Harry Awurumibe, Live in France It did not take England’s Three Lionesses more than three minutes on the clock to score a goal in their 3-0 annihilation of Norway in the first quarter final of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup in France to book their semi final ticket. Attacking midfielder, Joe Scott benefited from Ellen White’s mistiming in front ...
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Nigeria first nation to pick AFCON 2019 Round of 16 ticket, beats Guinea 1-0
Nigeria became the first country to make it to the knockout rounds of the ongoing 32nd Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt on Wednesday evening, as Kenneth Omeruo’s well –placed header from a Moses Simon’s corner kick earned all three points against Guinea at the Alexandria Stadium. A below –par first half gave way to a lively second half, ...
Read More »France 2019: Fireworks as competition enters q/final stage, England 3-Lionesses battle Norway in Le Havre
Harry Awurumibe, live in France England 3-Lionesses are up for a tough battle when they file out tomorrow against former World Cup winners-Norway for the first quarter final match of the on-going 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup billed for Stade Ocean in Le Havre. The 25, 181-capacity Le Havre stadium will be a perfect ground for the two European ...
Read More »France 2019: European teams dominate q/final stage, only USA in last 8
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 ...
Read More »AITEO CUP Q/QUARTER FINAL FIXTURES HOT UP
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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, ...
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