*** As curtains fall on African football showpiece By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor, Abuja Bureau In less than 24 hours now,  three-time African champions Nigeria will file out against Cotè d Ivoire, host of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in the much-awaited final at Stade Alassane Ouattara in Ebimpe, Abidjan as curtains fall on the biggest football showpiece in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief Abuja Again, FIFA World Cup bronze-medallists, Nigeria’s Flamingos thrashed their Central African Republic (CAR) opponents 6-0 in the return leg, second round of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers match played at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Friday to qualify for the third round on 12 -0 goals aggregate. Nigeria had ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Super Eagles of Nigeria beat Bafana Bafana of South Africa 4-2 in penalties to reach the African Cup of Nations finals. It was a match South Africans purposely dragged to penalty shootout believing that they have advantage over Nigeria after they eliminated Cape Verde in the quarter-final tie thanks to goalkeeper Ronwen Williams who ...

** As History Favours Super Eagles over Bafana Bafana By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja As Africans and the entire football followers across the globe wait with bated breath for the start of the first semi-final match of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cotè d Ivoire 2023 which pitched two African giants Nigeria and South Africa, Super Eagles are condemned ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja The Chairman of Anambra Football Association, Chikelue Iloenyosi has received a tacit support of the former President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Melvin Pinnick for his emphasis on the grassroots football development in his state. According to Iloenyosi popularly called “General” by his admirers, Pinnick is so far impressed with his performance in office ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist February 1, 2024 will remain indelible in the memory of the reigning CAF Best African Player  (Women), Asisat Lamina Oshoala after she sealed a big transfer move to emerging United States (US) National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) outfit, Bay Football Club, from European champions, FC Barcelona Femení, on permanent basis, for an ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist FIFA World Cup bronze-medallists, Flamingos of Nigeria were in killer mood on Sunday as they thrashed their counterparts from Central African Republic (CAR) 6-0 in the first leg, second round of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers match played at Stade de la Reunification in Douala, Cameroon. It took ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief , Abuja                                                      The fearsome Nigeria juggernaut rolled with pomp into the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Friday, after another self-assured performance that knocked ambitious Angola out of the competition ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist FIFA World Cup bronze-medallists, Flamingos of Nigeria who arrived Cameroon yesterday will today begin training at Stade de la Reunification in Douala where they will take on their counterparts from Central African Republic (CAR) on Sunday in a second round, first leg African qualifiers of the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in- Chief, Abuja The Confederation of African Football has announced the participating teams for the football event of the 2024 African Games, with Nigeria’s men and women’s U-20 teams, the Flying Eagles and the Falconets, taking automatic spots. Ghana will host the 2023 African Games, which is the 13th edition, from March 8 to 23 across three ...