By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja. With few weeks to the commencement of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup  final, Nigeria, France, United States of America (USA) and 13 other countries have been confirmed to have submited either their final or provisional team lists to the Federation of International Football Federation (FIFA) and the French Local Organizing Committee (LOC). While Nigeria’s Super ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja. Nigeria and Ghana go toe-to-toe in the semi finals of the WAFU Women’s Cup tournament for the second year running and the Black Queens are the ones truly in awe after watching the African champions ship 22 goals past opponents in three group phase matches in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan. Both teams are in the top ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja.  Head Coach of Nigeria’s U-20 mate football team, Flying Eagles,  Paul Aigbogun has stated that three points from their FIFA U20 World Cup opener against Qatar in Tychy next week Friday would greatly boost confidence in approaching the remaining games of the group phase. He revealed this much in a statement released by Mr. Ademola Olajire ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr has today listed midfield enforcer, Mikel John Obi; pacy winger Ahmed Musa and defenders- Kenneth Omeruo and Abdullahi Shehu in a 25-man squad to prepare for the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt this summer. Six other players are on standby. Mikel Obi, who captained the team at ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja Two second half goals from Rafiat Sule and “goals-queen”Uchenna Kanu are what Nigeria needed to beat a stubborn Mali to emerge the Group B winner and to set up another grudge semi final match with arch-rivals Ghana. It took the Super Falcons 67 minutes on the clock before they could break the resolve of the determined ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Australia national senior women’s football team,  The Matlidas Head Coach,  Ante Milicic earlier today unveiled the names of the 23 players who will represent the Asian country in the next month’s FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France including a teenage sensation, Mary Fowler. But Milicic selected only 8 Rockies as he opted for experience and ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja South Africa’s Banyana Banyana tasted the bitter pile of defeat in their last pre- World Cup international friendly match against reigning FIFA Women’s World Cup champions, United States of America (USA) after the African team was beaten 3-0 in the early hours of Monday at Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, California. A brace from the enterprising midfielder, ...

Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja:  Super Falcons Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby has pencilled down 27 names including some of the known faces in the women’s senior football team like captain Desire Oparanozie and forward Asisat Oshoala for the pre-World Cup final camp in Austria starting next  week. The  8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals taking place in France wI’ll hold from  June  ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja: Manchester City Football Club this evening thrashed Brighton & Hoves 4-1 away from home to retain the English Premier League trophy it won last year in the last day of a tough season. City won with 98 points to top rivals, Liverpool’s 97 points. Goals from Kun Aguero in the 28th’ barely one minute after the ...

Nigeria senior women’s football team, Super Falcons literally took Niger Republic opponents to the cleaners by thumping the newcomers 15 nil in their Group B second match of the on-going West Africa Football Union (WAFU)  championship in Ivory Coast on Saturday. The tie which was played at Parc des Sport, Abidjan was reduced to a mere training session by the ...