By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist The stage is set for the epic clash between Nigeria’s Champions, Rivers Angels and Togolese club, Amis du Monde on Monday in the second semi final match of the on-going West African Football Union WAFU-B tournament at Stade Champroux in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Also, Burkina Faso’s sole representatives USFA which finished first ...
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WAFU-B Tourney : Rivers Angels thrash Police 5-0, book semi-final ticket
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist Nigeria’s domestic women’s football league Champions, Rivers Angels has qualified for the semi-final of West Africa Football Union (WAFU-B) zonal qualifiers for CAF Women’s Champions League after a 5-0 triumph over AS Police of Niger Republic on Tuesday in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The Port Harcourt-based club’s No.11, Oghenebrume Ikehua scored the ...
Read More »Tokyo 2020: Zambia bows out of Olympics as Sweden, Netherlands US qualify for next round
Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Inspite of the heroics of inspirational captain, Barbara Banda, Africa’s sole representative in the women’s football event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Copper Queens of Zambia ended its campaign with a 1-0 defeat to Brazil just as the three European countries Great Britain, Netherlands and Sweden booked their tickets for the quarter final ...
Read More »Tokyo 2020: Galant D’Tigress lose 81- 72 to Team USA as Kalu shines
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief It was a game won by experience rather than determination as Nigeria’s hard fighting D’Tigress early Tuesday lost by a single digit to highly rated Team USA by 72-81 points in a game the Nigerians put up an impressive performance. Although D’Tigress were rated lower to their opponents in the World Ranking, the encounter was one ...
Read More »WAFU-B Tourney: Rivers Angels beat Hasaacas 2-0, Host Onze Soeurs lose 0-1 to USFA
Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Two goals in each half of the match ensured that Nigeria’s women’s football league champions, Rivers Angels beat Hasaacas Ladies of Ghana 2-0 in the first match of the West African Football Union (WAFU- B) tournament holding from June 24 to August 5, 2021, in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Rivers Angels goalscorers were Maryann Ezenagu ...
Read More »Tokyo 2020: Banda hits second hat-trick as Zambia redeems image in 4-4 China draw, USA maul Zealand 6-1
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist The sole African representatives in the Tokyo Olympics women’s football event, Zambia bounced back from the humiliation of the first match to play out a respectable 4-4 draw with China in the second match of Group F on Saturday. Also, Zambian senior women’s football team’s Captain, Barbara Banda have continued to cover ...
Read More »CAF WCL: Confident Rivers Angels arrive Abidjan, set for WAFU-B tourney
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Nigeria’s women’s football league champions, Rivers Angels Football Club have arrived Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, venue of the maiden CAF Women’s Champions League West Africa Zone B tournament holding from June 24 to August 5, 2021. A contingent of 56 made up of players, coaching crew, backroom staff and Rivers states government officials ...
Read More »Tokyo 2020: Sweden wallop World Champs, US 3 nil to end 44-match unbeaten record
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The greatest surprise of the opening day of Tokyo Olympics was the 3-0 massacre of reigning FIFA Women’s World Cup Champions, United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) by Sweden on Wednesday as women’s football took the center stage in Japan. For the Team USA, it was a day the players will live to regret as ...
Read More »Tokyo 2020: Netherlands go goals crazy, thrash Zambia 10-3
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No 1 Women’s Football Journalist Expectedly, Africa’s sole representative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Zambia suffered a crushing defeat in the hands of the Dutch as the Zambians were walloped 10-3 by Netherlands in their Group F opening match as women’s football took the center stage. Infact, the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup beaten finalist, Netherlands ...
Read More »D’Tigers, D’Tigress final squads for Tokyo 2020 Olympics complete
Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Expectedly, Coaches of Nigeria’s senior Basketball teams, D’Tigers and D’Tigress have released their final 12-man rosters, ahead of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. After one month of close camping in Sacramento and Las Vegas, United States of America (USA), D’Tigers’ American Head Coach, Mike Brown, in his wisdom picked no fewer than eight National Basketball Association ...
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