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Falcons’ camp agog over Tinubu’s payment of allowances, bonuses approval ahead of WAFCON 2024 final

From Harry Awurumibe, Rabat The Rihab Hotel Rabat camp of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team Super Falcons is agog again after players and officials received the cheering news that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has graciously approved the full payment of the delayed allowances and match bonuses of the team ahead of the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 ...

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WAFCON 2024: Super Falcons visit injured South African player

From Harry Awurumibe, Casablanca In the spirit of sportsmanship, Super Falcons’ players on Wednesday paid a sympathy visit to the Banyana Banyana’s Gabriela De Jesus Thomas Salgado, who suffered a horrific leg injury during the tension-soaked semi-final match between Nigeria and South Africa at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco on Tuesday afternoon, Prompt News reports. Salgado who was seriously ...

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WAFCON 2024: Super Falcons in win or burst semi-final showdown with South Africa’s Banyana

  From Harry Awurumibe in Casablanca After an emphatic 5-0 whitewash of Zambia’s Copper Queens parading the most-dread front-three of reigning African Best Player of the Year (Women’s) Barbra Banda and co-conspirators Rachel Kundananji and Grace Chanda in last Friday’s quarter-final clash in the ongoing CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca, the Super ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigerians in Morocco promise to storm stadium for semi-final tie vs South Africa if…..

From Harry Awurumibe,  Casablanca With Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC) or its diaspora wings unable to show their presence at the ongoing CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco, Nigerians living in the country, especially those residing in Casablanca, have vowed to storm the Larbi Zaouli Stadium, venue of Nigeria and South Africa’s first semi-finals clash to cheer ...

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South Africa edge resilient Senegal to advance to TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON semi-final

From Harry Awurumibe in Casablanca Defending champions South Africa are one step closer to retaining their TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations crown after edging Senegal in a nerve-wracking quarterfinal decided by penalties on Saturday evening. Following 120 minutes of tense, goalless football, Banyana Banyana triumphed 4–1 in the shootout to secure a semi-final date with Nigeria thanks to ...

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Ghana edge Algeria in penalty drama to reach TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Semi-Finals

  From Harry Awurumibe in Casablanca Ghana secured their place in the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after a dramatic 4-2 penalty shootout victory over Algeria, following a goalless draw after extra time Berkane. The highly anticipated quarter-final clash was a tense and tactical affair, with both sides showing defensive resilience but unable to find ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Work not done yet in WAFCON 2024,  Super Falcons’s coach, Madugu insists

rom Harry Awurumibe,  Casablanca Despite guiding Nigeria’s Super Falcons to an emphatic 5-0 whitewash of the Copper Queens of Zambia in the quarter-final match of the ongoing CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Friday evening, head coach Justin Madugu has said he and his players are not celebrating too much because there ...

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From Harry Awurumibe, Casablanca The Technical Study Group (TSG) headed Raul Chipenda has announced the Best XI from the group stage of the ongoing CAF TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 in Morocco. This is even as only two Nigerian players, Super Falcons’ captain Rasheedat Ajibade and defender Ashleigh Plumptre made the squad dominated by Zambian and South ...

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