamie Donaldson    Wal      52.43   51   -5.83    3.11
  169        Robert-Jan Derksen Nld      53.41   52   -6.52    2.46
  170        Toru Suzuki        Jpn      47.16   46   -3.51    0.00
  171        John Merrick       USA      57.13   56   -9.93    4.83
  172        Ryuji Imada        Jpn      53.81   53  -11.99   11.74
  173        Michael Allen      USA      48.36   48   -5.48   13.11
  174        Toru Taniguchi     Jpn      43.94   44   -5.07    0.00
  175        Troy Matteson      USA      58.80   59   -6.34    6.84
  176        Alex Prugh         USA      46.74   47   -3.13   24.50
  177        Hideto Tanihara    Jpn      50.58   51   -7.47    2.61
  178        Ricky Barnes       USA      52.01   53   -5.16   12.27
  179        Graeme Storm       Eng      52.89   54   -8.37    0.00
  180        Bae Sang-moon      Kor      38.72   40   -5.24    0.00
  181        David Horsey       Eng      53.70   56   -6.40   17.27
  182        Trevor Immelman    Zaf      39.28   41  -14.68    0.00
  183        Tim Petrovic       USA      57.18   60   -7.52    0.00
  184        Nathan Green       Aus      56.54   60   -7.89   10.01
  185        Briny Baird        USA      52.75   56  -10.40    6.82
  186        Thomas Bjorn       Dnk      39.46   42   -4.15   14.49
  187        D.A. Points        USA      54.43   58   -6.42    6.56
  188        James Nitties      Aus      37.06   40   -3.23    0.00
  189        Kaname Yokoo       Jpn      46.06   50   -4.12    0.00
  190        Jeff Klauk         USA      53.20   58   -7.56    1.95
  191        Kazuhiro Yamashita Jpn      42.71   47   -3.21    0.00
  192        Rickie Fowler      USA      36.30   40   -1.67   10.34
  193        Chris Tidland      USA      40.63   45   -4.81    1.33
  194        Damien McGrane     Irl      53.33   60   -8.95    1.41
  195        Christian Cevaer   Fra      43.97   50   -5.58    0.00
  196        Niclas Fasth       Swe      49.05   56   -5.94    7.02
  197        Gary Orr           Sco      38.26   44   -5.53    2.45
  198        Cameron Percy      Aus      45.05   52   -3.52    1.32
  199        Derek Lamely       USA      33.97   40   -2.70    3.23
  200        Darren Fichardt    Zaf      33.89   40   -2.14   14.00

The just concluded Africa Cup of Nations has had a major sharkup on the new FIFA/Coca-Cola World ranking of the newyear. Spain continue to occupy the top position in the new ranking ahead of Brazil and the Netherlands, Egypt the Afric champion managed to climb 14 places to tenth place after they successfully defended their nations cup title at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. As Africa champion Egypt is now in the first 1o team in the World, but they are going to miss the World Cup in South Africa later this year, because they did not qualify for the World Cup.

It is not only Egypt’s that climb to the top in the ranking, but also the second-highest of any African team since the introduction of the FIFA world ranking to break into the top fifth is Nigeria. Egypt have only been bettered by Nigeria, who reached fifth place in April 1994. Other African teams also benefited from their performances in Angola nations cup. In the top 20 of the ranking, semi-finalists Nigeria isnow ranked 15th in the world,  by climbling 7 position up and finalists Ghana, who lost to Egypt in the final now in 27th position in the new world ranking, by climbling  7 position up with considerable strides. Further down the ranking, Zambia now in 73rd position in the ranking, and climb 11 position up. Malawi also gain lots of pointsin the latest ranking, now in 82nd position in the world, and gain 17 position up which is a  good progress for them. Below is the table for the FIFA/Coca-Cola World ranking, as it was released by FIFA yesterday.

Ranking	Team	Pts Feb 10	+/- Ranking Dec 09		+/- Pts Dec 09
1	Spain	1627	0		0
2	Brazil	1568	0		0
3	Netherlands	1288	0		0
4	Italy	1209	0		0
5	Portugal	1176	0		0
6	Germany	1173	0		0
7	France	1117	0		0
8	Argentina	1082	0		-3
9	England	1076	0		0
10	Egypt	1069	14		237
11	Croatia	1053	-1		11
12	Greece	1030	1		14
13	Russia	1026	-1		0
14	USA	963	0		-17
15	Nigeria	956	7		108
16	Chile	955	-1		19
17	Mexico	947	0		16
18	Switzerland	924	0		0
19	Serbia	916	0		0
20	Cameroon	914	-9		-121
21	Uruguay	909	-1		0
22	Côte d’Ivoire	865	-6		-69
23	Australia	857	-2		-6
24	Ukraine	848	-2		0
25	Czech Republic	828	0		0
26	Denmark	827	2		7
27	Ghana	823	7		76
27	Israel	823	-1		0
29	Paraguay	806	0		0
30	Bulgaria	801	0		0
31	Algeria	784	-5		-39
32	Norway	772	0		12
33	Slovenia	767	-2		0
34	Honduras	759	3		21
35	Ecuador	753	2		15
36	Slovakia	752	-3		0
37	Republic of Ireland	746	-2		0
38	Romania	745	-2		0
39	Colombia	736	0		0
40	Japan	729	3		20
40	Northern Ireland	729	0		0
42	Turkey	728	-1		0
43	Sweden	727	-1		6
44	Gabon	706	4		46
45	Costa Rica	699	-1		-2
46	Scotland	665	0		0
47	Venezuela	646	3		0
48	Bosnia-Herzegovina	645	3		3
49	Korea Republic	634	3		9
49	Latvia	634	-4		-43

Onaly Egypt out of the top 10 we not be in the FIFA World Cup. The next release of FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking comes uo on 03 March 2010.

Egypt coach Hassan Shehata said that Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had contacted him on the possibility of leading the Super Eagles to the South Africa 2010 World Cup. Hassan Shehata, who has been in charge of Pharaohs of Egyptian team since 2004, on Sunday helped the team to a third successive Nations Cup triumph after beating the Black Stars of Ghana by 1 – 0 in Luanda in Angola.

The 60-year-old coach told television station Modern Sport and bbc that, “Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) expressed an interest in hiring me to take charge of their team during the World Cup. It will be a great honor for me to work in the World Cup, but the Egyptian FA will have the final word on whether I could work with Nigeria on a temporary basis.”

Nigeria, who slumped to a 1-3 defeat to Pharaohs of Egyptian in their group-stage opener, is reportedly looking to replace Shaibu Amodu or a technical advice for the Super Eager after finishing third in Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

It was reported that, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had been linked with Zambia manager Herve Renard and Mozambique coach Mart Nooij, the Egypt coach Shehata claim came as a surprise. The choice of Shehata over Nooij and Renard may be due to the success he recorded with the Pharaohs of Egypt in the past three editions of the Nations Cup.

Egypt narrowly missed out on a place at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa after losing 1-0 to Algeria in a play-off in Sudan after both sides finished level on points and goal difference during regular qualifying. Hassan Shehata is regarded as a coach with little patience for players‘ indiscipline, which is one of the major problem of the Nigeria team.

The Australian Open 2010 is knocking at the door. The first Grand Slam event of the season is 5 days away. With stars arriving in Melbourne and most of them already appearing on the practice courts the big question is, who will win the Aussie Open?

The Women’s Singles tournament is announced to be more spectacular than ever, having numerous title contenders. Kim Clijsters is maintaining solid form after winning the US Open 2009 and celebrating a perfect comeback to her professional tennis career.

Serena Williams is the defending title holder and is always a strong candidate for the title. She lost the US Open semifinal against Clijsters and she is aiming for revenge, especially now when she looks to defend her World Number 1 spot.

Next on the list seems to be Dinara Safina. The Russian, former World Number 1, has failed to win a Grand Slam event so far. However she seems able to do it and one can never know when she will succeed.

There is also Maria Sharapova. The Russian star returns to the Australian Open. The former 2008 Champion missed to defend her title last year, because of the shoulder injury. Masha holds though a run of 7 wins in a row.

Justine Henin is another ‘fresh’ arrival at the Australian Open 2010. The Belgian star has returned to the tennis world after 1 year and a half of break. She played great in Brisbane last weekend and almost defeated Clijsters for the trophy.

The Men’s Singles tournament, surly the most spectacular tournament of the Australian Open, is also wide open. Rafael Nadal is the title defender. He produced a dream run in 2009, but later knee injuries took a tool on the Spaniard. Nadal seems to have regained his rhythm though just in time for the Aussie Open.

Roger Federer is of course another huge favorite. However, Roger last won a title in 2007, at the Melbourne Park. He just failed last year as Nadal proved himself to powerful for the Swiss Champion. With 2 Grand Slams won in 2009 out of 4, Federer is for many the main favorite.

Andy Murray has never won a Grand Slam event. He definitely showed that he has potential to do it and the 2010 Australian Open might be his wake-up call. Other favorites are 2009 US Open Champion, Juan Martin Del Potro and 2008 Aussie Open Champion, Juan Martin Del Potro. Keep in touch with all the Aussie Open events by watching live tennis online.

World footballs has jointly condemn the attack on the Togolese national team bus, which have put the African Nations Cup in jeopardy. The machine gun attack on the team bus taking the team to the tournament claimed the life of the bus driver and press officer to the team on the spot, and about four other were injured including two players. The attackers machine-gunned the team bus after it crossed from the Republic of Congo into Angola’s oil rich territory of Cabinda.

Togolese national tean to Nation cup

The bus was travelling to Cabinda from the team training ground in the Republic of Congo when the shooting happened. Football’s highest governing body, Fifa, said it was troubled by the incident. “Fifa and its president, Joseph S Blatter, are deeply moved by the incidents which affected Togo’s national team, to whom they express their utmost sympathy.”

The organisers of the tournament, which starts today, say it will go ahead. Competition officials said they had not known that the Togolese team had decided to drive directly to Cabinda. They said they had expected the squad first to fly to the Angolan capital, Luanda, and from there to Cabinda.

Togolese is due to play its first Nations cup game in Cabinda tomorrow, the team first match is with Ghana which is the opening match of the group on Monday. Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso are the other teams in Group B with the Togolose. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed that the tournament would go ahead as planned, despite the attack on Togolese team. Angolan Sports Minister Goncalves Muandumba said security for the competition would be stepped up to guarantee “all the conditions necessary for the success, tranquillity and security of the people and their belongings”.

Meanwhile, Togolese government minister Pascal Bodjona said the team was coming home because the players were in a state of shock. “We cannot in such a dramatic circumstance continue in the Africa Cup of Nations.” The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said late on today that it understood Togolose decision but that the six other matches scheduled to be played in Cabinda would go ahead as planned.

Roger Federer and Serena Williams have been named by International Tennis Federation (ITF) as the 2009 world champions men and women in tennis championship, after both of them end the year ranking as number tennis players. Federer, has won the honour for the 5th time. He won his 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon and another Grand Slam at Roland Garros this year.On the other hand Serena Williams won the Australian Open and Wimbledon, her 11th major success. Both of the we receive their awards at the annual ITF world champions dinner in Paris in June.

Federer regained the world number one sport from Rafael Nadal after his Paris victory and his Wimbledon win over Andy Roddick which enable him to surpass Pete Sampras record of highest number of Grand Slam titles. He was runner-up at the Australian Open and the US Open and helped his country retain its Davis Cup world group status. Federe said: “It is an honour for me to be named ITF world champion for a fifth time. It was an incredible year for me both on and off the court. To win my first Roland Garros title, break the all-time Grand Slam record and regain the number one ranking is amazing. It means a lot to me to finish the year again at the top.”

Serena Williams won the award for the first time since 2002. As well as her Grand Slam wins, she won the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha, she gain the number 1 top ranking in the last event of the year. She also won the doubles year award with sister Venus after making their career total to 10 Grand Slam titles in the year. With this award Serena Williams joins Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport as the only players to become singles and doubles world champions in the same year.