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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Expectedly, reigning African women’s football champions Super Falcons of Nigeria maintained her 38th position in the latest FIFA Ranking released on Friday. This is even as Nigeria retained her leadership position as Africa’s top-ranked side ahead of the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon that placed second position and a distant 52nd in the ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in Chief. Abuja West African powerhouses Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana and Cote D’ Ivoire look good to lift the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) diadem when the competition comes  up in Cameroon early next year. The quartet are amongst top contenders to the trophy in the Africa’s version of the FIFA World Cup final, no disrespect to ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor,  Abuja Bureau Nigeria has been drawn in Group D as the West African nation have been paired with Egypt,  Sudan and Guinea-Bissau in the group stage of the 2022 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) billed for Cameroon next January. Aside facing serial winners Egypt, three-time winner of the African title Nigeria, have avoided early clash with ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Inspite wearing a new look, thanks to the renovation works still on-going at the magnificent football complex, the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja main bowl will not host any football match of any nature until 2022. Sportsrevelation has exclusively gathered that the new grass species planted in the main pitch after the old type ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist A patient dog eats the fattest bone, this proverb is true of the former Nigeria’s senior women’s football team, Super Falcons Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby as All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed the Swede as the new gaffer its senior women’s football team. Dennerby, until the new appointment was the Head ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor,  Abuja Bureau After two years of inactivity, Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, the Falconets will begin training on Sunday, August 15 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja ahead of the upcoming 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers 2nd Round match against Central African Republic (CAR) billed for September 23, 2021. This is even ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Two Bayelsa State-owned football clubs, Bayelsa United and Bayelsa Queens on Sunday created a record in Nigeria’s football book as both the male and female teams won the 2021 FA Cup on the same day at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. Hard-fighting Bayelsa United beat Nasarawa United 4-3 in the penalty shootout after the teams ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Glitz and emotion marked the end of Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan on Sunday after two weeks of sporting competitions involving 206 counties with United States of American (USA), People’s Republica of China and host Japan finishing first, second and third on medals table. This is even as two of the most technologically advanced ...

For the entire members of  Female Football Interest Group (FFIG), the passing of former Chairman of Nigeria Football Association (NFA),  Brigadier-General Dominic Obukadata Oneya (Rtd.), is a big loss to the football fraternity especially the women’s football lovers. The leadership of FFIG in a press statement on Friday jointly issued by the General Secretary, Dapo Sotuminu and Executive Adviser to ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No. 1 Women’s Football Journalist At last, the Canadian senior women’s football team struck Gold in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s football event courtesy of 3-2 penalty win over Sweden in the final match at Nissan Stadium Yokohama  on Friday. The explosive encounter had ended 1-1 at regulation time forcing it to go intothe extra time ...