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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 ...

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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 ...

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Super Falcons ready for next match, round off training 

Harry Awurumibe An optimistic Super Falcons this morning rounded off their training ahead of a Round of 16 clash with Germany at weekend. The training session which started at 10:30am local time ended by 12 noon and the players were all looking forward to the next game. But speaking on the situation the team has found itself in France, Falcons ...

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AITEO Cup 2019: Enyimba, Rangers, 4 Premier League teams bite the dust

Harry Awurumibe No fewer than six Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs today crashed out of the AITEO Cup 2019 edition with eight-time league champions- Enyimba International and AITEO Cup defending champions-Enugu Rangers international being the biggest causalities. Enyimba who are fresh from winning the 2018/2019 Nigeria Professional Football League title few days ago, were hoping of winning the Aiteo ...

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Hopeful Dennerby, Falcons return to training ahead Round 16

Harry Awurumibe , Live in France After observing a one day break, the Super Falcons this morning returned to serious  training to prepare for the Round of 16 showdown with any eventual opponent this weekend. Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby had given the players a day off yesterday to recover from the crunchy duel against France Les Bleues on Monday at Roazhon ...

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