By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The good run of the former FIFA Women’s World Cup winners Japan came to halt today (Friday0 as Sweden shocked the Nadeshiko 2-1 in the quarter-final match at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Friday’s epic match featured five Golden Boot favorites in Japan’s Hinata Miyazawa, Riko Ueki and Mina Tanaka, along ...
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Nigeria, England in Game of Death as Super Falcons seek revenge over Three Lionesses
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist As Nigeria confronts England in the Round of 16 match of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday, August 7, there is no better time than now for Nigeria to extract a revenge on England after the Three Lionesses defeated the Super Falcons 3-2 in both teams’ first-ever ...
Read More »Merciless Spain trounce Switzerland 5-1, zoom into quarter-final
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Spain was so dominant against Switzerland in the first game of the Round of 16 played early Saturday morning in Nigeria at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand as La Roja ran away 5-1 winners to be the first team to qualify for the quarter-final stage. Switzerland entered the match as the Group ...
Read More »2023 WWC: Morocco make history, book Round of 16 ticket
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist A first half extra time goal scrambled in by Anissa Lahmari was all that Morocco needed to clinch a hard won 1-0 victory over tough Colombia in the last Group H tie at Perth Rectangular Stadium on Thursday. By this result, Morocco garnered six points to finish second behind Colombia but which ...
Read More »2023 WWC: African teams shine as Nigeria, Morocco, S/Africa qualify for Round of 16
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Against all odds, African teams to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand have performed above the expectations of many bookmakers before the competition in Down Under started on July 20. It will end on August 20, 2023. After the preliminary round, no fewer than three African ...
Read More »2023 WWC: Nigeria faces uphill task in Round of 16 clash against England
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The Super Falcons will face their toughest test yet in the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand when Nigeria meets the reigning European champions England in the Round of 16 tie at Lang Park, Brisbane on Monday, July 7. The Three Lionesses thrashed hapless China 6-1 ...
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