By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Egypt’s U-17 women’s football team delegation for Sunday’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers third round, first leg encounter with Nigeria’s Flamingos has arrived in Abuja. Also, the Ivorian match officials appointed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for Sunday’s match have also arrived Nigeria. The Egyptian delegation which arrived the ...
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Canada, Nigeria Prestige Match: Super Falcons in Redemption Mission
Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist After suffering a two nil defeat in the hands of host Canada on Friday night at BC Place Arena in Vancouver, Nigeria’s Super Falcons will try to redeem what remain of their image when both teams meet again in the second encounter of the two-match international friendlies at Langford ‘s Starlight Stadium on ...
Read More »BREAKING :Nigeria’s Super Falcons lose 2-0 to Canada in Vancouver, to redeem image on Monday
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Two second half goals scored by Jessie Fleming 51′ and Vanessa Gilles 72′ gifted host Canada a comfortable 2-0 victory over Nigeria’s Super Falcons in the first of the two-match international friendlies tagged ‘Canada Women’s National Team (WNT) Celebration Tour’ taking place in British Columbia for this April window on the FIFA International Match ...
Read More »BREAKING: Waldrum to field half-strength team as visa, injuries stop key players
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist With few hours to the first of the two high-profile international friendly matches between Canada and Nigeria, Super Falcons Head Coach Randy Waldrum has no choice but to field a half-strength team in the tie billed for BC Place Arena in Vancouver. This is even as some of the invited first team ...
Read More »Fireworks as Canada, Nigeria rekindle old rivalry in Vancouver Friday
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Canada Women’s soccer National Team (WNT) will Friday face old rivals, Nigeria’s Super Falcons in the first of the two pair of international friendly matches as the much-awaited ‘Canada Women’s National Team Celebration Tour’ comes to British Columbia for this April window on the FIFA International Match Calendar. The first match of ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Super Falcons hit Canada, set for two-leg friendlies with Olympic Champions
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Apparently to avoid any mistake which will prevent Nigeria from qualifying for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup slated for Australia and New Zealand, the Super Falcons contingent which left Abuja on Tuesday will arrive Vancouver Wednesday for the two-match international friendly games against reigning Olympic Champions, Canada senior women’s soccer team. ...
Read More »India 2022: Flamingos Coach, NWFL Clubs fight over Invited players for Egypt tie in Abuja
By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Barely two weeks to the crucial FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022 African qualifiers third round fixture between Nigeria and Egypt, Flamingos Head Coach, Oloowokere Bankole is not happy with the decision of some football clubs to hold back their players for league matches ahead of the April 17 first leg ...
Read More »NFF Sacks Eguavoen, others over Super Eagles failures
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Disappointed by the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has expectedly disengaged the team’s technical crew led by Augustine Owen Eguavoen. According to a press statement made available to journalists on Thursday, the federation has also withdrawn the two-and-half years contract offered ...
Read More »NFF says FIFA official died of Cardiac Arrest, Condole with FIFA, CAF, Zambia FA
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has debunked insinuations in some quarters of the true cause of the unfortunate demise of FIFA/CAF Medical Officer, Dr Joseph Kabungo, who died on Tuesday night after the 2022 FIFA World Cup African play-off match between Nigeria and Ghana at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The federation argued that contrary to ...
Read More »Battle for Qatar 2022 Ticket: Why Super Eagles ‘ll Beat Black Stars in Abuja
By Harry Awurumibe All eyes are on Nigeria’s Super Eagles to beat their eternal rivals, Black Stars of Ghana in the crucial FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifier final round second leg match billed for Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. Already, preparations for the big match which will kick off by 6 pm local ...
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