By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja. The United States Women’s National Team find themselves just 22 days away from defending their FIFA Women’s World Cup title the won four years ago in Canada. The three-time World Champions will this Friday host New Zealand in the second of three warm-up matches. On Sunday, the U.S. defeated South Africa, 3-0, with a brace from ...

Head Coach of the U15 National Team, Future Eagles, Haruna Ilerika has said that the focus of the Nigeria Football Federation and the technical crew of the team is to build a formidable youth football system with the project. “For any country, football development is the key. The advanced countries have taken youth football development serious for decades and I ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja.  The leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) earlier today fulfilled its promise of flying the former Nigeria’s Green Eagles captain,  Christian Chukwu abroad for further medical treatment as he has already arrived London, United Kingdom in the company of his wife, Lilian Nkeiruka. This much was confirmed by the NFF Director of Communications, Mr. Ademola ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja. With few weeks to the commencement of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup  final, Nigeria, France, United States of America (USA) and 13 other countries have been confirmed to have submited either their final or provisional team lists to the Federation of International Football Federation (FIFA) and the French Local Organizing Committee (LOC). While Nigeria’s Super ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja. Nigeria and Ghana go toe-to-toe in the semi finals of the WAFU Women’s Cup tournament for the second year running and the Black Queens are the ones truly in awe after watching the African champions ship 22 goals past opponents in three group phase matches in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan. Both teams are in the top ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja.  Head Coach of Nigeria’s U-20 mate football team, Flying Eagles,  Paul Aigbogun has stated that three points from their FIFA U20 World Cup opener against Qatar in Tychy next week Friday would greatly boost confidence in approaching the remaining games of the group phase. He revealed this much in a statement released by Mr. Ademola Olajire ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr has today listed midfield enforcer, Mikel John Obi; pacy winger Ahmed Musa and defenders- Kenneth Omeruo and Abdullahi Shehu in a 25-man squad to prepare for the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt this summer. Six other players are on standby. Mikel Obi, who captained the team at ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja Two second half goals from Rafiat Sule and “goals-queen”Uchenna Kanu are what Nigeria needed to beat a stubborn Mali to emerge the Group B winner and to set up another grudge semi final match with arch-rivals Ghana. It took the Super Falcons 67 minutes on the clock before they could break the resolve of the determined ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Australia national senior women’s football team,  The Matlidas Head Coach,  Ante Milicic earlier today unveiled the names of the 23 players who will represent the Asian country in the next month’s FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France including a teenage sensation, Mary Fowler. But Milicic selected only 8 Rockies as he opted for experience and ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja South Africa’s Banyana Banyana tasted the bitter pile of defeat in their last pre- World Cup international friendly match against reigning FIFA Women’s World Cup champions, United States of America (USA) after the African team was beaten 3-0 in the early hours of Monday at Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, California. A brace from the enterprising midfielder, ...