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2024 Olympics Qualifiers: Onyenezide replaces Ayinde as Super Falcons gear up for Ethiopia test

2024 Olympics Qualifiers: Onyenezide replaces Ayinde as Super Falcons gear up for Ethiopia test

Robo Queens midfielder Esther Onyenezide has been called up to Nigeria’s senior squad for the 2024 Women Olympic Football Qualifying Tournament against Ethiopia later this week. The 20-year-old, who represented the Falconets at last year’s FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, where Nigeria got to the quarterfinals, will replace the more experienced Halimatu Ayinde, who was part of the Super Falcons team that lost...

Oparanozie: Falode, Enakhena, Ajunwa pay tribute to retiring Super Falcons star

Oparanozie: Falode, Enakhena, Ajunwa pay tribute to retiring Super Falcons star

Ladies in Sports bade farewell to Super Falcons forward Desire Oparanozie following her retirement from professional football. The Ladies in Sports (LIS) ceremony, in partnership with Nike and Coca-Cola, took place in Ikeja and it had top sports personalities in the country in attendance. Amongst the guests were chairman of Sporting Lagos FC, Godwin Enakhena, NFF's Head of Women Football Committee, Aisha Falode, former Olympic Games...

Rashidi Yekini: Google pays tribute to Super Eagles all-time scorer on 60th birthday

Rashidi Yekini: Google pays tribute to Super Eagles all-time scorer on 60th birthday

The American multinational technology company Google paid tribute to Nigerian football icon Rashidi Yekini on his posthumous 60th birthday with their infamous "Google Doodle" on Monday. The Google Doodle is an icon on the search engine’s homepage used to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, famous events, and legends across different walks of life. Monday’s Doodle, which the technology company set up on their homepage, is embedded with a...

2024 FIFA U20WCQ: 30 Falconets called up for Tanzania clash

Falconets coach Christopher Danjuma has called up 30 players ahead of their 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Tanzania next month. The Nigerian ladies received a bye into the third round of the qualifiers after Mauritius withdrew in the previous round and Dajuma has drawn up a squad that includes the likes of forwards Chiamaka Okwuchukwu and Opeyemi Ajakaye, midfielders Taiwo Afolabi and Chinyere...