Monthly Archives: October 2021

Morocco 2022: Field now complete as CAF picks ‘Lovers Day’ for Second Round Matches

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s  No.1 Women’s Football Journalist With 21 countries through to the second round of the TotalEnergies African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) Morocco 2022 qualifiers, the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has picked February 14, St. Valentine’s Day (better known as Lovers Day), for the first leg of the final  round matches of now expanded biennial Africa’s ...

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Morocco 2022: South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda qualify for next round as Zambia, Zimbabwe reach second stage

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist Highly improved South Africa’s  Banyana Banyana have qualified for the second round of the TotalEnergies African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON), Morocco 2022 courtesy of 6-0 defeat of Mozambique in the return leg tie on the back of 7-0 win in the first leg to record a 13-0 aggregate score. The ...

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Morocco 2022: Nigeria’s foes, Ivory Coast disgrace Niger 11-0, through to Second Round on 20-0 goals agg.

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s  No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Expectedly, Cote d Ivoire whitewashed  hapless Niger 11-0 in the return leg match on the back of the 9-0 away win in the first leg tie of the first round of the qualifiers to move to the second round of the African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) Morocco 2022, on 20-0 goals ...

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Morocco 2022: Nigeria lose to Ghana, qualify for Second Round as Cameroon, Togo, others book tickets too

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Ghana have become the first high-profile African women’s football playing nation to be eliminated from the next TotalEnergies African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) final billed for Morocco in 2022 as the  Black Queens beat Super Falcons 1-0 in the return leg first round qualifier match in Accra on Sunday but failed ...

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Morocco 2022 Qualifiers: Goals galore as Algeria spells Sudan, Khartoum in 14-0 massacre

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Algeria has sounded a note of warning to other countries in the running for the 11 qualification tickets for the African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) Morocco 2022 by walloping hapless Sudan 14-0 in the first leg of the first round tie played on Wednesday inside Omar Hamadi Stadium, Algiers. This is ...

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Morocco 2022: Kanu scores brace as Falcons beat Black Queens 2-0 in Lagos

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Linkopings FC of Sweden’s striker,Uchenna Kanu singlehandedly destroyed Ghana Black Queens with two quick goals in the space of five minutes of the first half to help Nigeria’s Super Falcons beat their bitter rivals 2-0 in the first leg of the African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) Morocco 2022 qualifiers on Wednesday ...

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Road to Morocco 2022: Nigeria, Ghana rekindle old rivalry in Lagos as Falcons face toughest test

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist It will be fireworks when old rivals, Nigeria’s Super Falcons clash with visiting Black Queens of Ghana at the refurbished Mobolaji Johnson Arena at Onikan Waterfront, Lagos on Wednesday,  October 20 for the first leg of the double-header matches of the on-going Afrcan Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) Morocco 2022 scheduled ...

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AWCON 2022: Players still trickling into Falcons camp 48 hours to Black Queens clash

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Less than 48 hours to Nigeria’s Super Falcons and Black Queens of Ghana crucial African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) first leg qualifier clash  billed for Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 by 4pm, invited players are still trickling into the Lagos camp like snail. Aside two foreign-based invitees, ...

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Invitation of aging players not to Super Falcons’ benefit, says Ex-Flying Angels Chairman

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s  No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Apparently disturbed by the performance of the Super Falcons in the Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament in Lagos, a foremost women’s football administrator and ex-Chairman of the defunct Flying Angels of Lagos, Chief John Obijiaku has said the continued invitation of aging players to the team is inimical to the progress of the ...

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AWCON 2022 qualifiers: Waldrum shuns Aisha Buhari Cup flops, invite 8 home-based Falcons for clash against Black Queens in Lagos

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Apparently not impressed with their performances, no fewer than seven players invited for the better forgotten Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament in Lagos last month by Super Falcons Head Coach, Randy Waldrum have been axed as a handful of home-based players made the cut for the crucial African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) ...

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