Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s Best Women’s Football Journalist, Abuja The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) latest Women’s Ranking which placed Zambia, Africa’s sole qualifier for the postponed  Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women’s football event in the 100th position in the world has shown that the game is progressing in the continent. This is against the backdrop that Zambia eliminated the ...

Harry Awurumibe with agency report Apparently bowing to heavy global pressure and rising athlete dissent, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese officials sharply reversed course today (Tuesday) and agreed that the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Games will not take place this summer in Tokyo in the wake of the growing novel coronavirus pandemic.   Organizers say they now hope ...

Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s best women’s football journalist Today, March 23, 2020 marks exactly 125 years when the first official women’s football fixture took place in London, England when the North and South made history at the Crouch End Ground on March 23, 1895 even as Nigeria has remained the most successful women’s football nation out of 52 countries in Africa. ...

• Martina Voss-Tecklenburg satisfied with Germany’s Algarve Cup performance • Germany coach speaks about her team and changing face of women’s football • “The US will have to prove themselves over the next few years” Former Germany national women’s football team star and now Head Coach, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg who has witnessed the changes in women’s football firsthand as a player ...

*Considers Germany to be among world’s best teams Harry Awurumibe with agency report Former Germany national women’s football team star and now Head Coach, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg has commended the tremendous improvement in the women’s game , saying that the biggest milestone is that many more countries now have interest in women’s football. According to the ex-international, many nations have also ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja In solidarity with the global fight against the spread of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has suspended all competitions including the qualifiers for the Total Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 and the Total African Nations Championship, which was due for Cameroon from 4-25 April 2020.    Also, the  42nd CAF Ordinary ...

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Determined to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus pandemic which is yet to record a casualty in Nigeria, the Federal Government today ordered the indefinite  postponement of the much advertised National Sports Festival code-named Edo 2020.    This piece of information was made public today in Abuja by Minister of Sports and Youth Development, ...

Harry Awurumibe, in Lagos Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos have embarked on two weeks break after eliminating the hapless Guinea Syli Starlets from the FIFA U-17 World Cup African qualifiers in Lagos  at the weekend on a 11-2 goals aggregate score.    The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had asked the players and officials of the Flamingos on Sunday to ...

Harry Awurumibe, in Lagos Nigeria versus Ghana signposts the biggest fixture of the final round of the FIFA U-17  Women’s World Cup India 2020 African qualifiers slated for  May 1 to 17.    Flamingos were ruthless against hapless Guinean Syli Starlets in the just concluded first round of the qualifiers. Nigeria white-washed Guinea 6-1 away in Conakry and hit them ...

Harry Awurumibe, Live in Lagos Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos this evening hit hapless Guinea’s Syli Starlets 5-1 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup African qualifier return leg first round match played at Agege stadium in Lagos.   Nigeria had a fortnight ago beaten Guinea 6-1 away in Conakry in the first leg tie and has thus qualified for ...