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EXCLUSIVE: How To Halt Rot In Nigeria Women’s Football (ii)

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Continued from yesterday *** For example, a Lagos-based Princess Jegede Babes FC travelled up North several times to honour their away games including to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state to do battles with El Kanemi Queens of Maiduguri and to Mangu Township Stadium in Jos North to play against Tin City ...

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EXCLUSIVE: How To Halt Rot In Nigeria Women’s Football

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist An African proverb which is also an Igbo adage said “an elder does not sit at home and watch a tethered goat deliver” (Okenye anaghi ano n’ulo ewu amuo na agbu). The above proverb explains why it has become imperative  for this writer to pen this report to expose the rot in ...

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REVEALED: Why Delta Queens Failed To Qualify For CAF Women’s CL 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It is no longer news that Nigeria’s Women’s Football League (NWFL) Premiership reigning champions, Delta Queens football club of Asaba suffered a 1-0 defeat in the hands of their opponents from Ghana, Ampem Darkoa Ladies FC in the final of WAFU-B Qualifiers for the 2023 CAF Women’s Champions League at Samuel Ogbemudia ...

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WAFU B Final: Delta Queens lose 1-0 to Ampem Darkoa in Benin City

***Fail to pick CAF Women’s CL ticket  By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Striker Ophelia Amponsah’s 43rd minute goal was enough for Ampem Darkoa FC to pip host team Delta Queens of Asaba by a lone goal to win the WAFU B tournament and also pick the sole ticket for the 2023 CAF Women’s Champions League final at Samuel Ogbemudia ...

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WAFU B Final: Delta Queens, Ampem Darkoa fight for CAF Women’s CL ticket

***As Nigeria, Ghana renew old rivalry in Benin City Thursday By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist  Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) champions Delta Queens football club of Asaba will Thursday clash with Ampem Darkoa, Ghana’s champions in the final of the WAFU B qualifiers billed for Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City. This is even as the match will ...

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2023 Women’s World Cup: How male coaches outshined Wiegman, Priestman, others

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist  The just concluded FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand has showcased the strides made in women’s football on the field in recent years just as it has exposed some of the notions held by some people especially the advocates of “only women can manage the affairs of women footballers”. They argued ...

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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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