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For the first time in nearly 40 years, several thousand women have been allowed into a stadium in IR Iran to watch a football match played by men. This is a very positive step forward, and one which FIFA, and especially Iranian girls and women, have been eagerly waiting for. The passion, joy and enthusiasm they showed today was remarkable ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Four African regional representatives qualified for the fourth round of the women’s football tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The qualified countries for the next round are Cote d Ivoire (West Africa region); Cameroon (Central Africa); Kenya (East Africa) and Zambia (South Africa) respectively. But at the end of the qualifying campaign on February 9, 2019, only ...

Harry Awurumibe, Live in Lagos Nigeria this evening failed to qualify for the next round of the women’s football tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics African qualifiers after playing out a gruelling1-1 scores against Cote d Ivoire in Lagos. The draw was not however good enough to see Nigeria through to the fourth round of the qualifying campaign as the ...

Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s foremost Women’s Football journalist, Lagos. There is no gainsayiny the fact that Nigerians are anxiously waiting for the final whistle of the crucial return leg match between Nigeria and Cote d Ivoire’s senior women’s football teams to know if the Super Falcons will qualify for the next round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics African qualifier match billed ...

Harry Awurumibe, Lagos. After several hours of flight delay, the Super Falcons arrived Lagos last night alongside their Cote d Ivoire opponents to prepare for Monday’s second leg of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s football tournament African qualifier match slated for Agege stadium, Lagos. The Nigeria delegation comprising of18 players, coaching and backroom staff as well as a few Nigeria ...

Harry Awurumibe, Lagos Fast-rising Super Falcons defender, Glory Akumbu Ogbonna has assured that Nigeria will beat Cote d Ivoire in the return leg of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s football tournament African qualifier tie slated for Agege stadium, Lagos on Monday. African champion, Super Falcons of Nigeria were on Thurdsay in Abidjan forced to a barren draw by host, Les ...

Harry Awurumibe,  Abuja. African champion, Super Falcons of Nigeria were on Thurdsay in Abidjan forced to a barren draw by host, Les Femelles Elephantes of Cote d’Ivoire in their Tokyo 2020 women’s football tournament African third round, first leg qualifying tie. The encounter at the Parc des Sports de Treichville saw both teams creating several opportunities but failing to find ...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described as ‘shocking’, reports on the evening of Thursday that former Nigeria U-20 and U-23 captain Isaac Promise had died. NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said the Federation and indeed the entire Nigerian Football was greatly saddened by the report, coming less than 48 hours after two women footballers of Nigeria Women Professional ...

The Nigeria Football Federation says it is deeply saddened by the death on Tuesday night of two players of Nigeria Women Professional League club, Police Machine Female FC, who were killed by a hit-and-run Jeep driver that ran into about five persons in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. “It is with deep shock and sense of immense loss that ...

Singaporean Jansen Foo has been appointed as referee for the prestige international friendly match between Nigeria and Brazil taking place in Singapore on Sunday, 13th October 2019. Foo will be assisted by compatriots Abdul Hannan (assistant referee 1), Ong Chai Lee (assistant referee 2) and G. Letchman (fourth official) at the game billed for the Singapore National Stadium, Kallang starting ...