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Exclusive: Women’s football clocks 125 years today, Nigeria remain Africa’s No. 1

Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s best women’s football journalist Today, March 23, 2020 marks exactly 125 years when the first official women’s football fixture took place in London, England when the North and South made history at the Crouch End Ground on March 23, 1895 even as Nigeria has remained the most successful women’s football nation out of 52 countries in Africa. ...

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German Coach, Voss-Tecklenburg commends changes in women’s football

*Considers Germany to be among world’s best teams Harry Awurumibe with agency report Former Germany national women’s football team star and now Head Coach, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg has commended the tremendous improvement in the women’s game , saying that the biggest milestone is that many more countries now have interest in women’s football. According to the ex-international, many nations have also ...

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Covid-19: CAF postpone  CHAN 2020, suspend General Assembly 

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja In solidarity with the global fight against the spread of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has suspended all competitions including the qualifiers for the Total Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 and the Total African Nations Championship, which was due for Cameroon from 4-25 April 2020.    Also, the  42nd CAF Ordinary ...

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Coronavirus fears stop Edo 2020, FG postpone event indefinitely 

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Determined to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus pandemic which is yet to record a casualty in Nigeria, the Federal Government today ordered the indefinite  postponement of the much advertised National Sports Festival code-named Edo 2020.    This piece of information was made public today in Abuja by Minister of Sports and Youth Development, ...

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Coronavirus:   Flamingos embark on two weeks break

Harry Awurumibe, in Lagos Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team, Flamingos have embarked on two weeks break after eliminating the hapless Guinea Syli Starlets from the FIFA U-17 World Cup African qualifiers in Lagos  at the weekend on a 11-2 goals aggregate score.    The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had asked the players and officials of the Flamingos on Sunday to ...

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India 2020 qualifier: Guinea arrives, Flamingos set to beat team again

Harry Awurumibe, Live in Lagos Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, Flamingos are set to dump out opponents, Guinea from the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers tomorrow in Lagos.   The Guinean team arrived Lagos yesterday evening  ahead of the second leg of the first round of the qualifier tie slated at Agege stadium in Lagos.    PromptNews has ...

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Unemployment: ITF boss, Ari calls for inter-agencies synergy to tackle the scourge

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja, Bureau The Director-General/Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF),Sir.Joseph Ari today in Abuja called for inter-agencies synergy and collaborations to tackle the unemployment scourge in Nigeria. He spoke at the 1st National Skills Summit held today (Thursday), March 12, 2020, at the Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Wuse Abuja. “It is with great ...

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Falconets draw Amazons, Coach Aduku praise players

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau Nigeria’s junior women’s football team, Falconets today in Abuja played out a barren draw with the visiting Nasarawa Amazons football club in a friendly tie hosted at FIFA Goal Project pitch at Package B of Abuja National Stadium. The match which the acting Head Coach, Moses Aduku and his coaching crew used to test the ...

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