By Harry Awurumibe With less than 24 hours before the crucial first match between Nigeria and Norway in the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France, Super Falcons attacker, Chinwendu Veronica Ihezuo has declared war on Nigeria’s opponents in today’s Group A match, Norway. Ihezuo who plays her club football in China has promised the Norwegians a hard time ...

• Women’s football practitioners and representatives from FIFA’s 211-member associations and six confederations gather on the opening day of FIFA Women’s Football Convention • Discussions explored and debated the five strategic pillars from the Women’s Football Strategy.  On the eve of Opening Match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019, delegates from confederations and 211 member associations gathered in Paris today to ...

The U15 National Team, also known as Future Eagles, will depart Nigeria for Japan on Sunday to participate in this year’s International Dream Cup for U16 teams taking place in the city of Miyagi, 12th – 16th June. A team of 18 players and eight officials, led by NFF Executive Committee member Musa Adamu Duhu will depart from Lagos aboard ...

Three –time champions Nigeria have a full house in Asaba, Delta State for Saturday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations sendforth friendly against the Warriors of Zimbabwe. Since qualifying for this year’s AFCON finals following a 1-1 draw with South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in Johannebsurg in November 2018, the Super Eagles have played two friendlies – a 0-0 draw with the ...

After the Nigeria Football Federation cleared all their outstanding entitlements, the Super Falcons say they are in the mood and spirit to take all three points off the Grasshoppers of Norway in their first match of the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Reims on Saturday. One of only seven teams to have made it to every edition of ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. FIFA President, Gianni Infantino was re-elected to office at the body’s 69th Congress in Paris, France on Wednesday. He was re-elected by acclamation by FIFA’s 211 member associations as he was the only candidate for the position. He was first elected into office at an Extraordinary Congress in February 2016, following a meltdown that consumed Sepp ...

A 26 –man delegation of the senior national team of Zimbabwe, known as Warriors, will land in Nigeria on Thursday night aboard a South African Airways flight, ahead of Saturday’s pre-AFCON sendforth international friendly with the Super Eagles. Thenff.com learnt the Zimbabwe delegation will spend Thursday night in Lagos, and fly to Asaba on Friday morning. On Friday evening, the ...

By Harry Awurumibe The world football governing body, FIFA this Wednesday formally welcomed African champions, Nigeria to the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals which will kick off in less than two day. In a session at their Hotel Mercure Reims Centre Cathedral, players and officially performed the ‘Welcome’ ritual and were taken through the rules of the game by ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Lobi Stars Football Club this evening made a bold statement of its intention to lift the Super Six trophy after the Makurdi-based team humiliated FC Ifeanyiuba 3-1 in the opening match of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Play-off at Agege Stadium, Lagos. Goals by Samada Kidiri in the 2nd , and 60th minutes as well ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. As expected the Super Falcons have settled down in their Hotel Mercure Center Cathedral in Reims, France this evening but not before the African Champions were welcomed to the city by a handful of the local folks made of young people who were joined in the singing and dancing by Super Falcons players. The team members ...