By Harry Awurumibe, Editor -in-Chief, Abuja Two-time runners-up Nigeria have again booked their ticket to the FIFA U20 World Cup finals after edging out Cup holders Senegal from the CAF U20 Cup of Nations in Egypt on Monday. In the event, the Flying Eagles hearkened to the charge by NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi on Saturday, for the team ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Cameroon’s Lionesses coach, Bisseck, invites Ajara, Onguéné, 22 others for Nigeria prestige friendlies
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Ahead of the prestige double-header international friendly matches between Nigeria’s Super Falcons and Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon, there are indications that head coach of the visiting team, Jean-Baptiste Bisseck has concluded plans to invite his ever-reliable attacking midfielder Nchout Njoya Ajara, reliable captain Aboudi Gabrielle Onguéné and 22 other players he selected ...
Read More »FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Nigeria’s Falconets likely opponent, Rwanda beats Zimbabwe 2-1
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s intermediate girls football team, Falconets likely opponent in the second round of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026 African qualifiers, Rwanda has taken a bold step to qualify for the next round of the competition after beating their Zimbabwean rivals 2-1 in the first round first leg tie ...
Read More »FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Falconets’ opponent to emerge on May 18 as Ivory Coast pips Gambia 1-0 away
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s opponent in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026 qualifiers, which started on Friday, will be known on May 18, 2025, even as Ivory Coast defeated host Gambia 1-0 in the first leg of the first round of the African qualifiers. Africa’s women’s football power-house Nigeria has been drawn in ...
Read More »FIFA expands Women’s World Cup to 48 teams effective from 2031
By Harry Awurumibe with agency reports Women’s football has received yet another impetus as the world football governing body, the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has said that Women’s World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams, like the men’s competition, starting with the 2031 edition, Prompt News reports. The FIFA Council, after its meeting on Friday. ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Reasons for Nigeria, Cameroon double-header international friendlies
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The double-header international friendly matches between the Super Falcons and Indomitable Lionesses during this month’s FIFA women’s international match calendar will be used by both Nigeria and Cameroon to prepare their senior women’s football teams for the forthcoming CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) finals in Morocco. Although Cameroon did not ...
Read More »Egypt 2025: Flying Eagles go for three points against Junior Carthage Eagles
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria will on Thursday launch their campaign for an eighth Africa U20 title when the Flying Eagles file out against the Junior Carthage Eagles of Tunisia at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo, in the opening match of Group B, according to a press statement from Dr. Ademola Olajire, Director of Media & Communications of ...
Read More »Morocco 2025: Nigeria holds Algeria to barren draw, qualify for FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Despite wintry conditions in Blida, on the outskirts of the Algerian capital, Algiers on Friday night, Nigeria’s U17 girls dug their feet into the ground and achieved a scoreless draw that qualified them for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals. Holding on to a 4-0 first-leg advantage, the 2002 bronze medallists adopted a calm ...
Read More »Morocco 2025: Flamingos set to finish off Algerian U-17 girls, to grab FIFA World Cup ticket in Bilda
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Barring any unforseen circumstances, Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team nicknamed the Flamingos are poised to once again defeat their Algerian U-17 women’s team counterparts in the return leg of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers tie, despite the predictably-cold weather at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida in Algiers, ...
Read More »Again, CAF picks AGL as Official Logistics Partner for 2025 AFCON, WAFCON Morocco 2026
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Africa Global Logistics (AGL), the trusted logistics operator in Africa have announced a new strategic partnership, establishing AGL as the Official Logistics Partner for Africa’s two flagship football competitions; the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 and the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations ...
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