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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief,  Abuja The original FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Trophy, to be competed for by 32 teams from across the globe from July 20 to August 20 this year, landed in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja on Saturday afternoon. According to a press statement made available by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday said already, the coveted ...

Shape Up or Ship Out, NFF President, Gusau tells Super Eagles By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja **Says Total commitment now pre-requisite for wearing Nigeria’s colours N Apparently disappointed with the Super Eagles’ home loss to Guinea Bissau on Friday in Abuja, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF),  Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Saturday announced that visible total commitment implying ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist The death in the early hours of Monday, March 13, 2023, of former Nigeria international player, club legend and foremost women’s football tactician, Alhaji Ismaila Mabo, has left a sour taste in the mouth of many who knew him especially his immediate family, relations, associates and indeed, the football fraternity within and ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief /Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Respite has come the way of Super Falcons as the seven-match losing streak of the Nigeria’s senior women’s team was halted early Wednesday with the 1-0 win over Costa Rica in Leon, Mexico, courtesy of Ijeoma Esther Okoronkwo’s 45′ strike. The Saint-Étienne forward’s goal ensured that Nigeria ended the four-nation invitational ...

***As Inter-continental Play-off commences By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief /Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It was mixed fortunes for the  two African representatives in the 10-nation FIFA Women’s World Cup Inter-continental Play-off holding in New Zealand as Cameroon beat  Thailand 2-0 while Senegal suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat in the hands of Haiti in the first of two matches to qualify ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief /Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist For Super Falcons, losing has become a culture as the team was condemned to its second defeat in three days after forward, Linda Caicedo’s 8th minute strike gifted Colombia a 1-0 victory over the hapless Nigerians at Leòn Stadium, Mexico on Saturday in the 4-nation invitational tournament tagged Revelation Cup. The ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor /Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist The losing streak of Super Falcons have refused to abate as the team was once again beaten 1-0 by host country, Mexico’s senior women’s team in the early hours of Thursday in the first match of the 4-nation invitational tournament tagged Women’s Revelation Cup. An 85th-minute goal scored by forward, Kiana Palacios ...

**As FIFA inter-continental Play-off starts Saturday By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Africa may get extra slots as Cameroon, Senegal and eight other nations fight for the remaining three slots to complete the 32-team 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final billed for Australia and New Zealand this summer. Both Cameroon and Senegal will this weekend be in action ...

BY Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist As the Super Falcons get set to use next month’s Revelation Cup Tournament billed for Leon, Mexico City, to shape up for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand, red-hot Nigerian striker Cynthia Onyedikachi Aku has said she is ready to fight for the No.9 shirt. Aku, ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist As part of their pre-tournament preparations ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final billed for this summer in Australia and New Zealand, Head Coach Randy Waldrum has called up 23 players of Nigeria’s Super Falcons for next month’s Revelation Cup Tournament to be staged in Leon, Mexico City, among them Captain ...