***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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Nigeria, England in Game of Death as Super Falcons seek revenge over Three Lionesses
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist As Nigeria confronts England in the Round of 16 match of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday, August 7, there is no better time than now for Nigeria to extract a revenge on England after the Three Lionesses defeated the Super Falcons 3-2 in both teams’ first-ever ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »2023 WWC: Nigeria faces uphill task in Round of 16 clash against England
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The Super Falcons will face their toughest test yet in the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand when Nigeria meets the reigning European champions England in the Round of 16 tie at Lang Park, Brisbane on Monday, July 7. The Three Lionesses thrashed hapless China 6-1 ...
Read More »2023 FIFA WWC: Super Falcons set to prey on Irish Girls
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Never in the history of of the FIFA Women’s World Cup final has Nigeria finished top of the group in the preliminary stage. But all that will change at the end of 90 minutes win or burst Group B decider between the Super Falcons of Nigeria and Republic of Ireland Green Girls ...
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