Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Super Falcons duo of Desire Oparanozie and Chinaza Uchendu may play their club football in the Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) if no foreign club comes forward to sign them following their inability to continue their professional football career abroad. Oparanozie who captained Nigeria’s Super Falcons to the Round of 16 in the 2019 FIFA Women World ...
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Covid-19: FIFA, WHO, football stakeholders draft medical, risk assessment tool
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja World soccer governing body, FIFA is sharing a football risk assessment tool with its 211 member associations including Nigeria, the six continental confederations, CAF inclusive and other stakeholders in order to facilitate the planning of the resumption of football activities by competition and match organisers, as soon as health authorities and governments consider it safe. It has ...
Read More »Super Eagles job: Rohr happy to sign contract extention, says aide
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja With most Nigerians in support of his retention as the Super Eagles Head Coach till December 2022, Gernort Rohr has expressed his joy to have signed a contract extension which will enable him to complete the job of building a strong team senior national team for Nigeria. The Franco-German appended his signature to a two and half years ...
Read More »FIFA U-20 WWC: Falconets Coach, Aduku targets trophy in Costa Rica
Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Even as the first leg match of the African qualifiers for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup between Nigeria and Burkina Faso has not been played, the Head Coach of the national U-20 women’s football team, the Falconets, Moses Aduku has expressed his desire to lift the trophy in Costa Rica. The world football ...
Read More »Super Eagles job: Rohr ready to sign new contract, says aide, Adelakun
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja With three days to the end of one week deadline set by the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to conclude the contract renewal of the Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, there is a strong indication that the deal will be sealed earlier than envisaged. This much was disclosed today by ...
Read More »French star player, Henry is No. 2 world highest earner
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The captain of France national women’s football team, Amandine Henry is the second highest earning player in the world. Les Bleues star who plays her club football with Olympique Lyon Feminine 1 is in the list of top highest-paid female soccer players of 2019/2020 along with their annual income even as no Nigerian female footballer at home ...
Read More »Super Eagles job: NFF, Rohr may seal deal Saturday
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Apparently to beat the deadline of the expiration of the first contract of the Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, the Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has mandated the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi to liaise with the Franco German with a view to concluding all matters around Mr. Rohr’s new contract within the next one ...
Read More »Revealed: Highest paid women’s footballer, Ada Hegerberg earns 326 times less than Messi
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja With a United States (US) court throwing out the case filed by the US National Women’s Team asking for Equal Pay with their male counterpart, the dreams of many female players to be valued the same with the male players may not see the light of the day. Sportsrevelation can exclusively report that even the Ballon ...
Read More »2023 Women’s World Cup host to emerge next month, says FIFA
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The world football governing body, Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) says the host(s) of the 2023 Women’s World Cup will be announced on June 25, 2020 by the FIFA Council. According to a statement from the body on Friday, the four bidding member associations will know their fate after the FIFA Council meeting to be held ...
Read More »FIFA U-17 World Cup: India agrees on 2021 new date
Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup on Tuesday confirmed their readiness to host which the world football ruling body has shifted to now hold from February 17 to March 7, 2021. The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup had to be postponed due ...
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