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 ...
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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. ...
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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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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