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Harry Awurumibe, Abuja with agency report One year after her removal as Malawi senior women’s team coach, Maggie Chombo Sadiki is back with the U-20 women’s team with plenty of lessons learnt and plenty to prove today. Chombo will be determined to redeem herself when hosting Zimbabwe at Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, in a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Egypt under 20 women’s football team yesterday fell to the superior fire power of Morocco’s U-20 women’s soccer team in the first leg of the preliminary qualifiers of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final billed for Costa Rica and Panama later this year just as Malawi will this evening host Zimbabwe in Blantyre . With this ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja with agency report Gambia’s national U-20 Women’s football team coach, Foday Bah has vowed his side are going to for a result when they take on Burkina Faso in the preliminary qualifiers of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica / Panama 2020. The Gambians will be making their debut outing at the junior category when ...

Harry Awurumibe with agency report Zambia Women’s U-20 coach Charles Haluboono has said that his side are determined to use home ground advantage to the fullest against South Africa when both countries meet in this weekend’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica /Panama 2020 preliminary round first leg qualifying matches. Haluboono’s side will host South Africa tomorrow Saturday at ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has announced a new date for the postponed West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Women’s Cup which was slated for the country last year. It will now hold from February 25 to March 7, 2020. The tournament meant for all the countries in the West African sub-region was initially scheduled for December ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has appointed coaches for the all of its national teams with experienced Mercy Tagoe returning to her job in charge of the senior national women’s team, Black Queens as the Head Coach. GFA has also appointed Charles Kwado Akonnor popularly called CK as its new senior men national team, Black Stars as ...

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja Nigeria’s opponents in the first round of the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers, Guinea has taken a huge leap towards progressing to the next round after thrashing their opponent, Guinea Bissau 5-0 in the first leg of the preliminary tie to make the return leg billed for January 26 a mere formality. The result ...

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has declared African Men’s Player of the Year, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Women’s Player of the Year, Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala as fully deserving of their honours at the 2019 CAF Football Awards ceremony in Hurghada, Egypt on Tuesday night. The NFF supremo, who is a Member of the ...

Harry Awurumibe with agency reports As the date for the greatest basketball show in the world billed for Chicago next month draws nearer, it is looking increasingly likely that the captains for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game will be the same stars as a year ago. Milwaukee Bucks forward, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Los Angeles Lakers forward, LeBron James lead the ...

Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau More facts have emerged why Nigeria and FC Barcelona women’s team star, Asisat Lamina Oshoala edged her arch-rival, Adjara Nchout of Cameroon to the African Women’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2019. Oshoala and Senegal and Liverpool’s goalpoacher, Sadio Mane were crowned as African Player of the Year and African Women’s Player ...