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India 2022: Flamingos start campaign on losing note, fall 2-1 to ‘German Machines’

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist  Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos on Tuesday started their campaign in the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s  World Cup final in India on a wrong footing, losing 2-1 to their opponents, Germany despite going in front in the 30th minute courtesy of a well taken free-kick on the edge of the penalty ...

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Maureen Mmadu Academy Ends Morocco Tour on High, Wallop Anwar AlmostakbaL 2-0

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The visiting Maureen Mmadu Kiddies Academy team last night  defeated  Anwar Almostakbal Sporting Club of  Casablanca 2-0 to end their 10-day training tour of Morocco on a high note.   Damilola Odebode scored the first goal in the 25 minutes while Juliet Eghbuna,  captain of the team scored the second goal in the ...

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REVEALED: Why Japan’s Nadeshiko beat Super Falcons in Kobe

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist   For ardent followers of women’s footballl in Nigeria, it was not a big surprise that the Super Falcons of Nigeria suffered yet another defeat in international friendly match, this time against Japan in Kobe in the early hours of Friday.   Two second-half goals by nimble-footed  forward, Mina Tanaka condemned the Super ...

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Int’l Friendlies: Maureen Mmadu Kiddies lose to Sporting Club Casablanca

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist  Maureen Mmadu Kiddies Academy girls yesterday fell 7-0 to the superior firepower of more matured Sporting Club Casablanca women’s team in their third match in the tour of Morocco.    The visiting Nigeria academy club which played out a 2-2 draw on Wednesday with Hilal Temara Ladies of Casablanca could not replicate the ...

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Int’l Friendly: Tanaka’s Brace Condemns Super Falcons to 7th defeat in 2022

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s  No.1 Women Football Journalist  Super Falcons’ dwindling fortunes have showed no signs of abating as Mina Tanaka’s two quick second half goals gifted Japan a 2-0 victory over the struggling Nigerian senior women’s football team in an international friendly match in the Japanese city of Kobe early Thursday morning.    The match against Japan which took place at ...

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Imo Angels Congratulate new NFF President, Anyansi-Agwu, others

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor in Chief The management of Imo Angels Football Club of Owerri has congratulated newly elected Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau; Vice President Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu and members of his Executive Committee on their emergence at the just concluded  2022 NFF elections held in Benin City, Edo State.   A statement signed by ...

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Abia Governor, Ikpeazu endorses Dr. Christian Emeruwa for NFF Presidential Election

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja  The presidential ambition of the frontrunner in the forthcoming Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Presidential Election, Dr. Christian Emeruwa has received further boost as the Executive Governor of Abia State. Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has thrown  the full weight of the state behind the aspirant.   The Governor made the official declaration on Saturday when he ...

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EXPOSED! Nigeria’s Super Falcons as Team USA Training Materials

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The Super Falcons recent matches against the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) in the United States of America (USA) has further exposed the former African champions as nothing but training materials for the reigning world champions. For Team USA Head Coach Vlatko Andomovski, the two-match international friendlies between USA and Nigeria ...

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Team USA vs Nigeria Friendly: Super Falcons to redeem image in Washington D.C.

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons will Tuesday night square up once again with reigning world champions United States Women National Team (USWNT) in the second of the two international friendly matches between both teams in four days and the third between the USA and Nigeria in the last two years. Following a 4-0 thrashing ...

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