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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist   For ardent followers of women’s footballl in Nigeria, it was not a big surprise that the Super Falcons of Nigeria suffered yet another defeat in international friendly match, this time against Japan in Kobe in the early hours of Friday.   Two second-half goals by nimble-footed  forward, Mina Tanaka condemned the Super ...

By Harry Awurumibe , Abuja                                                                                                                ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist  Maureen Mmadu Kiddies Academy girls yesterday fell 7-0 to the superior firepower of more matured Sporting Club Casablanca women’s team in their third match in the tour of Morocco.    The visiting Nigeria academy club which played out a 2-2 draw on Wednesday with Hilal Temara Ladies of Casablanca could not replicate the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s  No.1 Women Football Journalist  Super Falcons’ dwindling fortunes have showed no signs of abating as Mina Tanaka’s two quick second half goals gifted Japan a 2-0 victory over the struggling Nigerian senior women’s football team in an international friendly match in the Japanese city of Kobe early Thursday morning.    The match against Japan which took place at ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor in Chief The management of Imo Angels Football Club of Owerri has congratulated newly elected Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau; Vice President Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu and members of his Executive Committee on their emergence at the just concluded  2022 NFF elections held in Benin City, Edo State.   A statement signed by ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja  The presidential ambition of the frontrunner in the forthcoming Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Presidential Election, Dr. Christian Emeruwa has received further boost as the Executive Governor of Abia State. Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has thrown  the full weight of the state behind the aspirant.   The Governor made the official declaration on Saturday when he ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The Super Falcons recent matches against the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) in the United States of America (USA) has further exposed the former African champions as nothing but training materials for the reigning world champions. For Team USA Head Coach Vlatko Andomovski, the two-match international friendlies between USA and Nigeria ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Super Falcons will Tuesday night square up once again with reigning world champions United States Women National Team (USWNT) in the second of the two international friendly matches between both teams in four days and the third between the USA and Nigeria in the last two years. Following a 4-0 thrashing ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist  Expectedly, former African champions, Super Falcons again fell to the superior firepower of the reigning world champions United States of America (USA) as Nigeria lost 4-0 in the first of the two-match international friendlies played  at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City  today.    The United States Women’s National Team (USNT) Head Coach ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist  Recently crowned African Champions, South Africa have been taught a football lesson as Banyana Banyana began their preparations for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 loss to Brazil on Friday evening.   The prestige encounter which took place at Orlando Stadium was the first of the two matches arranged by South ...