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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons’ performance in the Paris 2024 Olympics women’s football event can be described as a disastrous outing from the perspective of many Nigerians especially football followers who would have liked to see the country’s senior women’s football team win a medal in the global multi-sports competition in France. Returning to ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The country’s football governing body, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dismissed with a wave of the hand the claims by Super Falcons head coach Randy Waldrum that his team failed woefully at Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s Football Tournament because they did not prepare well prior to the competition in France. Nigeria’s senior ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The contract of Super Falcons head coach  Randy Waldrum may have ended after Nigeria crashed out of Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s Football Tournament in France without winning any game out of three group matches. Nigeria was eliminated after Waldrum’s side lost all three matches against Brazil, Spain and Japan with Super Falcons ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons crashed out of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday, July 31 after the team was handed a 3-1 defeat by Japan in their final Group C match of the women’s football  event. The 11-time African champions needed a victory with a two-goal margin to advance from the group ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons exited Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s Football Tournament at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes after losing their last Group C match 1-3 to Japan to end any hope of podium finish in Paris. The loss to the Asian giants turned out to be their biggest loss of the tournament ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The Super Falcons have another chance to settle scores with Nadeshiko when Nigeria takes on Japan in the final Group C match of the Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s Football Tournament billed for Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes on Wednesday. With elimination starring in the face, Nigeria without a win or point ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist As Nigeria’s Super Falcons look to get back on track when they face world champions Spain in their second Group C match in the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s Football Tournament at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes on Sunday, another loss to La Roja will make the team’s continued stay in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Despite losing the first match 0-1 to Canarinhas of Brazil on Thursday in Bordeaux, Super Falcons players are in high spirit ahead of the make or break Group C second match against the reigning World Cup champions, Spain at Stade de la Beaujoire on Sunday. The team’s optimism is unconnected with the ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has paid glowing tributes to former football club owners, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and Senator (Dr) Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, who both passed away within two days of each other during the week.  Chief Iwuanyanwu, who took over the former Spartans Football Club of Owerri (1981 WAFU Cup losing finalists) and renamed it Iwuanyanwu Nationale, died at the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It was a game Nigeria was expected to win or at least, get a point from their opponents because of how tough the group is but Gabi Nunes’s 37th minute strike ensured the Canarinhas of Brazil ran away with a 1-0 win over the Super Falcons in the first match of Group ...