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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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Nigeria’s Group B Opponent, Botswana, hold Zambia to 1-1 draw in pre-WAFCON friendly 

…As Ivory Coast, Ghana’s match end 3-3 in Abidjan By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist While the Super Falcons and Indomitable Lionesses’ much-advertised high profile international friendly match billed for Saturday at Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne-Remo, Ogun state was cancelled at the last minute, Nigeria’s Group B opponent in the upcoming CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations ...

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Super Falcons to play in Casablanca as CAF releases WAFCON 2024 match schedule

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Friday announced the match schedule of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Morocco 2024 holding from July 5 to 26, 2025 with 12 countries including the host, Morocco participating. This is even as nine-time African champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria will play ...

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Bragging rights at stake as Super Falcons clash with Indomitable Lionesses 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Tomorrow in the tranquil town of Ikenne, Remo Division of Ogun state, two old foes in women’s  football contest in Africa, Nigeria, and Cameroon will once again trade tackles in an international friendly match slated for Remo Stars FC Stadium in Ikenne-Remo. Despite being a friendly match, individual clout and national pride ...

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BREAKING: Lionesses invade Ijebu-Ode for Falcons

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The Indomitable Lionesses’ contingent made up of 23 players, coaching crew, backroom staff, and some administrative officials from the country’s football governing body FECAFOOT are expected to arrive Ijebu-Ode abode of the Super Falcons later today ahead of Saturday’s first leg of the double-header international friendlies between Nigeria and Cameroon at Remo ...

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