* Scotland, Jamaica tango today By Harry Awurumibe More France-bound teams are engaged in the last-minute friendly matches to perfect their tactics ahead of the start of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final which will kick off on June 7 with debutants-Scotland and Jamaica  squaring up later today in test match. Only last Sunday, defending Champions, United States of ...

The Federal Government on Monday fulfilled a 25 –year pledge to former Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles, Mr. Clemens Westerhof. At an impressive ceremony inside the conference room of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Abuja, the Honourable Minister, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) said the occasion was a further proof that the Buhari administration was “committed ...

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Austria and Slovakia, Her Excellency, Mrs Vivian Okeke on Sunday paid a visit to the Avita Resort camp of the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, who are in residential camping ahead of their participation in the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals. Speaking to the players, Okeke said the embassy received a letter from the Nigeria Football ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja A brace from Sabastin Soto was all that the United States of America (U SA) needed to beat Africa giants, Nigeria in their second group match of the on-going FIFA Youth World Cup in Poland. Soto scored in each half with his second goal coming just three minutes after the half time break when the Coach ...

That Heartland beat El-Kanemi Warriors 2-0 at the Okigwe Township Stadium to escape relegation from the NPFL may no longer be news but the big news is the role Imo State governor-elect, Rt. Hon. Emeka ihedioha played in the team’s last minute survival. With little attention or motivation from the outgoing Gov. Rochas Okorocha administration, Heartland had frolicked with the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. The nine –time African champions, Super Falcons at the weekend went on an endurance drill in the woods of Bad Tatzmannsdorf as the technical crew led by Head Coach Thomas Dennerby swung to stamina building ahead of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup slated for France this summer. Twenty-one players, including forward and captain Desire Oparanozie ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja  Enyimba International of Aba and Enugu Rangers were on the losing side today as curtains fall on the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) even as both still qualified for the proposed Super Six Play-off which will be staged later on. ‘The Flying Antelopes’ as Rangers are called lost 1-0 to Wikki Tourists away in Pantami stadium ...

Another three points that will take them to the championship’s knockout stages is the objective of Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles, as they confront Team USA in their second match of the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup on Monday evening. Venue is the 15,000 –capacity Bielsko-Biala Stadium in the city of the same name, a facility constructed on the site ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The Super Falcons Austria camp this morning went into wide jubilation with the arrival of two important players named in Nigeria’s strong 23-woman team for the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final which will start in France on June 7. Three-time African Best Women’s Footballer, Asisat Lamina Oshoala and Chinwendu Veronica Ihezue who were delayed in ...

Norway’s Ada Stolsmo Hegerberg who was named the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year 2019, just days after scoring a 16-minute hat-trick to fire Lyon to the Champions League title may be her country’s saviour in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France. The Norway/Lyon Women’s team forward now holds both the Ballon d’Or and the BBC WFOTY. This ...