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Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Two first half goals converted by Sofia   Imuran ensured that the national U-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos ran away with a 2-2 draw with Abuja Academy Boys in their third friendly match on Saturday at the practice pitch of Abuja National Stadium.    Forward, Imuran  scored a brace as she converted two set pieces in the ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The Federation of International Football (FIFA) inspection team touring countries bidding to host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final will tomorrow round off their work in New Zealand which is presenting a joint bid with Australia. The FIFA team had kicked off the inspection of facilities in Australia on February 17 where the Football Federation Australia ...

Harry Awurumibe,  Head, Abuja Bureau Again, an FCT High Court presided over by Honourable Justice Peter O. Affen on Thursday (today) finally declined to add the names of President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick and the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi to a case of financial misappropriation brought before it by the Economic and Financial ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Although Nigeria is yet to start her campaign to pick one of the three African tickets to feature in this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 final, the Indian football authorities today unveiled the match schedule and five host cities for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 slated for November 2 to 21. ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja With two weeks to the first leg of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifier match between Nigeria and host Guinea, the interim Head Coach of the national U-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos, Abimbola Olowookere is upbeat about a favorable result for his squad away from home. Speaking today after his team’s morning training session ...

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Nigeria-American and Miami Heat All-Star, Edrice “Bam” Adebayo at the weekend (early Sunday morning in Nigeria) eliminated his rivals including Domantas Sabonis in the final round of the 2020 Taco Bell Skills Challenge to emerge winner. The Newark, New Jersey, United States-born Nigerian by this feat joined the league of some National Basketball Association (NBA) ...

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Efforts by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to resolve the allegations of misapplications of funds contained in the report of the audit firm, Price waterhouse Coopers (PwC) today failed to materialize as the officials of the firm shunned the CAF Executive Committee held in Doha, Qatar. This much was disclosed today in the press ...

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau More facts have emerged why the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) appointed the former Nigerian international defender and captain, Joseph Tambari-Ikpo Yobo as an Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles even as he replaces Imama Amapakabo in the three –time African champions’ technical crew. Yobo, who played for the Nigeria U20 boys – Flying Eagles – ...

Harry Awurumibe with agency report Ex-Nigerian international, Odion Jude Ighalo will be in the Manchester United squad for the English Premier League clash with Chelsea next Monday despite missing a training camp in Spain due to fears he could be denied re-entry into Britain if restrictions against the outbreak of Coronavirus are tightened. The 30-year-old international striker joined Man. United ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Apparently to make room for other good players to try their luck in the national team, the technical crew of the national U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos are set to decamp no fewer than 12 players who are found not to be measuring up to the standard even as a few new faces will be invited to ...