By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria was back to winning ways Thursday night in Morocco as Super Falcons beat Mares of Botswana 2-0 to earn their first win in two matches in the on-going CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. The defending champions were much better set up than in the first game against ...
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WAFCON 2022: Host Morocco wallop Uganda 3-1 to join Senegal in second round
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist A better coordinated Morocco’s Atlas Lionesses were two strong for Ugandan Ladies in the second Group A match last night at Complexes Moulay Abdallah, Rabat in the on-going Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) as they secured a comfortable 3-1 win to book their second round ticket. The first half was ...
Read More »WAFCON 2022: Senegal wins second group game, cruise to next round in style
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist A late minute penalty goal scored by Korka Fall was all that Senegal needed to beat Burkina Faso 1-0 to win their second consecutive game in the on-going Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. With this second win, the Terenga Lionesses who also beat Uganda 2-0 on Sunday in their ...
Read More »Again, South Africa humiliates Nigeria as Banyana beat Falcons 2-1 in group opener Monday
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist Again, South Africa’s Banyana Banyana defeated highly-rated Super Falcons of Nigeria 2-1 in the first group match of the 12th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Rabat, Morocco. Two second half goals scored by two forwards, Jermaine Seoposenwe in the 61st minute and Hildah Magaia in the 63rd minute ...
Read More »WAFCON 2022: Nigeria starts trophy defence with tricky tie against South Africa today
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist The wait is finally over for the grudge match between reigning African Champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria and arch-rivals, Banyana Banyana of South Africa as both teams will clash in their opening match of the 12th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco Monday evening. The top of the ...
Read More »WAFCON 2022: Fireworks in Casablanca as Cameroon, Zambia clash in grudge match
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist In continuation of the 12th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), rivals Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses and Copper Queens of Zambia will headline the three matches which will feature on the card in Morocco today. The pitch of Complexe Mohammed V in Casablanca will be set ablaze when both countries clash again ...
Read More »Dollars rain as CAF announces increase of 150% in TotalEnergies WAFCON prize money
In line with the new policy at Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) to make women’s football in Africa globally competitive, the President of CA, Dr Patrice Motsepe has announced an increase of 150% in prize money for the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022. The tournament kicked off on Saturday night at 9:30 pm with hosts Morocco beating ...
Read More »WAFCON 2022: Hosts, Morocco edge Burkina Faso 1-0 in game opener
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist A first half goal scored by captain, Chizlane Chebbak was all the Atlas Lionesses of Morocco needed to defeat Lady Stallions of Burkina Faso 1-0 to claim all three points in the opening match of the 12th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2022. Pundits had predicted that Morocco will ...
Read More »African Women Go To War As 12th WAFCON Kicks off In Morocco Today
By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Twenty four years after the first-ever African Women’s Championship (AWC), the equivalent of the men’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), took place in Nigeria, a North African country Morocco which featured in the competition in 1998, will host the 12th edition of the expanded football fiesta. It will hold from today (Saturday, July 2 to 23, ...
Read More »Super Falcons train at 4 pm in Rabat as players respond to Waldrum’s tactics
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist For the Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s football outfit, Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum, the few days the team has spent in Rabat, Morocco have been very rewarding as the squad continued to adapt to the local weather conditions by training daily at different playing surfaces. This is even as the ...
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