KATHMANDU, April 9 - Nepal moved five positions ahead in the latest FIFA world rankings - thanks to a win against Pakistan in the friendly last month. Nepal is now on 183th position. Pakistan also moved five places up and is now on 161. European champion Greece rose to its highest ever position of eighth in the rankings. With Argentina still at No. 1 at the head of an unchanged top seven, Greece rose two places in the list released Wednesday after beating Portugal last month 2-1 in an exhibition. With Brazil, Italy, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic and France filling out the rest of the top seven spots, Portugal dropped a place to ninth and the Netherlands a place to 10th.
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