By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Bafana Bafana of South Africa 4-2 in penalties to reach the African Cup of Nations finals. It was a match South Africans purposely dragged to penalty shootout believing that they have advantage over Nigeria after they eliminated Cape Verde in the quarter-final tie thanks to goalkeeper Ronwen Williams who ...
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AFCON 2023: Why Nigeria Must Defeat South Africa in the Battle of Bouake
** As History Favours Super Eagles over Bafana Bafana By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja As Africans and the entire football followers across the globe wait with bated breath for the start of the first semi-final match of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cotè d Ivoire 2023 which pitched two African giants Nigeria and South Africa, Super Eagles are condemned ...
Read More »Grassroot Football: Pinnick commends Anambra FA Chairman, Iloenyosi for developmental strides
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Chairman of Anambra Football Association, Chikelue Iloenyosi has received a tacit support of the former President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Melvin Pinnick for his emphasis on the grassroots football development in his state. According to Iloenyosi popularly called “General” by his admirers, Pinnick is so far impressed with his performance in office ...
Read More »SPECIAL REPORT :Why Oshoala Must Succeed in America Women’s League
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist February 1, 2024 will remain indelible in the memory of the reigning CAF Best African Player (Women), Asisat Lamina Oshoala after she sealed a big transfer move to emerging United States (US) National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) outfit, Bay Football Club, from European champions, FC Barcelona Femení, on permanent basis, for an ...
Read More »FIFA U-17 WWC 2024: Nigeria go goals-crazy, thrash Central African Republic 6-0 in Douala
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist FIFA World Cup bronze-medallists, Flamingos of Nigeria were in killer mood on Sunday as they thrashed their counterparts from Central African Republic (CAR) 6-0 in the first leg, second round of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers match played at Stade de la Reunification in Douala, Cameroon. It took ...
Read More »AFCON 2023: Super Eagles pip Angola in Abidjan to reach last four, extend Cup record
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief , Abuja The fearsome Nigeria juggernaut rolled with pomp into the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Friday, after another self-assured performance that knocked ambitious Angola out of the competition ...
Read More »FIFA U-17 WWC 2024: Flamingos hold first training in Douala ahead of CAR clash
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist FIFA World Cup bronze-medallists, Flamingos of Nigeria who arrived Cameroon yesterday will today begin training at Stade de la Reunification in Douala where they will take on their counterparts from Central African Republic (CAR) on Sunday in a second round, first leg African qualifiers of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup ...
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