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Residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and environs will have a rare view of the Women Africa Cup of Nations trophy – the most coveted diadem in African women football – when the Super Falcons arrive in Nigeria on Monday. The victorious contingent is scheduled to touch down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by noon on Monday and ...

From Harry Awurumibe in Rabat Despite being in the minority, Nigeria made her presence felt at Olympics Stadium Rabat venue of the final match between hosts Atlas Lionesses of Morocco and Nigeria’s Super Falcons in the 13th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 as the federal government delegation and Nigerians residing in Morocco went wide in celebration after ...

From Harry Awurumibe in Rabat Nigeria’s senior women’s football team Super Falcons are just one match away from making history as the champions of Africa for the 10th time in the history of Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) if they beat host country Morocco in the epic final of WAFCON 2024 today at Olympic Stadium Rabat, Morocco. This is ...

From Harry Awurumibe in Rabat Today in Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco, one man will carry the weight of over 200 million Nigerians at home and diaspora on his “small” head as he will be seen pacing up and down the technical area of Olympic Stadium Rabat, the venue of the 13th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) ...

From Harry Awurumibe, Rabat The Rihab Hotel Rabat camp of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team Super Falcons is agog again after players and officials received the cheering news that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has graciously approved the full payment of the delayed allowances and match bonuses of the team ahead of the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 ...

From Harry Awurumibe, Casablanca In the spirit of sportsmanship, Super Falcons’ players on Wednesday paid a sympathy visit to the Banyana Banyana’s Gabriela De Jesus Thomas Salgado, who suffered a horrific leg injury during the tension-soaked semi-final match between Nigeria and South Africa at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco on Tuesday afternoon, Prompt News reports. Salgado who was seriously ...

  From Harry Awurumibe in Casablanca After an emphatic 5-0 whitewash of Zambia’s Copper Queens parading the most-dread front-three of reigning African Best Player of the Year (Women’s) Barbra Banda and co-conspirators Rachel Kundananji and Grace Chanda in last Friday’s quarter-final clash in the ongoing CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca, the Super ...

From Harry Awurumibe,  Casablanca With Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC) or its diaspora wings unable to show their presence at the ongoing CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco, Nigerians living in the country, especially those residing in Casablanca, have vowed to storm the Larbi Zaouli Stadium, venue of Nigeria and South Africa’s first semi-finals clash to cheer ...

From Harry Awurumibe in Casablanca Defending champions South Africa are one step closer to retaining their TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations crown after edging Senegal in a nerve-wracking quarterfinal decided by penalties on Saturday evening. Following 120 minutes of tense, goalless football, Banyana Banyana triumphed 4–1 in the shootout to secure a semi-final date with Nigeria thanks to ...

From Harry Awurumibe in Casablanca Only four teams remain. The group stage filtered the hopefuls, the quarterfinals tightened the field, and now the elite stand tall. The final four of the CAF TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2024 showcases the continent’s finest, a host nation propelled by a rare wave of home support, a Ghanaian side on a ...