Saudi Arabia-based defender Ashleigh Plumptre will not be in action when the Super Falcons tackle South Africa’s Banyana Banyana for a place in the Olympic Games later this year. The 25-year-old has pulled out of the initial 22-player list, and she will be replaced by teenage defender Jumoke Alani. OFFICIAL: Our 🇳🇬 roster 📄 for @Banyana_Banyana of South Africa 🇿🇦 doubleheader in the fourth and final...
Nigeria’s women’s national team, the Super Falcons, defeated Ethiopia 4-0 at the MKO Abiola stadium in Abuja in the second leg of their second-round tie of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers on Tuesday. Randy Waldrum’s side secured a 5-1 aggregate win after initially playing out a 1-1 draw at the Abebe Bikila Stadium in Addis Ababa last Wednesday in the third round of the qualifiers....
Super Falcons captain Onome Ebi has recounted her journey with the team after becoming the first African player of any gender to have played at six World Cup tournaments. The 40-year-old achieved this when she came on for Toni Payne in the 90th minute of Nigeria’s emphatic 3-2 victory over 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia in Brisbane on Thursday. The win gives the Falcons...
Like many other football competitions, the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand is all about the round leather game, but some of the stars on show at the Mundial are championing other causes with the hopes of making life better for themselves and others. One of these stars is Nigeria defender Michelle Alozie, whose tremendous efforts towards cancer research have not gone...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria will be set for action when they take on 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup co-hosts Australia in their Group B encounter at the Lang Park in Brisbane on Thursday. The African giants are off the back of a goalless draw with Canada in their opener while Australia defeated Ireland 1-0 to take early command of the group. Victory for the Matildas...
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