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By Harry Awurumibe A five-man inspection team from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) will arrive in Nigeria tomorrow via Lagos for a four-day inspection of facilities and equipment that Nigeria has put forward to host the 10th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup championship next year. Expectedly, the arrival of the FIFA Inspectors has attracted commendation of women’s football ...

 Harry Awurumibe  Determined to convince the top echelon of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) who is expected in the country this month for the inspection of facilities to be used for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final, football authorities will tomorrow inspect Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, Benin City, Edo state. A reliable source conversant with the operations ...

Harry Awurumibe Less than one month after the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino dropped the hint of the possible expansion of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the world football governing body has officially approved the number of the teams from 24 to 32 by the year 2023. For this reason the next FIFA Women’s World Cup ...

Harry Awurumibe As earlier announced by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), candidates have emerged for the 2019 The Best FIFA Football Awards billed for Milan on Monday, September 23, 2019. Again, as reported here yesterday, the out-going United States of America (USA), Head Coach, Jill Ellis who led her team to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup back ...

Danny Drinkwater looks set to stay at Chelsea this season with the midfielder yet to receive any concrete offers to go elsewhere. It was reported at the weekend that Coach Frank Lampard has already decided to get rid of the England international, although it is understood no conversations of that nature have taken place yet. Drinkwater joined Chelsea from Leicester ...

Herve Renard, who won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with both Zambia and Ivory Coast, has been unveiled as Saudi Arabia’s new national team coach. Renard stood down as Morocco’s coach earlier this month after the team’s early exit from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The 50-year-old had taken to social media in the past week ...

Jill Ellis, who recently became the first coach to win two FIFA Women’s World Cups™, has announced she will relinquish the United States of America (USA) reins in early October following their France 2019 victory tour. “The opportunity to coach this team and work with these amazing women has been the honour of a lifetime,” Ellis said. “I want to ...

Harry Awurumibe After leading the United States of  America (USA) to back to back win of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2015 and 2019 in Canada and France respectively, Head Coach of the all-conquering team, Jill Ellis is set to win the this year’s The FIFA Women’s Coach Award. Giants of coaching across women’s football have been celebrated in ...

General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has called on Nigerian indigenous coaches to be upright, diligent and alive to their responsibilities while on duty with any of the National Teams or their clubs. Sanusi, himself a certified coach, made this call on Tuesday when the new executive team of the Nigeria Football Coaches Association paid him ...

By Harry Awurumibe To say that Kaduna fans love to watch matches at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium is an understatement. Thus each time any match is played at the stadium built over 5 decades ago by the 1st Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir (Alhaji) Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Sauduana of Sokoto, fans come out in large numbers to watch the game. ...