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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...

WAFU U20 Women’s Cup: Falconets defeat Benin, progress to final

WAFU U20 Women’s Cup: Falconets defeat Benin, progress to final

Nigeria's Under-20 women's team, the Falconets, defeated Benin Republic 3-0 in the semifinals of the WAFU B U-20 Women's Championship on Wednesday to progress to the final of the tournament. The Falconets began the tie at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana, in confident fashion, having won all three group stage games, scoring 16 goals and conceding none. https://twitter.com/thenff/status/1664008424667979778?t=xTksLI11UNndJ_hL50pCyA&s=19 After large periods of controlled possession,...

WAFU U20 Women’s Cup: Falconets whitewash Togo 6-0

WAFU U20 Women’s Cup: Falconets whitewash Togo 6-0

Amina Bello and Flourish Sabastine scored two goals each as the Nigeria Under-20 women’s team, the Falconets, thrashed Togo 6-0 in their second group game at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/U20wafu2023/status/1661461596676268034?s=20 The Falconets headed into the tie with their confidence high after a 7-0 win over the Niger Republic in their first game of the 2023 WAFU U-20 Women`s Championship. They started...