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Abuja, Nigeria: After its whirlwind journey taking it to each of the 24 countries participating in the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy is back in the host country. But the most coveted prize in women’s football will begin its national tour of France on Tuesday, 14 May. The tour will start in ...

London: Chelsea Football Club needed an Eden Hazard last kick in a very tensed penalty shootout to book the ticket for the final of the 2019 Europa League slated for May 29 in Baku. Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 after the full and extra time scores stayed 1-1 at Stamford Bridge Stadium, London. Ruben Loftus-Cheek had in the 28′ put ...

Abidjan: Nigeria’s Super Falcons were in impressive form this evening in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire as the all home-based team trashed hapless Burkina Faso ladies 5-1 in their opening Group B match in the on-going West Africa Football Union (WAFU) tournament. Youth international Uchenna Kanu struck early barely 9′ on the clock and seven minutes later Nigeria double the lead with ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. Host country, Cote d’ Ivoire went goal-crazy in the opening match of the 2nd edition of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) competition in Abidjan yesterday by hammering hapless Republic of Togo 5 nil. The Ivorien ladies did not allow their opponents a breathing space and pressure them till the end of the match which saw ...

By Harry Awurumibe Super Falcons skipper, Desire Ugochi Oparanozie has tasked the team to bring home the coveted trophy at the endvof the 2nd edition of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Abidjan 2019 football tournament which is being competed for by only players plying their trade in Africa. The captain of the FIFA Women’s World Cup-bound Falcons main team ...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee has described as false the rumours making the rounds that its leadership has been arrested by the Federal Government Special Investigation Panel (SIP). Chairman of the Media and Publicity of NFF, Hon. Suleiman Yahaya Kwande in repress release made available to news men in Abuja Tuesday described the report as a complete falsehood, ...