By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Football is first about the footballers and then the clubs. Without those two, there will be no need for a football association or federation. With these words, an internationally recognised sports management expert, Dr. Christian Emeruwa, officially announced his desire to run for the exalted position of the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Again, Nigeria will play old rivals Canada, Korea Republic and France in Group C of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup billed for Costa Rica in August 2022, following Thursday’s draw that was held at the Teatro Nacional in San José, capital of of the central American nation. This is the fourth ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist To ensure that Nigeria’s U-17 women football team Flamingos qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has ordered the team to remain in Abuja camp ahead of the final round matches against Ethiopia in a fortnight. This is even as Head Coach Oloowokere Bankole ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor -in -Chief, Abuja World football ruing body, Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Monday announced it has sanctioned Nigeria following the crowd trouble that occurred immediate after the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifier tie against Ghana. According to FIFA document made available to the media on Monday, Nigeria was fined the sum of CHF150,000 (N64million) ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. Women’s Football Journalist Even without the dates and venues  for the first and second leg matches not fixed, Ethiopia will host Nigeria in the first leg tie in the final round of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022 African qualifiers. Also, Cameroon will take on Tanzania in the first leg match while Ghana will ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Determined to consolidate on the first leg 4-0 win over Egypt’s U-17 women’s football team, Head Coach of Nigeria’s junior women’s outfit, Flamingos, Oloowokere Bankole has said that his side will not leave anything to chance when both teams clash in  the return leg tie in Cairo next weekend. In exclusive interview with ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist The U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos were in devastating form on Sunday as a brace from Omowunmi Bello and a goal each by leading goalscorer Opeyemi Ajakaiye and defender Miracle Usani gifted Nigeria a 4-0 victory over the Egyptian U-17 side in the first leg of their third round FIFA U-17 Women’s World ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Flamingos’ Head Coach, Olowookere Bankole has picked 20 players from the group in camp for Sunday’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers match billed for Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. The list is comprised of two goalkeepers, seven defenders, four midfielders and seven forwards. Goalkeepers: Faith Omilana, Linda Jiwuaku Defenders: Blessing ...

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 ...

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 ...