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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. ...

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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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Pre-WAFCON Friendly: Host, Morocco, wallop Kenya 5-1, sends warning signals 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s N0.1 Women Football Journalist Host of next month’s CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON),  Morocco, thrashed visiting Kenya senior women’s team, Harambee Starlets 5-1 in an apparent one-sided international friendly match played Wednesday evening atbStade du village sportif de Tanger, Prompt News reports. The Atlas Lionesses of Morocco came into this match following a home ...

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JUST IN: Super Falcons depart Abeokuta camp, Cameroon heads to Lagos 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Some members of Nigeria’s Super Falcons team have already left the country for their overseas destinations early on Wednesday barely hours after the former African champions hammered visiting Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon 2-0 in one-off international friendly match played at MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Tuesday evening, Prompt News ...

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Friendlies: Nigeria, S/Africa win big, Zambia falters 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Despite the uncertainty surrounding the match, Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Tuesday defeated the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon 2-0 courtesy of a first half brace by skipper Rasheedat Ajibade in a keenly contested international friendly at the MKO Sports Arena, Abeokuta in Ogun state. This is even as the African reigning champions South Africa ...

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Women’s Int’l Friendlies: Brazil beat Japan 2-1, Panama wallop Bolivia  5-1

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist While Africa is asleep, the Samba Girls of Brazil early Tuesday defeated the Nadeshiko of Japan 2-1 in an international friendly match played at Estadio Cicero de Souza Marques with no fewer than 8,412 spectators in attendance to watch the encounter. The South American women’s football powerhouse Brazil’s two goals came in ...

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Int’l Friendlies: Again, WAFCON 2025-bound, Nigeria, Ghana, S/Africa, others, test skills against tough opposition  

By Harry Awurumibe,  Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Again, the continental reigning champions South Africa, neighbours Zambia, and West Africans Ghana  are among the teams participating in the upcoming TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024 that are putting their skills to the test against strong opposition as they play their second match in a week in ...

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CAF concludes CHAN Safety & Security training programmes in Kenya, Zanzibar, Uganda 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Journalist Determined to organise a hitch-free football championship for the Africa-based professional footballers called African Nations Championship (CHAN), the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has successfully concluded the  Safety and Security Preparatory Workshops in the host countries of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya respectively. This is even as Kenya has officially wrapped up the CHAN ...

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