Nigeria climbs up in FIFA ranking

Following their impressive outing against Zambia, Gernot Rohr's men have moved up three places in the rating released on Monday

Nigeria are now ranked 41st in the world according to October Fifa ranking released on Monday.

In September, the Super Eagles dropped six places despite their impressive outing against Cameroon – where they got four points over two legs.

Gernot Rohr’s men will have their 1-0 victory over Zambia to thank as that powered them up with 721 points, though are ranked fifth in Africa behind Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal and Congo DR.