By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist With few days to the start of 12th CAF African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Morocco, more overseas-based players on Wednesday joined the camp of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons in Abuja as competition for positions in the final squad has intensified. The latest arrivals to the Bolton White ...
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Morocco 2022: Super Falcon’s Rabat pre-tournament camp off as Covid-19 stops China-based players
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist, Abuja The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have adjusted the itinerary of senior women’s football outfit, Super Falcons as the team’s scheduled pre-tournament camp in Rabat, Morocco has been cancelled. The team was earlier scheduled to have a two-week intensive training camp in Rabat before the start of 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations ...
Read More »TotalEnergies WAFCON 2022: Super Falcons camp bubbles as four foreign-based players arrive camp
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1Women Journalist More players have arrived the Super Falcons Bolton White Hotels Abuja camp as training intensified ahead of the team’s departure for Rabat, Morocco for a short training camp before the start of the 11th TotalEnergies Women African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) which will hold from July 2 to 23, 2022. Sportsrevelation reports that the ...
Read More »TotalEnergies AWCON 2022: Super Falcons hold first training as plot to retain trophy starts in Abuja
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The 12th edition of the competition which started in 1998 in Nigeria as Africa Women’s Championship (AWC) will take place in the North African Kingdom of Morocco from July 2 to 23, 2022. Nigeria, who have won nine of the 11 Women Africa Cup of Nations (AWCON) championships held so far won ...
Read More »WAFCON 2022: Super Falcons open camp in Abuja tomorrow, hit Morocco next week
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist In a bid to prepare adequately for the defence of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) trophy won by Nigeria in 2018 in Ghana, the Super Falcons will open camp in Abuja on Tuesday ahead of their trip to Rabat, Morocco early next week for ...
Read More »NFF staff hosts colleague, Ruth David on her birthday
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Acting Director of Competitions, Ms. Ruth David on Friday received a surprise birthday gifts from the staff of the federation who hosted a small but impressive birthday party for her. The impromptu party which was organised by mainly the female members of NFF staff to show love to their colleague took ...
Read More »AFCON 2023: CAF Secretary, Mosengo-Omba arrives Cote d’Ivoire Tuesday for talks with Ivorien FA.
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) General Secretary, Mr. Veron Mosengo-Omba will arrive in Cote d’Ivoire in the afternoon of Tuesday, June 7, 2022, for three day working visit to the country that will host TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023. According to a press statement made available to journalists by CAF Media ...
Read More »India 2022: Tanzania stops Cameroon, qualify for maiden FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The field is now complete as Tanzania on Sunday defeated Cameroon 1-0 to qualify on 5-1 aggregate score for their maiden FIFA-organised competition and also joined Nigeria and Morocco as African representatives in the forthcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022. Tanzania did the unthinking by thrashing Cameroon 4-1 in Yaounde ...
Read More »India 2022: Flamingos Coach hails players, say Ethiopians not pushover
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Head Coach of Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team Flamingos, Oloowokere Bankole has showered praises on his team for qualifying for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup slated for India later this year despite playing out a goalless draw in the second leg of the final round match against Ethiopia on Saturday at ...
Read More »India 2022: Flamingos book FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup ticket
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s junior women’s football team, the Flamingos on Saturday played out a goalless draw against their Ethiopian opponents at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja to qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup billed for India, courtesy of an aggregate 1-0 scoreline. Nigeria had two weeks ago defeated Ethiopia 1-0 in ...
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