By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Despite trailing 0-2 to the visiting Malawians till the 41′ of the game, Morocco’s senior women’s football team Atlas Lionesses came from behind to wallop their opponents 4-2 in a pre-tournament international friendly match played yesterday at Stade Municipal Kenitra, Morocco. The host of the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) ...
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JUST IN: 10 Falcons, Coaches fly out to Lisbon
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist No fewer than 10 invited Super Falcons players, the coaching crew, and backroom staff will depart the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday for Portugal for the week-long pre-tournament camp ahead of the CAF Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) holding in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025, Prompt News ...
Read More »Gov. Mbah inaugurates Local Committee for 23rd NSF ‘Coal City Games Enugu 2026’
**As NSC DG, Olopade applaud move By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Preparations for the much-awaited 23rd National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged *Coal City Games Enugu 2026* have taken a significant leap as Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state government officially inaugurated the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) on Wednesday in Enugu, the state capital. This is even as the governor has ...
Read More »Ahead WAFCON 2024: Spanish-born Morocco’s coach, Vilda, praises African football
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Less than three weeks to the start of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Morocco 2024, Spanish-born head coach of Morocco’s senior women’s football team, the Atlas Lionesses, Jorge Vilda Rodriguez has unequivocally stated that African football has immense potential to compare with the best anywhere in the world. ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Morocco’s coach, Vilda, set to name squad list for WAFCON 2024
**As pre-tournament camp ends Friday By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist With some countries yet tok name their preliminary squads for the pre-tournament camping ahead of the start of the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of (WAFCON) on July 5, the host nation Morocco is set to unveil the final squad list as the team’s week-long pre-competition camping ends ...
Read More »WAFCON 2024 : Black Queens coach names four home-based in squad for pre-tournament camp
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Less than 21 days to their opening match at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) against reigning African champions, the Bafana Banyana Banyana of South Africa, Black Queens of Ghana’s head coach Kim Lars Bjorkegren has named a 24-player squad for pre-tournament preparations at the famous Ghanaman Soccer Centre of ...
Read More »2025 FIFA Club World Cup: Bragging rights at stake as 4 African teams compete for top prize
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The attention of the football faithful across the globe will focus on the first expanded FIFA Club World Cup finals which will kick off in the United States of America (USA) with no fewer than a total of 32 teams competing for the top prize. This is even as four clubs from Africa will represent the ...
Read More »Sundowns announce FIFA Club World Cup 26-man squad, leave for USA
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Ahead of the next Saturday’s kick-off of the the expanded FIFA Club World Cup finals in the United States of America (USA), one of the four African representatives, Mamelodi Sundowns have released its 26-man squad for the biggest global club football competition, holding from Saturday, June 14 to Sunday, July 13, 2025, in 11 American states. ...
Read More »FIFA Club World Cup:Teams make last-minute adjustments to squad lists
**As Osimhen may play for Al-Hilal By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Barely one week to the start of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup finals in the United States of America (USA), qualified clubs are frantically making last-minute changes to their squad list to ensure a decent outing at the global football showpiece which will kick off on Saturday, June ...
Read More »Pre-WAFCON Friendlies Fallout: S/Africa, Morocco in free-scoring mood, ready for tournament
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Three of the 2024 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON)-bound teams, South Africa, Morocco, and Tanzania were in an imperious form during the just concluded FIFA international match window which ran from May 26 to June 3, 2025, as Banyana Banyana and Atlas Lionesses recorded high goal returns in their games ...
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