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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, on Friday defeated their Poland counterparts, 1-0 in a friendly match played at the Municipal Stadium in Brzeg, Poland, as part of the team’s final preparations for this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup. Mary Mamudu scored the only goal of the match in added time of first half, as the charges ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau A Confederation of African Football (CAF) delegation led by Head of Competitions Khaled Nassar has arrived in Kenya for a second inspection visit, evaluating the country’s progress in preparing to host the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027. The visit follows recent PAMOJA Oversight engagements in which Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania reaffirmed ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Following Thursday’s resignations of Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau as President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr Mohammed Sanusi as General Secretary, and members of the Executive Committee, the National Sports Commission has endorsed Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme, until now Deputy General Secretary, to oversee the NFF Secretariat as interim General Secretary. Dr Ademola Olajire, until now Director ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief                                                                                                                  ...

***Over NSC, NFF Feud By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist With the Los Angeles Olympic Games 2028 men and women’s football tournament Confederation of African (CAF) qualifiers coming thick and fast, there is need for the National Sports Commission (NSC) and its agency Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to end their feud immediately and close ranks to prepare the ...

***As team departs Abuja By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief The twin problems of lack of good football training pitches in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and none functionality of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja have conspired against Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, the Falconets as three key players will not make the trip today to Poland for the FIFA U-20 Women’s ...

***Say ‘Beyond Football: The Match for a Better Nigeria’ By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Obi, has taken his campaign for the January 16, 2027 poll to Nigerian youths in the European football field. As the European football league, which has many Nigerians, especially youths, as fanatical supporters of various clubs, Obi ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau                                                                                                              ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief The Conferation Africa Football (CAF) has launched an Invitation to Tender (“ITT”) for the media rights of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (“AFCON”) Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (“PAMOJA”) 2027. The tender will include Free-to-Air Rights (FTA) and Pay-TV rights in English, Swahili, Portuguese, isiZulu, Wolof, Yoruba and local languages in the Sub-Saharan territory. French language ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief The Technical Director of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Augustine Owen Eguavoen has praised the leadership of the federation for the return of the much sort after Confederation of African Football (CAF) Grade A Coaching Certificate Course which will start in Abuja on September 13 after nine years hiatus. This is even as no fewer than 25 ...