By Harry Awurumibe The Super Falcons of Nigeria’s 2-0 emphatic away victory over host The Fennecs of Algeria in Blida last week Wednesday with entirely home- based players may have opened a new chapter in the history of women’s football in Nigeria.   Without the armada of Nigeria’s overseas-based professional players plying their trades in European, Asia and American women’s ...

Harry Awurumibe Fast-rising Super Falcons defender, Glory Ogbonna is confident that Nigeria will beat Algeria again next week in Lagos to qualify for the next round of the on-going 2020 Tokyo Olympics women’s football Africa qualifiers. Super Falcons last Wednesday in Blida defeated The Fennecs of Algeria 2-0 to Nigeria in pole position to advance to the round with just ...

As the countdown to the third round of U-23 Africa Cup of Nations against Sudan continues, the U-23 National Team, Olympic Eagles, defeated Falala FC 2-0 in a warm up game played at FIFA Goal Project in Abuja on Thursday. Goals from Ndah Olisa in the 43rd minute and Sunday Adetunji in the 57th minute sealed the victory as the team ...

Nigeria, 1973 champions of All Africa Games, will look to win their first gold in men’s football tournament of the African Games when they take on Burkina Faso in the final of the event in Rabat on Friday. The seven-time African champions edged a memorable encounter with Mali in the semi finals, which went into extra time, penalty shoot-out and ...

The delegation of Super Falcons to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s football qualifying match against Algeria in Blida on Wednesday will return to Nigeria on Friday just as the team was hosted by Embassy of Nigeria in Algeria after defeating their host 2-0. African champions Nigeria took a comfortable 2-0 lead into the return leg scheduled for the Agege Stadium, ...

Reliable goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie was at her best to stop crucial penalty kicks as Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team, Falconets emerged champions of the women’s football tournament of the 12th African Games in Rabat on Thursday after a 3-2 penalty shoot-out triumph over their counterparts from Cameroon. The keenly-contested game between two teams that had battled to a 1-1 draw in ...

Harry Awurumibe Still soaked in the euphoria of a  heartwarming 2-0 away victory over their Algerian host in the first leg second round Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s football qualifier match, the African Champions, Nigeria will leave Bilda this afternoon for Algiers enroute Nigeria. An own goal (og) by Algerian defender, Isma Ouadah in the 15th minut and a long range ...

Harry Awurumibe Reigning African Champion, Nigeria this evening defeated Algeria 2-0 in Bilda in the first leg second round match of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Women’s Football Tournament Africa qualifier match even without the armada of foreign-based players like FC Barcelona femine star, Asisat Oshoala. The encounter played at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida outside Algiers, the capital ...

The Management of the National Youth Service Corps in the Federal Capital Territory has expressed a keen desire to establish closer co-operation with the Nigeria Football Federation in order to achieve its extra mandate of empowerment of the youth in the country. Speaking during a visit to the General Secretary of NFF, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi at the NFF Secretariat, Abuja ...

   By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s revered women’s football journalist Tomorrow (Wednesday, August 28) in far away Bilda near Algiers, the capital city of  Algeria, the national senior women’s football team of Algeria, The Fennecs will host their Nigerian counterparts in the first leg second round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Women’s Football Tournament  Africa qualifier match. The Algeria Football ...