By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Global sportswear manufacturer, Nike has teamed up with Football Club Barcelona women’s star, Asisat Oshoala to launch her self-named football academy in Nigeria. The outfit called Asisat Oshoala Academy (AOA) is part of the player’s efforts to promote women’s football and education of the girl-child especially those in her community in Lagos. ...
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JUST IN: Falcons hold second training in Rabat as Waldrum perfects tactics to beat S/Africa on Monday
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist Reigning African champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria have intensified their training after settling down in the palatial Hotel Rihab Rabat, Morocco on Monday even as the team targets first victory in the opening match. The Coach Randy Waldrum tutored team flew into Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca from Lagos on ...
Read More »JUST IN: Super Falcons arrive Rabat as training starts tomorrow
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Reigning African champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria have arrived Rabat, the capital city of the Kingdom of Morocco ahead the 12th CAF Women’s Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) which kicks off on Saturday, July 2. It will end on Saturday, July 23, 2022. A Nigerian delegation of 36 persons comprising of ...
Read More »BREAKING: At last, Super Falcons leave for Morocco
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s contingent to the 12th CAF Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) in the early hours of Monday departed for Morocco, one week before the Super Falcons first group match against arch-rivals Banyana Banyana of South Africa. The contingent which left the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos by 6:45 am aboard Royal ...
Read More »Morocco 2022: Super Falcons land in Rabat Monday as dropped players depart camp
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist African Champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria will arrive Rabat, venue of their group matches on Monday, June 27, few days before the start of the 12th CAF Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) taking place in Morocco from July, 2 to 23. This is even as all the players dropped from the ...
Read More »Mozambique 2022: Supersand Eagles to square off against Libya
Nigeria’s Supersand Eagles are set to return to international competition with the Confederation of African Football having confirmed that they will battle Libya in a two-leg playoff for a spot at this year’s Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted by Mozambique. The Eagles are two-time African champions, having won then African Beach Soccer Championship in 2007 and ...
Read More »Costa Rica 2022 preparations begin as Danjuma invites 30 to Falconets’ camp for World Cup
Head Coach Chris Danjuma has invited 30 players to the camp of Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets to kick off preparations for this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals in Costa Rica. Nigeria has never missed a FIFA U20 Women’s Championship since the competition began as an U19 Championship in Canada 20 years ago, and will play France, Canada and ...
Read More »India 2022: Flamingos draw Germany, Chile and New Zealand in group stage
Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos have been placed in Group B of this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in India, alongside women’s football powerhouse Germany, Chile and New Zealand. At the draw ceremony done inside the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday, hosts India are in Group A with powerhouses United States of America and Brazil, as ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Onome, Oshoala, Nnadozie make list as Waldrum names 25 Falcons for Morocco 2022
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Veteran player cum captain, Onome Ebi and Four-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year Award winner, Asisat Oshoala have been named among the 25 players in Coach Randy Waldrum’s Super Falcons team to next week’s 12th CAF Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) Morocco 2022. Prompt News has exclusively obtained an official ...
Read More »Morocco 2022: Super Falcons force league champions, Bayelsa Queens to 1-1 draw, beat Naija Ratel 2-1 in double-header
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist In a bid to give all the 32 players in the Super Falcons camp the opportunity to exhibit their talents before the final list of players to represent Nigeria in the 12th CAF Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Morocco will be compiled by the technical crew, the team played ...
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