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French star player, Henry is No. 2 world highest earner 

Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja The captain of France national women’s football team, Amandine Henry is the second highest earning player in the world. Les Bleues star who plays her club football with Olympique Lyon Feminine 1 is in the  list of top highest-paid female soccer players of 2019/2020 along with their annual income even as no Nigerian female footballer at home ...

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Super Eagles job: NFF, Rohr may seal deal Saturday

Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja Apparently to beat the deadline of the expiration of the first contract of the Super Eagles Technical Adviser,  Gernot Rohr,  the Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has mandated the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi to liaise with the Franco German with a view to concluding all matters around Mr. Rohr’s new contract within the next one ...

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2023 Women’s World Cup host to emerge next month, says FIFA

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The world football governing body, Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) says the host(s) of the 2023 Women’s World Cup will  be announced on June 25, 2020 by the FIFA Council. According to a statement from the body on Friday, the four bidding member associations will know their fate after the FIFA Council meeting to be held ...

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FIFA U-17 World Cup: India agrees on 2021 new date 

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup on Tuesday confirmed their readiness to host which the world football ruling body has shifted to now     hold from February 17 to March 7, 2021.   The FIFA  U-17 Women’s World Cup had to be postponed due ...

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Why FIFA shift U-20, U-17 Women’s World Cup to 2021

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Nigeria’s junior women’s football teams, Falconets and Flamingos will not attended the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) tournaments this year after all  as the U-20 and U-17 Women’s World Cup have been shifted from 2020 to 2012.   The world football governing body on Tuesday announced the postponement of the two age-grade competition from this year ...

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Covid-19: NFF to cut down on competitions to attend, FIFA Goal Project gets new pitch

The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation met via video conferencing on Friday (April 24, 2020) to deliberate on important issues in Nigerian Football and resolved as follows:              1.         The Executive Committee praised the Federal Government on the various policies, strategies and methods that have been put in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic ...

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Covid-19: Nigeria, Ghana, USA, 208 FAs share $150m FIFA palliatives

Harry Awurumibe with agency report Nigeria Football Federation (NFF),  Ghana Ghana Football Association and 209 other Football Federations across the world will receive a Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic palliative in the sum of $150m from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) as part of its plan to use football to fight the deadly disease.    The world football governing body ...

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Covid-19: China- based Falcons forward, Ihezuo missing in action 

Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau China- based Super Falcons forward, Chinwendu Veronica Ihezuo is  missing football action no thanks to the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus pandemic which forced the world to shut down everyday businesses including football.   The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup ‘Azerbaijan 2012’ Silver Boot Winner told Sportsrevelation exclusively today that she is missing football action ...

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