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CAFWCL: Edo Queens, FC Masar settle for draw 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria women’s football league champions, Edo Queens failed to secure their second victory in the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League as they played out a goalless draw with the hard-fighting FC Masar of Egypt at Laarbi Zaouli stadium in Casablanca, Morocco Wednesday evening. The encounter was a tightly contested affair, with both ...

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CAFWCL: Why Edo Queens must avoid complacency against FC Masar 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Still berserking in the euphoria of their first win, complacency may only be the stumbling blocks between Nigeria’s Edo Queens and the quest for a semi-final ticket when they file out today against FC Masar of Egypt in their second Group B match in the ongoing Confederation of African Women’s Champions League (CAFWCL) ...

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CAF WCL: Can Edo Queens do better than Rivers Angels, Bayelsa Queens ?

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Today, the fourth edition of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women’s Champions League will officially get underway in two Moroccan cities of Casablanca and El Jadida, as eight elite clubs contend for Africa’s most prestigious women’s club football competition. This is even as Nigeria’s representatives in the 2024 CAF Women’s Champions ...

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Super Falcons to take on France’s Les Bleues in friendly

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Fresh from a two-match friendly duel with the Green Ladies of Algeria in Nigeria, nine-time African champions Super Falcons are billed to play the Senior Women National Team of France, Les Bleues a high-profile friendly in France on Saturday, 30th November 2024. The Super Falcons lashed the Green Ladies 2-0 and 4-1 in games played ...

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FIFA U-17, U-20 WWC: What Nigeria Can Learn From North Korea’s Dominance 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist, Abuja It is no longer news that two Nigerian age-grade women’s football teams, Flamingos and Falconets flattered to deceive as they were bundled out early in the recent FIFA U-17 and FIFAU-20 Women’s World Cup competitions held in Dominican Republic and Colombia which Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) or North Korea ...

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REVEALED: Why Flamingos crashed out of 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist, Abuja Barely one month after Nigeria’s intermediate women’s football team, Falconets crashed out of FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in the Round of 16 after losing 2-1 to Japan   in Bogota, Colombia, the junior side Flamingos also ended their impressive run in the 2024 edition in Dominican Republic on a sad note ...

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Int’l Friendly: Ijamilusi’s hat-trick sinks Algeria in 5 goals thriller 

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Super Falcons forward Folashade Florence Ijamilusi’s hat-trick and a floating goal by striker Gift Monday ensured Nigeria beat Algeria’s Les Fennecs 4-1 in the hot Tuesday afternoon second leg match at Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos to finish the double-header international friendlies on 6-1 goals aggregate. Nigeria also defeated Algeria 2-0 in ...

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BREAKING! Madugu drops Nnadozie, tweak Super Falcons startlist against Algeria 

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor, Abuja Bureau Apparently not afraid to dare the “big names” during his rebuilding process of what has been termed ‘New Face of Super Falcons’, head coach Justin Madugu has  dropped Nigeria’s number one goalkeeper and Paris FC shot-stopper, Chiamaka Cynthia Nnadozie to the bench in the second leg tie of the double-header international friendly match between ...

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Flamingos suffer 0-2 loss to USA, bow out of U-17 Women’s World Cup in q/final  

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist, Abuja Nigeria’s junior women’s football team, Flamingos have crashed out of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Dominican Republic as they saw their impressive  journey in the competition come to an end after a hard-fought 0-2 quarter-final loss to the United States of America (USA) on Saturday. One goal in ...

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