It is a feisty confrontation of Eagles as Nigeria and Tunisia file out at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo on Wednesday for the third place match of the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals. Otherwise called the ‘losers’ final’, the third place match traditionally awards bronze medals to the winning team. Both Nigeria and Tunisia must recover adequately and ...
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France 2019 Fallout: Nigeria, American Stars to miss 2023 edition
Harry Awurumibe who was in France The world may have seen the last of some of the super stars of women’s football at the just concluded 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final even as France 2019 may well prove to be the World Cup swansong for some of the world’s finest players like Megan Rapinoe of United States and Brazil’s ...
Read More »Ex-Falcons gaffer, Mabo thumbs down team’s performance in France, hail NFF
Harry Awurumibe Former Super Falcons Head Coach, Alhaji Ismaila Mabo has described the Round of 16 exit of Nigeria in the just concluded 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France as a big failure against the backdrop of the adequate preparations given to the team by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ahead of the competition. In an exclusive chat ...
Read More »AFCON 2019: Pinnick, Dikko, Sanusi pump up Eagles’ spirit
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick, alongside his 2nd Vice President, Shehu Dikko and General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi were on Monday at the Le Meridien Cairo Airport hotel camp of the Super Eagles to ginger the players ahead of Wednesday’s third place match against Tunisia. A last-gasp goal by Riyad Mahrez took Algeria to their ...
Read More »Lawan encourages Super Eagles to go all out for bronze medals
Head of the Federal Government delegation to the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, Distinguished Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan (President of the Senate of the Federal Republic) has given the Super Eagles a pat on the back for their outing against Algeria on Sunday, while charging them to go all out against Tunisia on Wednesday to win the bronze ...
Read More »Mahrez’s last-minute goal steers Foxes past Eagles into final
Riyad Mahrez’s goal from a free-kick at the edge of the box, with seconds left to play, condemned Nigeria to a 2-1 defeat and steered Algeria to their first Africa Cup of Nations Final match in 29 years. It was 1-1 deep into added time of the second semi final encounter of the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals at ...
Read More »Super Eagles loss to Desert Foxes: Abuja residents angry over last-minute goal
Harry Awurumibe Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat by Algeria in the semi-final tie of the on-going Africa Cup of Nations AFCON) Egypt 2019 is still hurting most residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja with most of the fans blaming the entire team for the painful loss. An added time free kick off the boot of Riyad Mahrez saw the ball sail ...
Read More »France 2019 Fallout: Nigeria ranks No.2 in FIFA bad book, Australia tops list
Harry Awurumibe With the United States of America (USA) winning the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy for the 4th time at the just concluded global football tournament in France and her players clearing all but two individual awards, Nigeria has rather made the list of indiscipline teams of the competition. Nigeria’s Super Falcons have been adjudged the second most indiscipline ...
Read More »France 2019 Fallout: Referees dole out 124 Yellow cards, FIFA out with match statistics
Harry Awurumibe World football governing body, FIFA has released the match statistics of the just concluded FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France with referees dishing out a total of 124 Yellow Cards. According to the statistics released by FIFA Referees body, the referees were generous with card that no fewer than four players including Nigerian defender, Ngozi Ebere received ...
Read More »Egypt 2019: Titanic clash as Eagles, Foxes battle for AFCON Final ticket
Nigeria and Algeria will clash for the 21st time at senior men’s level on Sunday night in an AFCON 2019 semi final encounter that promises lots of fireworks at the Cairo International Stadium. Three –time champions Nigeria are looking for their fourth title since winning their first on home soil at the expense of Algeria in 1980, while the Algerians ...
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