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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist The Cote d Ivoire’s senior women football team, Lady Elephants on Thursday trained at the main-bowl of Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, venue of Friday’s crucial Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) first leg final qualifier round match against host Super Falcons. The Ivorien team which has been training at Area 10 ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist For Burundi and Burkina Faso senior women’s football teams, qualification for their maiden Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) final slated for Morocco in July may have been secured as both walloped their opponents 6-1 and 6-0 respectively in the first leg of the final round matches on Wednesday. Burundi gained a massive ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Expectedly, the Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Randy Waldrum has decamped some home-based players to make room for the armada of foreign-based players ahead of Friday’s crucial Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON)) final qualifier first leg match between Super Falcons and La Elephantes of Cote d’Ivoire at Moshood Abiola National ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Three days to the crucial African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) Morocco 2022 first leg qualifier match between Nigeria’s Super Falcons and La Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire slated for Moshood Abiola National Stadium,  Abuja on Friday, February 18, 2022, no fewer than 11 foreign-based players have arrived the Abuja camp. The new arrivals in camp ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau For the Super Falcons, it is a case of the drummers are ready and spectators ready but dancers are still absent as the bulk of invited players for the crucial qualifier match against La Elephants of Cote d’ Ivoire at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja are yet to hit camp less than a week ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist The dream of former Super Falcons Head Coach Thomas Dennerby to qualify India for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World billed for  Australia and New Zealand have evaporated like early morning dew as the country failed to book her first-ever ticket at the just concluded AFC Women’s Asian Cup held in India. Dennerby ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja For the Senegalese at home and across the globe, their wait for the prestigious Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy came to a glorious end at Stade Paul Biya Olembe, Yaounde, Cameroon after Teranga Lions of Senegal defeated the Pharaohs of Egypt 4-2 on penalties in the epic final of the 2021 AFCON. The match itself ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja It is now official as Nigeria’s Falconets will meet the Junior Teranga Lionesses of Senegal next month to decide which of the two teams will grab one of the two tickets to represent Africa in this year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. Nigeria dumped out Cameroon after a 3-0 thrashing of the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau A brace by attacking midfielder, Esther Onyenezide and another goal by Precious Vincent ensured that Nigeria’s Falconets defeat hard-fighting Young Lionesses of Cameroon 3-0 at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja in the return leg of the fourth round match in the race for this year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup finals in Costa Rica. ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja It promises to be a tense match as  Nigeria U-20 women’s football team, Falconets and Young Lionesses of Cameroon clash in the second leg of their fourth round fixture in the race for this year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup finals in Costa Rica. The crucial match  is slated for the refurbished Moshood Abiola National ...