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By Harry Awurumibe The world football governing body, FIFA this Wednesday formally welcomed African champions, Nigeria to the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals which will kick off in less than two day. In a session at their Hotel Mercure Reims Centre Cathedral, players and officially performed the ‘Welcome’ ritual and were taken through the rules of the game by ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Lobi Stars Football Club this evening made a bold statement of its intention to lift the Super Six trophy after the Makurdi-based team humiliated FC Ifeanyiuba 3-1 in the opening match of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Play-off at Agege Stadium, Lagos. Goals by Samada Kidiri in the 2nd , and 60th minutes as well ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. As expected the Super Falcons have settled down in their Hotel Mercure Center Cathedral in Reims, France this evening but not before the African Champions were welcomed to the city by a handful of the local folks made of young people who were joined in the singing and dancing by Super Falcons players. The team members ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. After two weeks of close camping at Avita Resort Center in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria, the Nigeria delegation this afternoon departed Vienna International Airport for Paris, France ahead of the 8th FIFA Women World Cup which kicks off on Friday, June 7. It will end on July 7. The delegation led by Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Head ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Nigeria’s Flying Eagles’ quest for the elusive FIFA U-20 trophy was once again dashed today after a 2-1 defeat by the Junior Terenga Lions of Senegal in their Round of 16 match in Lodz at the on-going FIFA U-20 World Cup. Two first half goals by Senegal in the 36th and 45th minutes by Amadou Sagna ...

*Spells S/Africa in a 7-2 thriller in friendly                  By Harry Awurumibe                                                                     With less than five days to Nigeria’s opening ...

Two –time silver medalists Nigeria believe they can overpower fellow African representatives Senegal on Monday night and reach the FIFA U20 World Cup quarter finals in Poland.   Senegal, second at Africa’s continental tournament in Niger Republic earlier in the year, where Nigeria finished fourth, topped Group A in Poland to reach the Round of 16, with Nigeria just squeezing ...

By Harry Awurumibe Nigeria’s Super Falcons today ended their pre-tournament preparations in Europe on a high note as the African Champions walloped ZNK Pomurji 3-0 in Beltinci, Slovenia in the team’s last friendly match ahead of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup which will kick off on June 7 in France. Two first half goals from the multi-CAF Best Women’s ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Unsung Mexican pugilist, Andy Ruiz Junior produced one of the biggest shocks in the history of heavyweight boxing to rip Anthony Joshua’s IBF, WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles from him and tear up the division’s proposed plot lines. In a truly remarkable fight at New York’s Madison Square Garden (MSG) in the United States of ...

By Harry Awurumibe One goal in the first half by Van de Sanden S. in the 45+1 minute added time and two more goals from Vicktoria  Miedema in the 49th minute and van deSanden S. again in the 70th minute ensured that the Dutch cruised to a 3-0 victory over Australia today. Other results of international friendly matches since Friday ...