By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Barely three months to the African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) crunchy  qualifiers match between Nigeria and Ghana, Black Queens Head Coach, Mercy Tagoe says her team will end the reigns of the defending champions Super Falcons, when both countries meet in October. Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) had in a bizarre ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) top teams Kano Pillars, Heartland FC, Enugu Rangers and Akwa United among others will next Wednesday at different centers stake their pride against minors in the second round of the 2021 AITEO Cup competition. According to the fixture released by Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Head, Aiteo Cup Competition, Wilfred Onaji, no ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s  No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Two Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) teams, Delta Queens of Asaba and Sunshine Queens of Akure will on Sunday be in actions against their less fancied sides in the first round of the 2021 Aiteo Cup competition. In Lokoja, Sunshine Queens will clash with Beautiful Tours of Abuja while at Ilorin Township ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief,Abuja Old rivals Bendel Insurance of Benin City and Calabar Rovers football clubs will clash at Enyimba International Stadium, Aba, on Sunday in the First Round of the 2021 AITEO Cup competition just as five teams out of ten playing in the preliminary stage will look to earn passage to the Second Round. According to the fixtures ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in- Chief, Abuja For bringing honour to Nigeria and Lagos state, Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday announced the reward of 3-bedroom flat to the First Olympic Gold Medalist in Nigeria and in Africa, Chioma Ajunwa-Okpara (MON) to fulfill a 25-year pledge of the Government back then made to the ex- Long Jumper. The promise ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja For former members of Nigeria’s senior men football team, its a case of better late than never as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved allocation of three-bedroom houses for the Super Eagles Squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1994, making real a promise made by the Federal Government several years ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Barely two weeks after the Summer Series featuring United States, Nigeria, Portugal and Jamaica, Team USA will next week host Mexico in two- match challenge. The international friendly with Mexico is part of the country’s preparations ahead the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan where the Americans are eying the gold medal in women’s ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Super Falcons epic match against United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) on June 16 at the brand new Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas marked the first time the USA has ever faced Nigeria outside of a FIFA Women’s World Cup final and Olympic Games. Also, the epic match was just the third-ever ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist The Nigeria delegation to the just concluded Four-Nation  invitational tournament tagged Summer Series which took place in Houston and Austin in Texas, United States, have arrived the country. The 10 home-based Super Falcons players, three assistant coaches, Ann Chiejine, Wemimo  Mathew and Auwal Makwalla (Goalkeepers Trainer) as well as backroom staff ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist All is now set as United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) will in the early hours of Thursday in Nigeria  (which is 8 pm in Texas), face their toughest test in the Four-Nation invitational tournament when the reigning World Champions clash with African Champions, Nigeria in the last match of the ...