D’tigress defeated Senegal 73-63 to advance to a third consecutive final with a 21 match unbeaten run, with their last defeat dated back in 2015 against Cameroon in the semifinals. Senegal came fighting back in the 4th quarter, but the Nigerian Girls showed why they are now the dominant team in Africa, after beating SenegalContinue reading “Afrobasket Championship: D’Tigress beat Senegal again and book final spot with Mali.”
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Falconets confident as race to Costa Rica begins in Douala.
Coach Christopher Danjuma has expressed confidence in his Nigeria U20 girls as the real race for berths at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 begins for Nigeria in Douala on Saturday, with a first round, first leg encounter against the U20 girls of Central African Republic. A contingent including 23 players ofContinue reading “Falconets confident as race to Costa Rica begins in Douala.”
UEFA doubles women’s EURO prize money.
England is about to stage the most lucrative Women’s European Championship yet after UEFA announced they were doubling prize money for the EURO 2022 tournament. European football’s governing body, UEFA said in a statement on Thursday that it has doubled the prize money of the Women’s EURO Championship starting from the next year’s showpiece. Therefore,Continue reading “UEFA doubles women’s EURO prize money.”
Aisha Buhari Cup, an eye opener for the Nigeria Football Federation.
Though football is a result oriented game but you will have to agree with me that performance matters a lot, especially when you are considered the powerhouse of women’s football on the continent. The Nigeria women’s football team is the only women’s national team from the Confederation of African Football to have reached the quarterfinalsContinue reading “Aisha Buhari Cup, an eye opener for the Nigeria Football Federation.”
5 goals in 8 days, Victor Osimhen shine on for Napoli.
Once again the great protagonist at Naples was Victor Osimhen. The Nigerian footballer scored a brace in the away match against Sampdoria. Napoli crushed Sampdoria, 4-0, on Thursday, a victory that took them back to the top of the Serie-A table with 15 points from their first five league games under Luciano Spalletti. The onContinue reading “5 goals in 8 days, Victor Osimhen shine on for Napoli.”
Akinkunmi Amoo’s goal & assist inspires Hammarby to a comfortable win.
In the Swedish Allsvenskan league, Hammarby IF eased pass IFK Goteborg in a 3-0 comfortable win. Akinkunmi Amoo scores a long range strike to open the scoring from a Ludwigson’s assist just six minutes into the game. The 19-year old then went on to provided an assist for Aziz Mohammed who doubled the hosts’ leadContinue reading “Akinkunmi Amoo’s goal & assist inspires Hammarby to a comfortable win.”
AWCON Qualifier: Vincentia Enyonam to officiate Nigeria vs Ghana.
Togolese referee Vincentia Enyonam Amedome has been appointed to handle the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) qualifier between Nigeria and Ghana. The current number one Togolese women’s referee Vincentia Enyonam Amedome was part of the officials of the just concluded Aisha Buhari Cup, a six-nation invitational tournament held in Lagos Nigeria. She also hasContinue reading “AWCON Qualifier: Vincentia Enyonam to officiate Nigeria vs Ghana.”
Amoo head Hammarby to victory, promise more headed goals to fans.
Golden Eaglet star, Akinkunmi Amoo lone goal helped Hammarby IF secured a hard fought 1-0 victory over Varbergs, on Monday night. The not so tall winger has insisted he is not afraid of scoring with his head after heading home from a Astri Slimani cross, his 5th league goal of the season for the SwedishContinue reading “Amoo head Hammarby to victory, promise more headed goals to fans.”
Afrobasket Championship: D’Tigress book semifinals spot.
Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress had booked a place in the semi-finals of the ongoing Afrobasket Championship in Yaounde Cameroon, after thrashing Ivory Coast 72-56 in the quarter-finals. Ivory Coast threatened a late fightback but the deed has already be done in the first quarter with Nigeria leading 24-11 and continued dominating in the secondContinue reading “Afrobasket Championship: D’Tigress book semifinals spot.”
Falconets off to Douala for FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifier.
As confirmed in a press release by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Communications Department, the Nigeria U-20 women’s football team are off to Douala, Cameroon, where they will face their counterparts from the Central African Republic (CAR) in a battle to secure ticket for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, hosted by Costa Rica.Continue reading “Falconets off to Douala for FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifier.”
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