Harry Awurumibe, Live in France. Apparently to seek for divine intervention for Nigeria’s victory over France in Monday’s crucial Group A last match in Rennes, Super Falcons Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby today led his team in prayers at the end of morning training.    It is unusual for the Swedish coach to participate in the Falcons usual prayers at the ...

Harry Awurumibe African champions, Super Falcons this morning held their first training session ahead of the June 17 showdown with host nation-France at the 28,000 –capacity Roazhon Park in Rennes. All the players participated in the two hours training except the injured defender, Faith Michael who was given another training regime by the team medics by the side line. The ...

Harry Awurumibe, Live in France South Africa’s Banyana Banyana could not emulate their fellow Africans, Nigeria to win their second match today against China Peoples Republic at Parc de Prince in Paris as they once again lost 1-0 to their opponents courtesy of 40th minute Ying Li goal. The Coach Desire Ellis team by this result is working a tight ...

Two-time Finals MVP says he underwent successful surgery on yesterday Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant says on social media he underwent surgery for a ruptured right Achilles tendon. Durant revealed the severity of his injury Wednesday, two days after getting hurt during Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto in his return after being sidelined for a month with a right ...

By  Harry Awurumibe, Live in France After an hour flight from Lyon International Airport to Rennes, the Super Falcons have arrived their new Center in Rennes. The team has also settled down at Best Western Plus Isidore in Rennes after the delegation which left Grenoble in the early hours of today were taken by bus to catch their flight in ...

The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Arab Republic of Egypt, His Excellency Professor Dandatti Abdulkadir has urged players and officials of the Super Eagles to strive to be worthy representatives of the country while fighting for her pride during the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt. The message of Professor Abdulkadir was presented to ...

Super Falcons Coaches and players have vowed to continue to work hard to win more matches in the competition with their next game against the host country, France in Rennes on June 17. Speaking after the heartwarming 2-0 victory over South Korea in Grenoble, Head Coach Thomas Dennerby stated that the players kept to the match strategy hence they achieved ...

There will be quality football action across the country on Wednesday as the first round matches of this year’s AITEO Cup competition hold in eight centres. A ninth match will hold in Lokoja on Thursday, between Kaduna Queens and Abia Angels. Seven teams, namely Rivers Angels, Adamawa Queens, Sunshine Queens, Delta Queens, Nasarawa Amazons, Confluence Queens and Ibom Angels have ...

Nigeria’s U15 boys, known as Future Eagles, will take on the U16 National Team of Mexico on Wednesday in the opening match of the International Dream Cup tournament taking place in the city of Miyagi, Japan.   The Nigerian contingent arrived in Sendai (where the team is staying at the Sendai Hills Hotel) on Monday evening, and the team had ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Live in France It was a black Tuesday for Thailand football and by extension the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as FIFA Women’s World Cup defending Champions; United States of America (USA) massacred Thailand 13-0 at the on-going 8th Women’s World Cup final in France with star striker Alex Morgan scoring five goals alone. Although bookmakers would have ...