Harry Awurumibe, Live in France It has become crystal clear that European teams will make a clean sweep of the medals in the on-going 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France with all but one European country reaching the quarter final stage. Specifically, seven out of eight European countries that entered the global football competition are still in the ...
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Read More »12th AAG: Falconets to tackle South Africa, Cameroon
The draw for the football event of the 12th All-Africa Games has been conducted in Cairo, Egypt with host nation Morocco heading Group A that also has Equatorial Guinea, Mali and Algeria. Nigeria head Group B and will trade tackles with Cameroon, South Africa and Zambia. Organizers have reiterated that this year’s All-Africa Games women football event will be contested ...
Read More »Nigeria will reach the Round of 16 of the 32nd Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt if the Super Eagles put the Syli Nationale of Guinea to the sword in their second match of the tournament on Wednesday. The match starts at 4.30pm Egypt time, which is 3.30pm in Nigeria. Guinea’s unexpected 2-2 draw against debutants Madagascar on Day 1, ...
Read More »NFF thanks President Buhari after receiving AFCON money
Harry Awurumibe, Live in France Apparently to confirm the position of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that it is yet to receive the budget money for its operations, a top officer of the Federation has confirmed receiving part of the money approved by the Federal Government for participation of some National Teams in international competitions, including the Super Eagles’ participation at ...
Read More »France 2019: France, USA clash in Paris Friday, host nation under pressure
Harry Awurumibe, Live in France For the average French in the street across the host nstion, the second quarter final tie between France and United States of America (USA) is the final before the final of the 8th FIFA Women’s World cup final in France. The match billed for the impressive Parc de Prince in Paris on Friday, June 28 will ...
Read More »France 2019: USA beats stubborn Spain 2-1, set up tricky tie against France
Harry Aurumibe, Live in France Defending Champions, the United States of America had to dig deep before overpowering Spain 2-1 today in Reims with ‘golden-haired Megan Rapinoe stepping out twice in the game to score two penalty goals to zoom into the quarter final stage where host, France are waiting for a tricky match. Team captain, Rapinoe beat Spain’s goalkeeper, ...
Read More »Super Falcons: Much ado about bonus payments
By Harry Awurumibe, Women’s Football expert Ordinarily one will not spend time to talk about the furore surrounding Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons recent acts of fighting hard off the pitch to demand for money instead of doing well in the field of play. The Director of Communications of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire has in ...
Read More »France 2019: Super Falcons return to Nigeria today
Harry Awurumibe, Live in France The Nigerian delegation to the 8th FIFA Women’s World cup final in France return to the country today after Germany eliminated Nigeria with a 3-0 defeat in Grenoble on Saturday. Almost all the players except Norway- based Rasheedat Ajibade boarded the Air Francr flight to Nigeria today. Strangely, players who had earlier asked FIFA and ...
Read More »France 2019: Injuries, card offences halt Nigeria’s progress, fell to Germany 3-0
Harry Awurumibe, Live in France Injuries to first team players and card offences combined to halt Nigeria’s progress in the on- going 8th FIFA Women’s World final in France as Germany beat Nigeria 3-0 in the Round of 16 tie on Saturday at Stade des Alps in Grenoble. Defender Faith Michael was injured out earlier in the completion and later poster ...
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