By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist With six weeks to the crucial African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) ‘Morocco 2022’ qualifiers opening rounds, Nigeria and 43 other participating countries have complied to the demand of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) to submit dates, venues and kick off time of their respective home matches. Sportsrevelation has exclusively gathered ...
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Ahead Nigeria Battles: Ghana Coach, Tagoe invites 8 Pros, 22 others as Addo, Boakye, Adubea return
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Head Coach of Ghana’s Black Queens, Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo has named a provisional 30-member list including eight foreign-based players for the Six-Nation Invitational Tournament and the crucial African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) slated for Nigeria in September and October respectively. The Ghanaian senior women’s football team have been invited by Nigeria to ...
Read More »FIFA WC Qatar 2022: Rohr invites Musa, Iwobi, Ndidi, 27 others as Chukwueze, Iwuala miss Liberia, Cape Verde ties
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Expectedly, Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has invited a total of 30 players mostly familiar faces for next month’s opening rounds of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying campaign which will see Nigeria take on Liberia in Lagos on Friday, September 3 in Match Day 1 and later tackle Cape Verde in Mindelo on ...
Read More »Messi’s PSG draw Manchester City as Chelsea face Juventus in UEFA Champions Leaque Group Stage
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Defending Champions, Chelsea FC of England was gifted an easy group for the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League campaign as the Cup Holders have been drawn in Group H with minors. Chelsea’s toughest opponents will be Juventus of Turin while the Pride of London will have easy opponents in Russia’s Zenit St. Petersburg and Malmo FC of ...
Read More »2022 FIFA U-20 WWC ticket: Nigeria, CAR clash Sept.24 in Bangui as Falconets intensify training
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Two-time FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup finalists, the Falconets of Nigeria will begin the quest for the ticket to represent Africa in the 2022 edition in Costa Rica on September 24 when Nigeria and Central African Republic (CAR) will clash in the second round first leg of the African qualifiers. The Nigeria ...
Read More »FIFA Ranking: Super Falcons, Lionesses maintain position as Copper Queens move ten places
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Expectedly, reigning African women’s football champions Super Falcons of Nigeria maintained her 38th position in the latest FIFA Ranking released on Friday. This is even as Nigeria retained her leadership position as Africa’s top-ranked side ahead of the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon that placed second position and a distant 52nd in the ...
Read More »Cameroon 2021: West African teams, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal look good for AFCON Trophy
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in Chief. Abuja West African powerhouses Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana and Cote D’ Ivoire look good to lift the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) diadem when the competition comes up in Cameroon early next year. The quartet are amongst top contenders to the trophy in the Africa’s version of the FIFA World Cup final, no disrespect to ...
Read More »2022 AFCON: Nigeria draws Egypt, avoid West African heavyweights Ghana, Senegal
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Nigeria has been drawn in Group D as the West African nation have been paired with Egypt, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau in the group stage of the 2022 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) billed for Cameroon next January. Aside facing serial winners Egypt, three-time winner of the African title Nigeria, have avoided early clash with ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Abuja Stadium pitch can’t host international match till 2022, says experts
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Inspite wearing a new look, thanks to the renovation works still on-going at the magnificent football complex, the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja main bowl will not host any football match of any nature until 2022. Sportsrevelation has exclusively gathered that the new grass species planted in the main pitch after the old type ...
Read More »India appoints ex-Super Falcons Coach, Dennerby as senior women’s team gaffer
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist A patient dog eats the fattest bone, this proverb is true of the former Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby as All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed the Swede as the new gaffer its senior women’s football team. Dennerby, until the new appointment was the Head ...
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