Stephanie Odigie

May 30, 2023 | lawinsport.com | Patrick Ashby |Meredith Riley |Stephanie Odigie |Kailyn LaPorte

In a series of decisions with potential jurisdictional implications for international sports federations, U.S. federal courts in New York have rejected former Nigerian national team coach Samson Siasia’s attempts to overturn his five-year FIFA ban for match-fixing. Siasia, a U.S. citizen, received a lifetime ban in 2019 after he was implicated in the extensive match-fixing schemes orchestrated by convicted Singaporean match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal.