Nigeria’s senior women’s team, the Super Falcons, has been shortlisted as one of the ten nominees for the best national women’s team at the 2023 CAF Awards, slated for December 11 in Marrakech, Morocco. The nine-time African champions finished fourth at the last edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in 2022 and were one of the four representatives of the continent at this...
The 2023-24 Nigeria Women Football League will begin on Tuesday, November 14 with 16 teams vying for the league title. Delta Queens are reigning champions after clinching the 2022-23 title in June on home ground in Asaba and will begin their defence against newly-promoted Ekiti Queens in Ado-Ekiti. The new season comes with an unprecedented live broadcast of the Nigeria women's league game on television. Afrosport...
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....
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed the appointed officials for Nigeria’s clash against Ethiopia in the 2024 Women Olympic Football Qualifying Tournament on Monday. The African football body appointed Algeria’s Lamia Atman as referee for the encounter slated for the Abebe Bekila Stadium in Addis Ababa on Wednesday. Atman will be supported by her compatriots Asma Feriel Ouahab, Sara Kemmad, and Ghada Mehat, who have...
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...
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