By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Impressed by the standard of football been displayed by the teams taking place in the tournament which is holding at Area 3 playground, Abuja, Chairman of Yagazie Foundation and Sports Inc, Kennedy Chinedu Ezirim, Thursday donated three sets of jerseys to three academy clubs to encourage them. Ezirim made the presentation at the venue of ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau The national U-20 female football team, the Falconets, have progressed to the third round of the African qualifiers for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup finals slated for Colombia following the sudden withdrawal of the second round opponents Mauritius. Prompt News  reports that Nigeria  Football Federation (NFF) has since received official notification of ...

**Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire miss out By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau As earlier predicated, Cape Verde has been confirmed as Nigeria’s next opponents in the second round of the Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024 qualifiers after the first round matches have been concluded. This is even as the second round of the WAFCON qualifiers’ field has been ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Two Abuja-based academy clubs, Sensational Star (2-S) and Mamba FC will kick off the  2023 Talent Hunt Nigeria, an  annual recruitment competition organised by Roberts Canada Soccer Academy in conjunction with Carl Academy and Football Collge Umuahia, slated for  the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Monday. According to the fixture of the week-long youth football ...

**South Africa, Zambia too By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Angola have joined the defending champions South Africa and bronze-winning Zambia to qualify for the second round of the Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024 qualifiers. This is even as countries like Guinea, Mali,  Ghana, Togo and Tunisia are almost through to ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football  Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons have  qualified for the second round of the Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024 qualifiers without kicking a ball as their opponents from Saò Tome and Principe have officially withdrawn from the race few days to the first leg of the first round of the match between ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said that Super Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum will be incharge of the team for the first  leg of CAF Women’s Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024 qualifier match against Saò Tome and Principe senior women’s football team in Lagos next weekend. This clarification was made by the NFF President, ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee has commended the country’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons for an impressive outing at the just concluded FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023, in which the team reached the Round of 16 and exited the tournament without losing a match in regulation period. This ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Determined to give talented young players the opportunity to fulfil their ambition of playing professional football, the 2023 Talent Hunt Nigeria, an annual recruitment competition organised by Roberts Canada Soccer Academy and Carl Academy and Football School, Umuahia, will hold from September 25 to October 5, 2023 at Area 3 football pitch, Abuja. This is even ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Continued from yesterday *** For example, a Lagos-based Princess Jegede Babes FC travelled up North several times to honour their away games including to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state to do battles with El Kanemi Queens of Maiduguri and to Mangu Township Stadium in Jos North to play against Tin City ...