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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Determined to lift the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) trophy for the first time when the 2026 edition gets on the way in Morocco in three weeks time, Ghana’s senior women’s team Black Queens today walloped their Hong Kong opponents 4-0 in the first match of the Pink Ladies Cup ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief Two players with Nigerian heritage, Chinonyerem Annabelle Chukwu and Simisola Feyishayo Awujo will be on parade on Sunday when Canada’s senior women’s football team tackle Colombia in the opening match of 2026 SheBelieves Cup in Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America (USA). Canada is one of the four countries participating in the yearly invitational football tournament, which ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Ahead of the double-header international friendlies between host Cameroon and Nigeria, five more players have hit the Super Falcons’ camp for the showdown against arch-rivals, the Indomitable Lionesses, Prompt News reports. The latest arrivals at the team’s hotel in Yaoundè on Thursday evening were  the reigning African Best Goalkeeper, Chiamaka Cynthia Nnadozie; defenders ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in- Chief, Abuja More facts have emerged why Nigeria’s Super Falcons will no longer participate in the proposed West African Football Union (WAFU-B) Four-Nation Tournament holding in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from February 27 to March 7, 2026. The fear of playing the Super Falcons is the beginning of wisdom as some of the countries earlier billed to take ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Two-time FIFA World Cup silver medallists Nigeria have reached the final round of the African qualification round for this year’s global tournament, following a 2-1 defeat of Senegal in Diamniadio on Saturday evening. Goals by Kindness Ifeanyi – who scored the only goal in the first leg in Abeokuta a week ago – and Precious ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist After weeks of uncertainties, the Confederation of African Football (CAF ) has confirmed that the Kingdom of Morocco remains the host nation for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). Speaking at a press conference after a CAF Executive Committee meeting in Dar es Salaam, Ethiopia on Friday, CAF president, Dr. ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja, with report from Yabiladi, Morocco As confusion continues to reign supreme over the host country for the 2026 Women Africa Cup of Nations WAFCON), a senior official at the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has commented on rumors suggesting that South Africa could host the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) instead of Morocco, saying the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja As expected, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board has imposed multiple sanctions on the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (FSF), the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) and certain players and officials for the incidents during the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Final, which violated the CAF Disciplinary Code. For their ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja For his great service for the beautiful game and knowledge of African football, former Super Falcons head coach Thomas Dennerby has landed in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, for a week-long FIFA Talent Hunt Programme. Sweden-born Dennerby, who won the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 9th title for Nigeria ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria’s senior men national team, Super Eagles, is close to running on auto-pilot and will definitely achieve a lot of success under the present technical crew headed by Franco-Malian tactician Éric Chelle, says President of Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau.  Gusau, also President of the sub-regional bloc WAFU B, opined that with what the ...