Nigeria’s U15 boys, known as Future Eagles, will take on the U16 National Team of Mexico on Wednesday in the opening match of the International Dream Cup tournament taking place in the city of Miyagi, Japan.   The Nigerian contingent arrived in Sendai (where the team is staying at the Sendai Hills Hotel) on Monday evening, and the team had ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Live in France It was a black Tuesday for Thailand football and by extension the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as FIFA Women’s World Cup defending Champions; United States of America (USA) massacred Thailand 13-0 at the on-going 8th Women’s World Cup final in France with star striker Alex Morgan scoring five goals alone. Although bookmakers would have ...

Harry Awurumibe, Live in France With all the three African countries losing their first round of matches in the on-going 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France, stakeholders have decried African teams’ poor results so far. They are also expecting that the teams will bounce back to the winning ways in their subsequent matches in the month-long competition which ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Live in France  Determined to pick all the three points at stake in tomorrow’s crucial Group A match in Grenoble, the Super Falcons have trained under the rains at Stade Eugene Thenard today. Head Coach Thomas Dennerby and his technical crew have been trying to get the players in the right shape to win the next match ...

Harry Awurumibe in Super Falcons Head Coach Thomas Dennerby is optimistic that Nigeria will get a favorable result against South Korea when both countries meet in a make or burst match in Grenoble on June 12. Dennerby who disclosed this to PromptNews in France today said that his optimism stems from the seriousness shown by the players in their first ...

By Harry Awurumibe Two days after Norway defeated Nigeria3-0 in Reims in the on-going 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France, Super Falcons players and officials have picked themselves up from the loss and have promised to beat their next opponents, South Korea on Wednesday in Grenoble. Some of the players who have expressed their optimism for a Nigeria’s ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Women’s Football Expert For the Super Falcons of Nigeria, especially the veterans of the FIFA Women’s World Cup final in particular and the Class of 2019 in particular, ‘thunder’ will not strike at the same place the second time. This means that the present squad of the Super Falcons will today in Reims not only face their ...

By Harry Awurumibe With less than 24 hours before the crucial first match between Nigeria and Norway in the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France, Super Falcons attacker, Chinwendu Veronica Ihezuo has declared war on Nigeria’s opponents in today’s Group A match, Norway. Ihezuo who plays her club football in China has promised the Norwegians a hard time ...

• Women’s football practitioners and representatives from FIFA’s 211-member associations and six confederations gather on the opening day of FIFA Women’s Football Convention • Discussions explored and debated the five strategic pillars from the Women’s Football Strategy.  On the eve of Opening Match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019, delegates from confederations and 211 member associations gathered in Paris today to ...

The U15 National Team, also known as Future Eagles, will depart Nigeria for Japan on Sunday to participate in this year’s International Dream Cup for U16 teams taking place in the city of Miyagi, 12th – 16th June. A team of 18 players and eight officials, led by NFF Executive Committee member Musa Adamu Duhu will depart from Lagos aboard ...