JULY FIFA RANKINGS:

Eagles fall 14 places

.Now 10th in Africa

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles on-and-off form in world football has seen her dropped 14th places in the new FIFA rankings released on Thursday.

The AFCON 2013 champions who were last month rated 43rd in the world and seventh in Africa pulled a total of 601 points against 681.

The new development now sees the trio of Guinea, Congo and Cameroon relegating Nigeria to the 10th spot in the continent.

Meanwhile, despite losing the 2015 COPA Americas to Chile via spot kicks, Argentina has leapfrogged Germany to become number one in the ranking, with Belgium, Colombia and Holland completing the top five positions.