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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist A first half goal scored by captain, Chizlane Chebbak was all the Atlas Lionesses of Morocco needed to defeat Lady Stallions of Burkina Faso 1-0 to claim all three points in the opening match of the 12th CAF Women’s Africa  Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2022. Pundits had predicted that Morocco will ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Twenty four years after the first-ever African Women’s Championship (AWC), the equivalent of the men’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), took place in Nigeria, a North African country Morocco which featured in the competition in 1998, will host the 12th edition of the expanded football fiesta. It will hold from today (Saturday, July 2 to 23, ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist For the Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s football outfit, Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum, the few days the team has spent in Rabat, Morocco have been very rewarding as the squad continued to adapt to the local weather conditions by training daily at different playing surfaces. This is even as the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Global sportswear manufacturer, Nike has teamed up with Football Club Barcelona women’s  star, Asisat Oshoala to launch  her self-named football academy in Nigeria. The outfit called Asisat Oshoala Academy (AOA) is part of the player’s efforts to promote women’s football and education of the girl-child especially those in her community in Lagos. ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist Reigning African champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria have intensified their training after settling down in  the palatial Hotel Rihab Rabat, Morocco on Monday even as the team targets first victory in the opening match. The Coach Randy Waldrum tutored team flew into Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca from Lagos on ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Reigning African  champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria have arrived Rabat, the capital city of the Kingdom of  Morocco ahead the 12th CAF Women’s Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) which kicks off on Saturday, July 2. It will end on Saturday, July 23, 2022. A Nigerian  delegation of 36 persons comprising of ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s contingent to the 12th CAF Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) in the early hours of Monday departed for Morocco, one week before the Super Falcons first group match against arch-rivals Banyana Banyana of South Africa. The contingent which left the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos by 6:45 am aboard Royal ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist African Champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria will arrive Rabat, venue of their group matches on Monday, June 27, few days before the start of the 12th CAF Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) taking place in Morocco from July, 2 to 23. This is even as all the players dropped from the ...

Nigeria’s Supersand Eagles are set to return to international competition with the Confederation of African Football having confirmed that they will battle Libya in a two-leg playoff for a spot at this year’s Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted by Mozambique. The Eagles are two-time African champions, having won then African Beach Soccer Championship in 2007 and ...

Head Coach Chris Danjuma has invited 30 players to the camp of Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets to kick off preparations for this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals in Costa Rica. Nigeria has never missed a FIFA U20 Women’s Championship since the competition began as an U19 Championship in Canada 20 years ago, and will play France, Canada and ...