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By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria’s senior women’s football team Super Falcons have arrived in Casablanca, Morocco, in the first leg of the trip to Lisbon for a training camp in Portugal in preparation for the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Prompt News reports. The Nigerian delegation made up of 10 players, coaches, and backroom ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief,Abuja Determined to make a good impression on their retun to Africa’s biggest women’s football competition in Morocco next month, Ghana’s Black Queens boosted their pre-Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) records with an impressive 3-1 victory over the Scorchers of Malawi in friendly match played at the Ziaida Complex in Benslimane, Morocco on Saturday, Prompt News ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed profound shock and grief at the death early on Friday morning of retired technocrat and one-time Chief of Staff to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Alhaji Abba Abdullahi Yola.  He was reported to have given up the ghost after a period of illness.  Yola, a highly-experienced civil servant, served at various times as Zonal ...

The National Leadership of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has commiserated with the family of the late sports icon, Alhaji Abba Abdullahi Yola, the people of Kano state and the entire sports fraternity in the country. In a statement signed by the Association’s Secretary-General, Amb. Ikenna Okonkwo, Friday, the SWAN President Mr. Isaiah Benjamin paid glowing tribute to Abba ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Determined to give the Super Falcons adequate preparations to enable the team to win the 13th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) holding in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) under the leadership of Ibrahim Musa Gusau has again engaged a top European Video Analyst/ Match ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist After days of speculations, Super Falcons head coach Justine Madugu has selected captain Rasheedat Ajibade, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie,  forwards Francisca Ordega and Asisat Oshoala among a list of 24 players for Nigeria’s quest for a 10th continental title at the 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) finals holding in Morocco from ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Despite trailing 0-2 to the visiting Malawians till the 41′ of the game, Morocco’s senior women’s football team Atlas Lionesses came from behind to wallop their opponents 4-2 in a pre-tournament international friendly match played yesterday at Stade Municipal Kenitra, Morocco. The host of the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist No fewer than 10 invited Super Falcons players, the coaching crew, and  backroom staff will depart the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday for Portugal for  the week-long pre-tournament camp ahead of the CAF Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) holding in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025, Prompt News ...

**As NSC DG, Olopade applaud move By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Preparations for the much-awaited 23rd National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged *Coal City Games Enugu 2026* have taken a significant leap as Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state government officially inaugurated the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) on Wednesday in Enugu, the state capital. This is even as the governor has ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Less than three weeks to  the start of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Morocco 2024, Spanish-born head coach of Morocco’s senior women’s football team, the Atlas Lionesses, Jorge Vilda Rodriguez has unequivocally stated that African football has immense potential to compare with the best anywhere in the world. ...