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FIFA ranking: Nigeria move by 4 spots, now placed 44th

In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1431 points as against 1415 it had in September. The movement had now placed Nigeria as the third in Africa behind Tunisia and Senegal. Tunisia is ranked 22nd in the world and Senegal 25th. On the global scene, Belgium are now ranked world number one, ahead of France with the narrowest of margin-just one point in the new FIFA/Coca-Cola World RANKING PUBLISHED TODAY. The Belgians have 1733 points to France’s 1732 points.