Monthly Archives: August 2022

Costa Rica 2022: Falconets qualify for quarter-final stage as Nigeria pip Korea Republic 1-0

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist The Falconets late Sunday night qualified for the quater-final round of the on-going FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica as Esther Onyenezide’s 83 minute goal assisted by forward  Chiamaka Okwuchukwu ensured Nigeria beat Korea Republic 1-0 to secure six points in two games in Group C after recording a ...

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Costa Rica 2022: How Falconets outfoxed opponents in Nigeria’s 1-0 win over France

By Harry Awurumibe,  Africa’s  No. 1 Women Football JournaliWOMEN Nigeria’s junior women’s football team,  Falconets in the early hours of Friday outfoxed their hard fighting opponents from France as the two-time runners-up overcame a torrential rain and an hour’s delay to beat Europe’s top team France 1-0 in the opening match of Group C of the 10th FIFA U-20 Women’s ...

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FIFA U-20 WWC: Nigeria’s Falconets on the March Again

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist  Less than 24 hours to the start of the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, Nigeria’s junior women’s football team, Falconets, have another opportunity to claim the coveted trophy for the first time in history. There is no better time for the highly successful U- 20 team to ...

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UEFA Women’s Euro 2022: What Nigeria can learn from England 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It took only 10 months for England senior women’s football team, Three Lionesses’ Head Coach, Sarina Petronella Wingman- Glotzbach to guide England to UEFA Euro Women’s Championship victory after several years of trophy drought in both men and women  football competitions. For 56 years, England could only boast of the 1966 FIFA ...

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