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BREAKING: Spain Pip England 1-0, Secure First World Cup Win

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has just ended with Spain defeating European champions England Lionesses 1-0 at Stadium Australia in Sydney on Sunday. A left-footed strike from full-back Olga Carmona wearing the captain’s armband in the 29th minute was part of a dominant first half for Spain that proved to be ...

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First Lady Reception: Onome Ebi debunks exclusion of players, officials

***Exonerates NFF Scribe, Sanusi By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Super Falcons captain Onome Ebi has described the trending story that many members of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team were excluded from the delegation hosted by Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady of Federal Republic of Nigeria at Precedential Villa, Abuja during the week as a lie from the pit of ...

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2023 WWC: USA part ways with coach Andonovski after Round 16 exit

***As NFF mulls retaining American Waldrum By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist As Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is mulling to retain American-born Super Falcons’ Head Coach Randy Waldrum, just as the Untied States Soccer Federation and Team USA Head Coach Vlatko Andonovski have parted ways. Sportsrevelation can confirm that the move came in the wake of the Team ...

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2023 WWC Fallout: Why Super Falcons Need Top-notch Head Coach now

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It is no longer news that Nigeria has been eliminated from the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand even as co-hosts Australia that Nigeria defeated 3-2 in the group stage have now reached the last four in grand style. Also qualified for the semi-final stage is England which ...

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2023 WWC: England beat Colombia 2-1, advance to 3rd straight semi-finals

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist England came back from a goal down to beat tough Colombia 2-1 for a place in the 2023 Women’s World Cup semi-finals at Stadium Australia in Sydney. Goals provided by Lauren Hemp in  45’+6′ and Alessia Russo in 63′ cancelled out Colombia’s Leicy Santos in 44′ to ensure England won the encounter  as the quarter-final ...

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2023 WWC: Sweden shock Japan 2-1, Spain edge Netherlands to reach semi-final

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The good run of the  former FIFA Women’s World Cup winners Japan came to halt today (Friday0 as Sweden shocked the Nadeshiko 2-1 in the quarter-final match at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Friday’s epic match featured five Golden Boot favorites in Japan’s Hinata Miyazawa, Riko Ueki and Mina Tanaka, along ...

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Merciless Spain trounce Switzerland 5-1, zoom into quarter-final

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Spain was so dominant against Switzerland in the first game of the Round of 16 played early Saturday morning in Nigeria at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand as La Roja ran away 5-1 winners to be the first team to qualify for the quarter-final stage. Switzerland entered the match as the Group ...

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2023 WWC: Morocco make history, book Round of 16 ticket

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist A first half extra time goal scrambled in by Anissa Lahmari was all that Morocco needed to clinch a hard won 1-0 victory over tough Colombia in the last Group H tie  at Perth Rectangular Stadium on Thursday. By this result, Morocco garnered six points to finish second behind Colombia but which ...

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2023 WWC: African teams shine as Nigeria, Morocco, S/Africa qualify for Round of 16

By Harry Awurumibe,  Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Against all odds, African teams to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand have performed above the expectations of many bookmakers before the competition in Down Under started on July 20. It will end on August 20, 2023. After the preliminary round, no fewer than three African ...

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