Harry Awurumibe, Abuja To ensure that Nigeria’s Super Falcons qualify for       Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women’s football tournament, the team’s Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby has invited no fewer than 37 players ahead of the third round of the African qualifying ties between Nigeria and the senior women national team of Cote d’Ivoire which comes up in a fortnight. According ...

Harry Awurumibe World football ruling body, FIFA has stated that the bidding countries for the hosting right of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final are not allowed to also bid to host the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final at the same time. Instead they are required to submit yet another bid different from the one they submitted ...

Harry Awurumibe with additional report from thenff.com, Abuja. Apparently happy with the winning streaks of all the national football teams including female teams, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has given thumbs up to the team’s. Specifically,  the NFF has praised the performance of the U-23 national team, Olympic Eagles better known as Dream Team in qualifying for the 3rd Africa U23 ...

Harry Awurumibe Nigeria’s Super Eagles this night succumbed to a second half blitz from Ukraine to spoil what would have been a sweet victory over the top rated Europeans nation. Nigeria had raced to a 2-0 goals lead before the half time but Ukraine fought back gallantly  in the second half to tie the game with two goals in quick ...

Cup holders Nigeria will defend their Africa U23 Cup of Nations title in Egypt in November after the Olympic Eagles secured a robust 5-0 win over their Sudanese counterpart in the final qualifying leg at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on Tuesday evening.   A brace by Ndifreke Effiong and one each by Taiwo Awoniyi, Sunday Faleye and Sunusi Ibrahim ...

Harry Awurumibe With two of the most dreaded rivals of the Super Falcons, Ghana and Cameroon still in the race for the one and half tickets reserved for Africa for the women’s football tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The overall winner of the qualifiers out of the eight remaining countries in the race will qualify automatically for the ...

Cup holders Nigeria has all to play for to earn a slot in the finals of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations holding in Egypt in November, as they take the pitch at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba on Tuesday trailing Sudan by a lone goal. A goal seconds to the end of the first half in Omdurman on Thursday ...

A number of circumstances compel Nigeria to put out a relatively newbreed Super Eagles in an international friendly against Ukraine at the Dnipro Arena on Tuesday night. Long –time midfield enforcer Mikel John Obi retired from international football as curtains drew on the 32ndAfrica Cup of Nations finals in Egypt, relinquishing the captain’s band. Weeks later, Odion Jude Ighalo, top ...

Nigeria’s U23 boys have started intensive training sessions in the city of Asaba ahead of Tuesday’s make-or-break Africa U23 Cup of Nations final qualifying clash against Sudan. Thursday’s first leg encounter at the Al Merriekh Stadium in Omdurman ended 1-0 in favour of the Sudanese, whose contingent flew into Abuja on Sunday afternoon, on their way to Asaba. The Imama ...

The Super Eagles have arrived in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly with the senior national team of Ukraine, with 18 players part of an early morning team walk on Sunday Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has fixed 5.30pm on Sunday for the team’s first training session, when all 22 players would be fully assembled in Ukraine’s ...