Daily Archives: May 16, 2019

WAFU Cup: Falcons beat Black Queens, Soar to final

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Two penalty saves by youthful goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie and the precision of the outfield players were all that it required for Nigeria’s Super Falcons to edge out Black Queens of Ghana 4-2 on penalty kicks to reach the final of the second edition of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup in Abidjan. The much anticipated ...

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Ahead France 2019:USA tackles New Zealand Friday

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja. The United States Women’s National Team find themselves just 22 days away from defending their FIFA Women’s World Cup title the won four years ago in Canada. The three-time World Champions will this Friday host New Zealand in the second of three warm-up matches. On Sunday, the U.S. defeated South Africa, 3-0, with a brace from ...

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We are building the future stars, says Future Eagles Coach, Ilerika

Head Coach of the U15 National Team, Future Eagles, Haruna Ilerika has said that the focus of the Nigeria Football Federation and the technical crew of the team is to build a formidable youth football system with the project. “For any country, football development is the key. The advanced countries have taken youth football development serious for decades and I ...

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NFF intervention: Chukwu arrives London for medical treatment

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja.  The leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) earlier today fulfilled its promise of flying the former Nigeria’s Green Eagles captain,  Christian Chukwu abroad for further medical treatment as he has already arrived London, United Kingdom in the company of his wife, Lilian Nkeiruka. This much was confirmed by the NFF Director of Communications, Mr. Ademola ...

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