Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Nigeria’s two age-grade women’s football teams, Falconets and Flamingos may not participate in the 2021 FIFA Women’s World Cup final slated for India, CostaRica and Panama. World football ruling body, FIFA has scheduled the U-20 Women’s World Cup final for January 20 to February 6, 2021 in Costa Rica and Panama. Also, the U-17 Women’s World Cup ...
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Super Falcons still without a coach, NFF appoints Bosso Flying Eagles boss, Danjuma, Olowookere to head Falconets, Flamingos
Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has composed new technical crews for a number of National Teams even as it failed to yet again to name the Head Coach and coaching crew of the African Champions Super Falcons. According to a press release signed NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire on Friday the composition sees the return of ...
Read More »Exclusive! Nigeria’s new Nike Jerseys hit Lagos October 1, Ekong, Oshoala model kit
Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief The much-awaited Nigeria’s national teams new Nike kits will hit retail shops in Lagos on October 1 even as five Super Eagles and two Super Falcons players performed the official unveiling of the kits at the weekend. Sportsrevelation exclusively learnt that the new Nike kits will be available in retail sport shops across Lagos state for fans ...
Read More »Rohr drops Uzoho, Ezenwa for Eagles’ Austrian friendlies, list Musa, 24 others
Harry Awurumibe, Edito-in-Chief Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has invited 25 players ahead of next month’s friendly matches against the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, scheduled for Austria without two FIFA World Cup goalkeepers, Francis Uzoho and Ikechukwu Ezenwa in the list. Five other players have been put on standby. In the three –time ...
Read More »England 2022: Iceland, Sweden destroy opponents, Denmark wallop Bosnia-H
Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-chief Icelandic senior women’s football team were in devastating mood yesterday as they whitewashed opponents Latvia 9-0 in the first match of the resumed European Women’s Championship England 2022 qualifiers. Also, Sweden, Bronze medallist in the last FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France in 2019 continued where they stopped by hammering hapless Hungary 8-0 yesterday at home. ...
Read More »Europe restarts England 2022 qualifiers, Sweden host Hungary today
Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-chief Sweden will today host Hungary in continuation of the 2022 UEFA Women’s Championship slated for England. The Championship was billed for July 2021 in England but the outbreak of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) resulted to the worldwide suspension of football activities Sportsrevelation reports. But the European football governing body, UEFA has lifted the suspension of the qualifiers starting ...
Read More »NFF Head of ICT, Tolu Abe laid to rest
Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-chief The remains of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Head of Information Communications Technology (ICT) Unit, Tolulope Abe, who died a fortnight ago was Saturday commited to mother earth at Gudu cemetery in Abuja. The indefatigable ICT expert died after a complication arising from a stomach surgery last month in Abuja. Present at Abe’s burial at Gudu cemetery in ...
Read More »At last, CAF to send six teams to 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final
Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-chief The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) is set to send no fewer than six teams to the 2023 Women’s World Cup final billed for Australia and New Zealand. This cheering news came from no less a personality than the Vice President of CAF and South Africa Football Association (SAFA) President, Dr. Danny Jordaan. Jordaan, also the South ...
Read More »Lynch, ex-US AG to open 3rd FIFA Compliance Summit Oct.Handbook out
Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief In line with its continued commitment to promoting good governance and compliance in confederations, member associations and across football, world football ruling body, FIFA has announced the agenda and keynote speakers who will participate in the third edition of the FIFA Compliance Summit, which will take place this year in a virtual format from 12 to 16 ...
Read More »CAF Executive Committee meets, take tough decisions to restart football
Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief with agency reports African football governing body CAF has taken a far-reaching decisions for the interest of football in the continent as the top wigs met Thursday, September 10, 2020 via video-conference. At the meeting, the CAF Executive Committee took the following decisions; The Committee ratified the decisions of the CAF Emergency Committee on the resumption of the ...
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