By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Australia national senior women’s football team,  The Matlidas Head Coach,  Ante Milicic earlier today unveiled the names of the 23 players who will represent the Asian country in the next month’s FIFA Women’s World Cup final in France including a teenage sensation, Mary Fowler. But Milicic selected only 8 Rockies as he opted for experience and ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja South Africa’s Banyana Banyana tasted the bitter pile of defeat in their last pre- World Cup international friendly match against reigning FIFA Women’s World Cup champions, United States of America (USA) after the African team was beaten 3-0 in the early hours of Monday at Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, California. A brace from the enterprising midfielder, ...

Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja:  Super Falcons Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby has pencilled down 27 names including some of the known faces in the women’s senior football team like captain Desire Oparanozie and forward Asisat Oshoala for the pre-World Cup final camp in Austria starting next  week. The  8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals taking place in France wI’ll hold from  June  ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja: Manchester City Football Club this evening thrashed Brighton & Hoves 4-1 away from home to retain the English Premier League trophy it won last year in the last day of a tough season. City won with 98 points to top rivals, Liverpool’s 97 points. Goals from Kun Aguero in the 28th’ barely one minute after the ...

Nigeria senior women’s football team, Super Falcons literally took Niger Republic opponents to the cleaners by thumping the newcomers 15 nil in their Group B second match of the on-going West Africa Football Union (WAFU)  championship in Ivory Coast on Saturday. The tie which was played at Parc des Sport, Abidjan was reduced to a mere training session by the ...

The 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) runner-up, South Africa will test the resolves of the reigning FIFA Women’s World Cup holders, United States of America (USA) when the Africans file out  tomorrow in a top of the bill international friendly match in California. The first ever match between the two countries at the senior women’s football level is ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has denied that the Super Eagles will play a friendly game with the Atlas Lions of Morocco in France as part of preparations for this year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. “We finalized our program leading up to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations long before now and have publicized same, and a match with ...

Abuja, Nigeria: After its whirlwind journey taking it to each of the 24 countries participating in the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy is back in the host country. But the most coveted prize in women’s football will begin its national tour of France on Tuesday, 14 May. The tour will start in ...

London: Chelsea Football Club needed an Eden Hazard last kick in a very tensed penalty shootout to book the ticket for the final of the 2019 Europa League slated for May 29 in Baku. Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 after the full and extra time scores stayed 1-1 at Stamford Bridge Stadium, London. Ruben Loftus-Cheek had in the 28′ put ...

Abidjan: Nigeria’s Super Falcons were in impressive form this evening in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire as the all home-based team trashed hapless Burkina Faso ladies 5-1 in their opening Group B match in the on-going West Africa Football Union (WAFU) tournament. Youth international Uchenna Kanu struck early barely 9′ on the clock and seven minutes later Nigeria double the lead with ...