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EXCLUSIVE: Waldrum submits list of players for Nigeria, Cape Verde WAFCON 2024 qualifiers 

**Recalls Abiodun, Echegini By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The reappointed head coach of the Super Falcons Randy Waldrum has submitted to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) a list of 23 players invited for the the second round of the 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) double-header against Cape Verde billed for Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja ...

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Fireworks in Ado-Ekiti as 2023/2024 NWFL kicks off 

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief , Abuja The highly anticipated 2023/2024 Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) Premiership season will commence today with an interesting clash between last year’s champions, Delta Queens FC of Asaba and debutante, Ekiti Queens, at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium in Ado-Ekiti. According to NWFL Head of Media,  Samuel Ahmadu, the match involving Ekiti Queens and Delta Queens will ...

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EXCLUSIVE: NFF makes U-turn, retain Waldrum as Super Falcons coach

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have swallowed its vomit by the reappointment of the controversial head coach of Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum after he abandoned the nation’s senior women’s football team two weeks ago when Nigeria took on Ethiopia in the 2023 Paris Olympics women’s football African qualifiers double-header in Addis Ababa ...

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SPECIAL REPORT: Who Leads Super Falcons Next as NFF plans to appoint 15th Head Coach 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It is no longer news that the contract of Randy Waldrum, the erstwhile head coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s national team Super Falcons ended on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 with the gaffer not reporting at his duty post on the last days of his tenure. Coincidentally, Waldrum’s contract with the Nigeria Football ...

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SPECIAL REPORT: 25 Years of Super Falcons’ Rare Feat of Lifting First AWC Trophy (2)

…..Continued from Monday  By Harry Awurumibe Expectedly, the epic final on October 31, 1998 between bitter English-speaking West African rivals, Nigeria  and Ghana lived up to its billing but it was Nigeria that triumphed at the end of the match watched by over 30,000 fans in the stadium including CAF ex- President Issah Hayatou and his executive committee members and ...

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SPECIAL REPORT: 25 Years of Super Falcons’ Rare Feat of Lifting First AWC Trophy (1)

By Harry Awurumibe For the strong followers of women’s football and the Super Falcons, Nigeria’s senior women football team in particular, Saturday, October 31, 1998 hold a lot of good memories because their darling team won its first-ever international trophy, eight years after the women football team was formed through the efforts of some patriotic individuals and corporate Nigerians. It ...

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Paris 2024 qualifiers: Super Falcons train in Abuja for Ethiopia, vow to crush Lucy

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Determined to beat their opponents, Ethiopia Lucy  at home, Super Falcons on Friday returned to training 24 hours after arriving Abuja from Addis Ababa on Thursday where they held their host  to a 1-1 draw in the first leg, second round of the Paris 2024 Olympics African qualifiers double-header played at Abebe ...

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2024 Olympic qualifiers:  Super Falcons depart Addis Ababa, target victory in Abuja 

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Thursday morning departed Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa for Abuja after holding their host Ethiopia to a 1-1 draw in the first leg, second round of the Paris 2024 Olympics African qualifiers double-header played at Abebe Bikila Stadium in Addis Ababa on Wednesday. The delegation led by Nigeria Football ...

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Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers: Nigeria holds Ethiopia to 1-1 draw in Addis Ababa

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons came back from one goal down to draw 1-1 with hosts Ethiopia in the first leg, second round of the Paris 2024 Olympics African qualifiers double-header played at Abebe Bikila Stadium in Addis Ababa on Wednesday afternoon. Ethiopians put their noses in front in the 6′ of the match through ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria unleash Oshoala, Kanu, Monday on Ethiopia

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Determined to grab a win in Addis Ababa, Nigeria’s technical crew has unleashed the trio of Asisat Oshoala, Uchenna Kanu and Gift Monday on Ethiopia’s Lucy in today’s first leg of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games African qualifiers double-header at Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa. Prompt News has exclusively gathered that Super ...

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