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By  Harry Awurumibe with reports from thenff.com The Super Eagles have vowed to recreate their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16 defeat of Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in Alexandria, when both teams clash in Abidjan on Saturday at the same stage in the ongoing 34th edition of the competition. That day, at the Alexandria Stadium in Egypt, the ...

By Harry Awurumibe with reports from thenff.com History, pedigree, current form and turf familiarity are factors weighing heavily in favour of the Super Eagles as they confront the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the Round of 16 at the 34th Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday. Five-time champions Cameroon prosecuted their group phase games in Yamoussoukro, and have now arrived ...

Jurgen Klopp to leave Liverpool at end of season By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in- Chief, Abuja Liverpool Football Club (LFC) German coach Jurgen Klopp on Friday shockingly announced to the world that he will leave his position as Head Coach of Liverpool fc at the end of this season after almost eight years in charge. The German, who has delivered a ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist National junior women’s football teams of Ghana,  Cameroon and Morocco on Sunday qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final which will be played in Colombia from August 31 to September 22, 2024. They joined Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team,  Falconets which was the first African team to qualify for the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist A solitary second have goal scored by winger Opeyemi Esther Ajakaye in the 80th minute at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday, saw Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, Falconets beat their opponents from Burundi 1-0 to qualify on 2-0 aggregate for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup which will come ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s U20 girls have intensified their training sessions in Abuja ahead of Saturday’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup final qualifying run-out against their counterparts from Burundi, at the MKO Abiola National Stadium. Head Coach Chris Danjuma, who also led the team to the quarter-finals at the last edition of the FIFA U20 ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. Women Football Journalist Nigeria is 90 minutes away from qualifying for the 2024 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia later in the year after the national junior women’s team, Falconets beat their opponents from Burundi by a lone goal in the first leg of the African qualifiers double-header played at Azam Stadium Complex in Dar ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria is 90 minutes away from qualifying for the 2024 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia later in the year after the national junior women’s team, Falconets beat their opponents from Burundi by a lone goal in the first leg of the African qualifiers double-header played at Azam Stadium Complex in Dar ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist After a long trip which took the team to Nairobi, Kenya before landing in Tanzanian on Wednesday, the national U-20 women’s football team, Falconets will today start training at Azam Stadium Complex ahead of the crunchy FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers first leg double-header against Burundi scheduled for Sunday, January ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist For diehard supporters of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons it will be very difficult contemplating a scenario Nigeria will not win the next Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) slated for Morocco in 2024. It is four years now since Nigeria won her last WAFCON trophy, this being in 2018 ...