Author Archives: harry awurumibe

Again, Super Falcons suffer 1-0 defeat to Mexico, lose 6th match in a row 

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor /Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The losing streak of Super Falcons have refused to abate as the team was once again beaten 1-0 by host country, Mexico’s senior women’s team in the early hours of Thursday in the first match of the 4-nation invitational tournament tagged Women’s Revelation Cup. An 85th-minute goal scored by forward, Kiana Palacios ...

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Cameroon, Senegal may join Nigeria, three African Reps in 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final if….

**As FIFA inter-continental Play-off starts Saturday By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Africa may get extra slots as Cameroon, Senegal and eight other nations fight for the remaining three slots to complete the 32-team 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final billed for Australia and New Zealand this summer. Both Cameroon and Senegal will this weekend be in action ...

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2023 FWWC: Super Falcons coach invites Ebi, Ohale, Oshoala, 20 others for Mexico Tour  

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist As part of their pre-tournament preparations ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final billed for this summer in Australia and New Zealand, Head Coach Randy Waldrum has called up 23 players of Nigeria’s Super Falcons for next month’s Revelation Cup Tournament to be staged in Leon, Mexico City, among them Captain ...

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2023 FIFA WWC: Again, USA thrash co-host New Zealand 5-0 in friendly, Super Falcons in limbo

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Again, merciless United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) thrashed co-host New Zealand 5-0 in the second match of the two-match international friendlies between both countries ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final  billed for July in Australia and New Zealand.    By this result, Team USA completed a sweep in the ...

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You must be above board,Gusau warns Match Commissioners, Referees at inauguration

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has warned that it would no longer be business as usual for match commissioners and referees in the domestic game, as persons who fail to meet the high standards already put in place will be summarily ejected and sanctioned appropriately. The NFF President made this ...

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NPFL: At last, NFF obeys FIFA order, empanels Judicial, Match officiating Committees

By Harry Awurumibe, Edito-in-Chief, Abuja Apparently complying with the demand of aggrieved members of Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) for the football governing body in Nigeria to implement the FIFA CIRCULAR 2020 before the start of a new football season, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finally constituted its Judicial and Match officiating Committees. The Federation also said that the  Judicial and Match ...

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2022: Reflections on Nigeria Football, By Harry Awurumibe 

For most Nigerians  especially football followers, the year 2022 will be remembered with mixed feelings in many respects depending on how anyone is assessing it. In keeping with the calendar of human progress, the year 2022 will yield place to the new year, 2023, in the Gregorian calendar hence it had had its time and now assumes its honoured place ...

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