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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja                                                                                                                                                                                                         The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the European Commission (EC) Sunday concluded a historic agreement which provides for the EC to partner with the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (“AFCON) 2025 and 2027, TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2024 and CAF African Schools Football Championship. The agreement was ...

***As Ivory Coast, Tunisia,  Malawi book tickets By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist The field is now complete for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup ‘Poland 2026′ African qualifiers’ second round matches, which will be held from September 19 to 28, 2025 across the continent as no fewer than 32 countries, including Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana, Tunisia ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Afrca’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Falconets will clash with Rwandan intermediate girls, She-Amavubi in the second round of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026 African qualifiers slated for Kigali on September 19 with the return leg in Nigeria on September 28, 2025. As expected, the Rwandans who took a bold step to qualify for ...

**As NSC names Organizing Committee* By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja In preparation for Nigeria’s hosting of the upcoming World Athletics Africa Road Running Conference, the National Sports Commission (NSC) has constituted the event’s Organizing Committee, naming Chief Solomon Ogba, First Vice President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), as the Chairman. According to a statement signed by Dr. (Mrs.) Kehinde ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist To avoid any last minute pull out by any player from the forthcoming prestigious international friendly matches between Nigeria and Cameroon during the May/June FIFA women’s international football window, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has contacted the foreign-based Super Falcons players to be invited for the double-header billed to take place on ...

**As football world gathers in Paraguay By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor -in-Chief, Abuja World football ruling body, FIFA President Gianni Infantino is travelling to Saudi Arabia this week during United States’ President Donald Trump’s state visit to the Gulf state while the soccer body’s 211 member federations gather at their annual FIFA Congress being held in Paraguay. Although the agenda for ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor -in-Chief,  Abuja Two-time runners-up Nigeria have again booked their ticket to the FIFA U20 World Cup finals after edging out Cup holders Senegal from the CAF U20 Cup of Nations in Egypt on Monday. In the event, the Flying Eagles hearkened to the charge by NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi on Saturday, for the team ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Ahead of the prestige double-header international friendly matches between Nigeria’s Super Falcons and Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon, there are indications that head coach of the visiting team, Jean-Baptiste Bisseck has concluded plans to invite his ever-reliable attacking midfielder Nchout Njoya Ajara, reliable captain  Aboudi Gabrielle Onguéné and 22 other players he selected ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s intermediate girls football team, Falconets likely opponent in the second round of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026 African qualifiers,  Rwanda has taken a bold step to qualify for the next round of the competition after beating their Zimbabwean rivals 2-1 in the first round first leg tie ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s opponent in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026 qualifiers, which started on Friday, will be known on May 18, 2025, even as Ivory Coast defeated host Gambia 1-0 in the first leg of the first round of the African qualifiers. Africa’s women’s football power-house Nigeria has been drawn in ...