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Jurgen Klopp to leave Liverpool at end of season By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in- Chief, Abuja Liverpool Football Club (LFC) German coach Jurgen Klopp on Friday shockingly announced to the world that he will leave his position as Head Coach of Liverpool fc at the end of this season after almost eight years in charge. The German, who has delivered a ...

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Colombia 2024: Ghana, Cameroon, Morocco join Nigeria as African representatives

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist National junior women’s football teams of Ghana,  Cameroon and Morocco on Sunday qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final which will be played in Colombia from August 31 to September 22, 2024. They joined Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team,  Falconets which was the first African team to qualify for the ...

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Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team beat Burundi, qualify for Colombia 2024 on 2-0 aggregate 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist A solitary second have goal scored by winger Opeyemi Esther Ajakaye in the 80th minute at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday, saw Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, Falconets beat their opponents from Burundi 1-0 to qualify on 2-0 aggregate for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup which will come ...

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Colombia 2024: Falconets target early goals over Burundi to FIFA World Cup

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s U20 girls have intensified their training sessions in Abuja ahead of Saturday’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup final qualifying run-out against their counterparts from Burundi, at the MKO Abiola National Stadium. Head Coach Chris Danjuma, who also led the team to the quarter-finals at the last edition of the FIFA U20 ...

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Colombia 2024: Falconets train against Burundi in Dar es Salaam 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist After a long trip which took the team to Nairobi, Kenya before landing in Tanzanian on Wednesday, the national U-20 women’s football team, Falconets will today start training at Azam Stadium Complex ahead of the crunchy FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers first leg double-header against Burundi scheduled for Sunday, January ...

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WAFCON 2024: Redemption Time for Super Falcons-A Special Report

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist For diehard supporters of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons it will be very difficult contemplating a scenario Nigeria will not win the next Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) slated for Morocco in 2024. It is four years now since Nigeria won her last WAFCON trophy, this being in 2018 ...

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Peseiro names Nigeria’s 25-man squad for AFCON 2024

***As Super Eagles seek fourth title in Cote d’Ivoire By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief,  Abuja Three-time champions Nigeria have picked a team of 25 players for their onslaught for a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title, with Head Coach Jose Peseiro settling for usual suspects in a roster that has three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and eight forwards. Captain Ahmed ...

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Colombia 2024: FIFA moves Nigeria, Burundi qualifying match to Dar es Salaam

By HarryAwurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja World football-governing body, FIFA has moved the 2024 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round, first leg match between Nigeria and Burundi from Bujumbura to Dar es Salaam in nearby Tanzania, as the world body has deemed the pitch in Bujumbura unfit to host the game. It has also been clarified that following the expansion ...

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