By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Less than 48 hours to the crucial FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifier match first leg tie between Nigeria and Ghana slated for Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Friday, Super Eagles Interim Manager, Augustine Owen Eguavoen is optimistic his team will grind out a favourable result when both countries clash. He also revealed ...

By Harry Awurumibe An African adage says “a mad man dancing in the marketplace does not feel ashamed of himself but his kingsmen suffer public ridicule from his actions”. This maxim is apt in describing the public nuisance the different factions of Nigeria football supporters group pose to Nigerian fans and various national football teams at every international football matches ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist Nigeria’s hope to return to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after missing the last edition in Uruguay brighten this weekend after the Flamingoes thrashed the hapless Democratic Republic of Congo 5-0 at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, Edo state in the return leg of  2nd round of the FIFA ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Nigeria’s Falconets have put one leg in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 after the team recorded a stunning 3-1 away win over Senegal’s Teranga Lionesses at Stade Lat-Dior in Thies near Dakar in African qualifiers final round first leg encounter on Saturday. Electrifying winger Flourish Sebastine of Edo ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Barely two weeks to the March 29 FIFA World Cup African qualifiers final play-off return leg tie between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Black Stars of Ghana, the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja venue of the crucial match is wearing a new look. Prompt News reports that the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development has embarked ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup winner and incumbent President of United States Soccer Federation (USSF), Cindy Marie Parlow Cone has been re-elected for a new term of four years as she fended off a challenge from her predecessor, Carlos Cordeiro. Cone won 52.9% of the weighted vote from the USSF’s National Council, ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Three goals scored by Blessing Emmanuel (36′), Oluwatunmininu Adebayo (66′) and Taiwo Ajakaiye (76′) ensured that Nigeria’s U-17 women’s team, Flamingos thrashed host, DR Congo’s U-17 team 3-0 at their backyard in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022 African qualifiers second round first leg match on Sunday. The match played ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Augustine Eguavoen has called up Captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong, midfielder Wifred Ndidi and forwards Moses Simon and Kelechi Iheanacho in a Super Eagles’ provisional list of 32 for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 play-off round against the Black Stars of Ghana. Also called up are goalkeepers Maduka ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football journalist After a first round that saw the qualification of Eritrea, Kenya, DR Congo, Senegal and Benin following the withdrawal of their respective opponents, the second qualifying round for the U-17 Women’s World Cup will take place during the weekends of March 4-6 and March 18-20, 2022. Also, Nigeria’s Flamingos are already in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editior-in-Chief, Abuja Barely three weeks to the first leg of the final round of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifier matches involving ten countries still in the race for the five tickets to represent Africa, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the official dates and venues of the two legged matches including the tie between ...