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Battle of Lagos : Dennerby to unleash pros on Algeria

Harry Awurumibe, Live in Lagos Super Falcons Head Coach Thomas Dennerby is set to parade the France 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup stars tomorro’s return leg match of 2020 Tokyo Olympics  CAF women’s football qualifiers between Nigeria and Algeria slated for Agege stadium,  Lagos. Six invited foreign-based professionals who could not make it to Blida, Algeria for the first leg ...

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2020 Tokyo Olympics ticket: Dennerby sure of victory tomorrow

Harry Awurumibe, With less than 24 hours to the return leg of 2020 Tokyo Olympics CAF women’s football qualifier match between Nigeria and Algeria tomorrow at Agege stadium,  Lagos, Super Falcons Head Coach Thomas Dennerby is optimistic that Nigeria will qualify for the next round. Speaking to journalists today after the team’s last training session at Agege stadium, Dennerby said ...

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2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers:Kenya, Zambia zoom to next round

 Harry Awurumibe Three countries have qualified for the next round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics CAF women’s football competition.   They are Kenya, DR Congo and Zambia after they have concluded their second round  matches.    Kenya’s senior women’s football team, Harambe Starlets today thrashed Malawi 3-0 in Nairobi to qualify on 5-3 goals aggregate. Malawi last week beat Kenya ...

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Six pros hit Falcons camp, Nigeria set to beat Algeria Tuesday

Harry Awurumibe With the arrival of a dozen overseas-based Super Falcons in the team’s camp, Nigeria looks set to beat Algeria again when both countries meet in the return leg of the  2020 Tokyo Olympics CAF women’s football qualifiers match slated for Tuesday afternoon at Agege stadium Lagos. Nigeria holds a 2-0 goals advantage after the reigning African Champions defeat ...

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New Super Falcons is possible

By Harry Awurumibe The Super Falcons of Nigeria’s 2-0 emphatic away victory over host The Fennecs of Algeria in Blida last week Wednesday with entirely home- based players may have opened a new chapter in the history of women’s football in Nigeria.   Without the armada of Nigeria’s overseas-based professional players plying their trades in European, Asia and American women’s ...

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Ahead Nigeria, Algeria clash: Ogbonna sure of Falcons

Harry Awurumibe Fast-rising Super Falcons defender, Glory Ogbonna is confident that Nigeria will beat Algeria again next week in Lagos to qualify for the next round of the on-going 2020 Tokyo Olympics women’s football Africa qualifiers. Super Falcons last Wednesday in Blida defeated The Fennecs of Algeria 2-0 to Nigeria in pole position to advance to the round with just ...

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Olympic Eagles step up preparation for Sudan

As the countdown to the third round of U-23 Africa Cup of Nations against Sudan continues, the U-23 National Team, Olympic Eagles, defeated Falala FC 2-0 in a warm up game played at FIFA Goal Project in Abuja on Thursday. Goals from Ndah Olisa in the 43rd minute and Sunday Adetunji in the 57th minute sealed the victory as the team ...

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All Africa Games: Flying Eagles eye Gold against Burkina Faso

Nigeria, 1973 champions of All Africa Games, will look to win their first gold in men’s football tournament of the African Games when they take on Burkina Faso in the final of the event in Rabat on Friday. The seven-time African champions edged a memorable encounter with Mali in the semi finals, which went into extra time, penalty shoot-out and ...

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Embassy of Nigeria hosts Super Falcons, team return on Friday

The delegation of Super Falcons to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s football qualifying match against Algeria in Blida on Wednesday will return to Nigeria on Friday just as the team was hosted by Embassy of Nigeria in Algeria after defeating their host 2-0. African champions Nigeria took a comfortable 2-0 lead into the return leg scheduled for the Agege Stadium, ...

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12thAAG: Falconets strike Gold, beat Cameroon 3-2 on penalties

Reliable goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie was at her best to stop crucial penalty kicks as Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team, Falconets emerged champions of the women’s football tournament of the 12th African Games in Rabat on Thursday after a 3-2 penalty shoot-out triumph over their counterparts from Cameroon. The keenly-contested game between two teams that had battled to a 1-1 draw in ...

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