By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons have made clear their intentions to qualify for the 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) billed for Morocco by thrashing yvisiting Cape Verde senior women’s team 5-0 in the first leg, final round of the qualifier match on Thursday at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. A brace by ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Ordinarily, the encounter between Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons and their Cape Verdean counterparts in a 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers final round, first leg tie at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Thursday by 4 pm would not have called for caution but the unpredictability ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria’s football administrators and stakeholders across different spectra will converge in the nation’s capital, Abuja on Thursday to mull, deliberate and cogitate on new developmental initiatives as the FIFA Talent Development Scheme project drivers hold a workshop in the city. As the game of football (nicknamedThe Beautiful Game by the late King Pele) continues to ...

*** Cape Verde trains in Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja today By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist After taking the players through their paces at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday, Acting Head Coach Justin Madugu has advised his Super Falcons’ squad to leave no room for errors when they file out against Cape Verde senior women’s ...

***As Moroccan, South African trio made the cut too By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The Nigerian duo of FC Barcelona Feminine star,  Asisat Lamina Oshoala and Paris FC first-choice goalkeeper, Chiamaka Cynthia Nnadozie have been listed among the final 10 nominees for the 2023 CAF Women’s ’s Player of the Year Award. This is even as five other ...

***As Abiodun, Echegini return By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football JournalJournalist  The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has released the list of 21 invited players to the Super Falcons’ camp ahead of next week’s 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final qualifying round, first leg clash with the senior women national team of Cape Verde just as the list ...

***Defeats SC Casablanca 3-0 in final on Sunday By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist For the third consecutive time, Mamelodi Sundowns women football team of South played a final where they secured their second title in the history of the CAF Women’s Champions League, overcoming Sporting Club Casablanca 3-0, who made their debut in the competition. Sundowns’ goals came ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Super Eagles, again, had to settle for a 1-1 draw on Day 2 of the FIFA World Cup qualifying African series after a tame performance failed to lift them above the Warriors of Zimbabwe in neutral Rwandan ground on Sunday. Walter Musona put the Warriors in front after 26 minutes with a 35-yard free-kick ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s junior women’s football team, Falconets survived a scary onslaught from visiting Tanzania’s U-20 side to book their place in the final round of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers courtesy of a 2-1 victory over the East Africans at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Sunday. By the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Still stung by their loss of two points to Lesotho on home soil on Day 1 of their 10-match qualification series for the 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket, the Super Eagles took to the pitch of Huye Stadium, Butare on Saturday evening for the official training, and refused to be bothered about the state of ...