By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief , Abuja Brazilian club Botafogo has completed the 32-team roster for the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup slated for United States of America (USA) in the summer of 2025 after it beat Atletico Mineiro to win its first Copa Libertadores title, in Buenos Aries, Argentina last weekend. Prompt News reports that the tournament which will take ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief Abuja In a bid to keep football stakeholders safe in the stadia across the country, the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) at the weekend hosted the 14th CAF Safe Stadium Initiative in Banjul the capital of Gambia. The brainchild of CAF Head of Safety and Secu rity Department, Dr. Christian Ifeanyivhukwu Emeruwa, no fewer than 14 countries ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Montpellier women’s football club’s Ifeoma Onumonu’s 45+3 minute goal was not enough to stop Nigeria from losing 2-1 to France in the international friendly match played on Saturday night at Stade Raymond Kopa in Angers in the western France. Les Bleues have raced to what looked like an early lead in the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau                                                                                                                                                   The high-profile international friendly match between Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons and Les Bleues of France slated for Saturday at the Stade Raymond Kopa (Angers) in western France promises to be a good pedestal for both countries to gauge their preparedness for future international engagements. Also, the encounter is not only to ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist.    Players and officials of nine-time African champions Nigeria have started arriving in the city of Angers, France from Wednesday morning, ahead of Saturday’s much-anticipated international friendly game between the Super Falcons and the Les Bleues. It is the second time both teams will engage in a friendly encounter – the first ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Imo state governor Hope Odidika Uzodinma has restated his earlier pledge that the state government remains steadfast in its support and and continued commitment to Heartland Football Club’s growth and development. This is even as he has told the club that as the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) progresses, he will  encourage the team to ...

***As Nigerian clubs’ wait for top prize continues By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief , Abuja Like the two previous Nigeria’s representatives in the newly introduced women’s football club  competition by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Women’s Champions League (WCL), Edo Queens Football Club of Benin City has failed yet again to lift the coveted trophy at the 4th edition of ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nine-time African champions Nigeria has been paired with Southern Africa country Botswana and two North African nations Algeria and Tunisia in Group B of next year’s CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024. Nigeria’s group was revealed at the CAF WAFCON Morocco 2024 draws conducted on Friday, November 22, 2024, ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Rwandan Salima Mukansanga, the person who made history as the first woman to referee a TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, is amongst the three people confirmed as draw assistants for Friday’s TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024. The draw will take place on Friday, 22 ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football JOurnalist The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed the details of the draw procedure for the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Morocco 2024. The draw will be conducted on Friday, November 22, 2024, at the Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Salé, starting at 20h00 local time (19h00 GMT). The ...