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By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Women’s football stakeholders have given a pass mark to the Super Falcons 23-woman list for the 8th FIFA Women’s World cup final in France. Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby yesterday picked 23 players for the global football fiesta this summer with as many as 7 players from the domestic women’s football league listed in the Nigeria’s World Cup ...

Nigeria got off to a flying start at the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup finals in Poland this Friday as goals by Maxwell Effiom, Henry Offia and Ayotomiwa Dele-Bashiru condemned Qatar to a 4-0 defeat in Tychy. Home –based professional Maxwell Effiom got the seven –time African champions in front after only 12 minutes, and Sweden –based Henry Offia doubled ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. In a bid to beat today’s deadline set for the submission of the final list of 23 players by participating countries in the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup slated for France, Nigeria’s Head Cach, Thomas Dennerby has complied with the directive by releasing a strong squad that will represent the nation in the competition. There was ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick has assured the public that his administration is not perturbed by any efforts by certain elements to distract it from its noble commitment to ensuring adequate preparation and participation of all National Teams in international competitions. He disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television breakfast programme Sunrise ...

By Harry Awurumibe As the wait continues for the Super Falcons Head Coach to release his final 23- team list to prosecute the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup which will kick off in France on June 7, three key players will join the Avita Resort camp in Austria any moment from today. As reported by SportsrevelationOnline days ago that some ...

In line with the conclusions of the feasibility study approved by the Federation of Internationa Football Association (FIFA) Council at its last meeting, FIFA and Qatar have jointly explored all possibilities to increase the number of participant teams from 32 to 48 teams by involving neighbouring countries at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Following a thorough and comprehensive consultation ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. As the clock continues to tick for the start of the 8th FIFA Women’ World Cup, Nigeria’s Group A opponents-France, South Korea and Norway are all engaged in their last international friendly matches before the June 7 kick off date. Nigeria’s Super Falcons  on their own have opted for a close camping at Avita Resort in ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. No fewer than 21 Super Falcons players trained today in Avita Resort after most of the overseas-based professionals arrived the Austrian city of  Bad Tatzmannsdorf just in time to join in the welcome party that preceded the training. Among the players who took part both in the welcome ceremony staged for them by the management of ...

The Nigeria Football Federation says it is keeping good focus on the several competitions in which the various National Teams are participating this year, beginning with the trio of FIFA U20 World Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations that are in full swing between this week and next month. On Thursday, the FIFA U20 World ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) finally released the date and venues for the AITEO Cup Round 64 with former FA Cup winner, Shooting Stars of Ibadan versus Osun United FC match slated for Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state on Saturday, May 25. According to a statement from the NFF today the Round of 64 matches will hold ...