By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Against all odds, Nigeria defeated Australia 3-3 in both country’s second match in the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup played at Brisbane Stadium on Thursday to blow Group B wide open. It took five extra minutes of the first half of the highly explosive match for the goals to start coming ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist African teams’ poor run of form at FIFA Women’s World Cup final has  continued to rear its ugly head again in Australia and New Zealand as three out of four countries representing the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in the expanded edition of the competition have lost their first group matches. Save ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Amanda Ilestedt scored a last-minute winner to help her country, Sweden to beat South Africa in the first Group G match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Wellington, New Zealand early Sunday morning. The 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) champions came close to picking up their first point at a ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It was a classical display of football artistry by the Nadeshiko ofJapan as they took the Copper Queens of Zambia to the cleaners by scoring five unreplied goals in the opening Group C match on Saturday morning played in Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand. The 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup champions showed ...

***As Abiodun bags red card By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau A 48 minute penalty save by Super Falcons’ first choice goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie ensured that Nigeria held the Olympic champions Canada to a barren draw which was enough to secure one point from the position of losing all in the first Group B match at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau A 48th minute goal from the boots of Hannah Lilian Wilkinson was all the New Zealand needed to defeat Norway in the opening match of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup played earlier today at Eden Park, Auckland. The victory was New Zealand’s win in the country’s 15 matches in the World Cup in 32 ...

***As 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup starts By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Never in the history of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Women’s World Cup has an African country made a podium finish nor played in the semi-final stage not to talk of the prestigious final. The best finish for an African nation was the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s senior  women football team, Super Falcons will tomorrow morning  (Monday in Australia) depart for Brisbane ahead  of their July 21, 2023 first group match against Canada billed for Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne by 3:30 am Nigerian time. Promptnews can confirm that Super Falcons are set for early departure to  Brisbane their   FIFA ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau Nigeria’s preparations for the July 21first group match against Canada in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand has received a boost as the Super Falcons earlier Saturday walloped Lions FC 8-1 in a closed- friendly tie. Prompt News reports that the match played at Gold Coast Sports and ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Apparently to guage the level of preparedness of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team Super Falcons, Head Coach Randy Waldrum has arranged a test-match for his wards against Lions Football Club, a local women’s football club in Brisbane, Australia, on Saturday. Promptnews can confirm that Waldrum who has in the past one week ...