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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist  Misfiring Nigeria’s Falconets crashed out of the 10th FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after losing 2-0 to The Netherlands on a frustrating night that exposed the technical limitations of the team and a bit of hard luck.   Two first half goals scored by Zera Hulswit (11′) and Ziva Caroline Henry (33′) ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist  Nigeria’s Falconets will confront the Oranje Ladies of Netherlands today in the quarter final match of the on-going FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica with the aim of picking a semi final ticket at the expense of the tough European opponents.    Although Nigeria and the Netherlands have never ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Following the dismal performance of Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons, at the  12th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco, the Executive Committee of  the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has directed its Technical and Development Sub-Committee to hold a meeting and make recommendations on how to reposition the team  ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s Falconets will try to finish top of Group C with another victory or a draw against hapless Canada when both countries clash in the last group match of the on-going 2022 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica.   The game billed for the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, on Thursday, ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women Football Journalist The Falconets late Sunday night qualified for the quater-final round of the on-going FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica as Esther Onyenezide’s 83 minute goal assisted by forward  Chiamaka Okwuchukwu ensured Nigeria beat Korea Republic 1-0 to secure six points in two games in Group C after recording a ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Africa’s  No. 1 Women Football JournaliWOMEN Nigeria’s junior women’s football team,  Falconets in the early hours of Friday outfoxed their hard fighting opponents from France as the two-time runners-up overcame a torrential rain and an hour’s delay to beat Europe’s top team France 1-0 in the opening match of Group C of the 10th FIFA U-20 Women’s ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist  Less than 24 hours to the start of the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, Nigeria’s junior women’s football team, Falconets, have another opportunity to claim the coveted trophy for the first time in history. There is no better time for the highly successful U- 20 team to ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist It took only 10 months for England senior women’s football team, Three Lionesses’ Head Coach, Sarina Petronella Wingman- Glotzbach to guide England to UEFA Euro Women’s Championship victory after several years of trophy drought in both men and women  football competitions. For 56 years, England could only boast of the 1966 FIFA ...

….The concluding part of yesterday’s piece By Harry Awurumibe, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Abuja ‘Zambia are also a rising power in Women’s Football. The point is that the days of our much vaunted boast that we ‘ set records and break them’ on the African continent is almost over. As good as it feels, that ceiling is way too low, and it is ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Abuja As Nigerians, especially women’s football followers struggle to come to terms with the dismal performance of the dethroned African Champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria at the just concluded 12th CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco, Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist, in this report x-rays an article written by veteran journalist, ...