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Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja  Ibom Angels youthful but experienced goalkeeper, NellyEkeh and Osun Babes enterprisingforward, Oluwayemisi Samuel are among the 18 players stand –in Coach of Nigeria’s U17 women’s football team,  Flamingos, Bankole Olowookere has selected to tackle their Guinean counterparts in a 2020 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup second round first leg qualifying fixture  this weekend in Conakry.  Olowookere’s team ...

Harry Awurumibe with agency report Zambia senior women’s football team captain and goalkeeper, Hazel Nali has declared that the hour has come for them to stand up and be counted against Cameroon in their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Women’s Tournament, final round qualifier slated for Yaounde tomorrow. Cameroon will in turn travel to Lusaka for final leg against Zambia on ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos will depart Abuja tomorrow for a date with Guinea in Conakry on Saturday just as Botswana were handed a shock defeat by Morocco who won 1-0 in a first round first leg of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 African qualifiers. The Young Zebras of Botswana are now ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja More facts have emerged on the eligibility status of Nigeria’s John Mary Honi Uzuegbunam who has been invited to Cameroon Indomitable Lions camp ahead of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021 qualifier matches scheduled for this month. Sportsrevelation contact in Cameroon has revealed that John Mary is more Cameroonian than Nigerian as he despite being born ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Finally, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has moved its secretariat to the redesigned Sunday Dankaro House located at Package B of the Abuja National Stadium at heart of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The official relocation is still on-going at the time of this report just as the NFF President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick and the General Secretary, ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Federation du Cameroon Football (Fecafoot) have invited a Nigerian, John Mary Uzuegbunam and 32 other players to camp ahead of their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying fixtures against Mozambique on March 26 and 30. The Indomitable Lions are second in Group F, level on four points with their Southern African opponents who hold a superior ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Determined to motivate the national U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos to beat their opponents, Guinea in this weekend’s first leg of the first round FIFA Women’s World Cup India 2020 African qualifiers away in Conakry, Elder Bitrus Bewarang has donated the sum of N10, 000 to the team for defeating Abuja Academy Boys 3-1 in Abuja last ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Two second half goals and one in the first stanza helped the national U-17 women’s team, Flamingos to wallop the Abuja-based Academy Boys 3-1 in a friendly match played at the practice pitch of Abuja National Stadium today.   Midfielder Hannah Yusuf out the Flamingos ahead with a cool finish after she was played in by impressive ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibajo will on Saturday March 22, on behalf of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari declare open the National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged Edo 2020. This much was confirmed by the Chairman of Edo 2020 Local Organising Committee (LOC), Hon. Philip Shaibu who is also the Deputy Governor ...

Harry Awurumibe with agency report The long and winding road to the maiden edition of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone-A Women’s Championship will end tomorrow (Tuesday) February 25 as host Sierra Leone faces their Cape Verde counterparts in the opening match at Bo stadium. The organizers have confirmed the participation of eight teams for the tournament which runs ...