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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Still stung by their loss of two points to Lesotho on home soil on Day 1 of their 10-match qualification series for the 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket, the Super Eagles took to the pitch of Huye Stadium, Butare on Saturday evening for the official training, and refused to be bothered about the state of ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja                                              Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets will go up against their Tanzanian counterparts in a 2024 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup African qualifying series second round, second leg encounter at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, ...

**As Morocco, South Africa, Ghana overtake Nigeria By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist There are indications that the growth of women’s football has nosedived in Nigeria following the recent release of the preliminary nominees for the various women’s categories for the CAF Awards 2023 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) especially in the domestic league. CAF on ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist CAF has unveiled the preliminary nominees for the various women’s categories for the CAF Awards 2023. This is even as no fewer than seven Nigerian, six South African and five Moroccan players were named in the shortlist of CAF Player of the Year (Women) category. A distinguished panel made up of CAF Technical ...

**Recalls Abiodun, Echegini By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The reappointed head coach of the Super Falcons Randy Waldrum has submitted to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) a list of 23 players invited for the the second round of the 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) double-header against Cape Verde billed for Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief , Abuja The highly anticipated 2023/2024 Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) Premiership season will commence today with an interesting clash between last year’s champions, Delta Queens FC of Asaba and debutante, Ekiti Queens, at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium in Ado-Ekiti. According to NWFL Head of Media,  Samuel Ahmadu, the match involving Ekiti Queens and Delta Queens will ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have swallowed its vomit by the reappointment of the controversial head coach of Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum after he abandoned the nation’s senior women’s football team two weeks ago when Nigeria took on Ethiopia in the 2023 Paris Olympics women’s football African qualifiers double-header in Addis Ababa ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It is no longer news that the contract of Randy Waldrum, the erstwhile head coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s national team Super Falcons ended on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 with the gaffer not reporting at his duty post on the last days of his tenure. Coincidentally, Waldrum’s contract with the Nigeria Football ...

…..Continued from Monday  By Harry Awurumibe Expectedly, the epic final on October 31, 1998 between bitter English-speaking West African rivals, Nigeria  and Ghana lived up to its billing but it was Nigeria that triumphed at the end of the match watched by over 30,000 fans in the stadium including CAF ex- President Issah Hayatou and his executive committee members and ...

By Harry Awurumibe For the strong followers of women’s football and the Super Falcons, Nigeria’s senior women football team in particular, Saturday, October 31, 1998 hold a lot of good memories because their darling team won its first-ever international trophy, eight years after the women football team was formed through the efforts of some patriotic individuals and corporate Nigerians. It ...