The Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) Premiership matchday five fixtures completed with matches played across six centers in the country on Wednesday. The matchday saw a total of seven (7) goals scored, six (6) scored by home teams with just one away win and three goalless draws. Royal Queens recorded its first win of theContinue reading “NWFL Premiership Round-up: Unbeaten Naija Ratels holds Confluence Queens at home as Nasarawa Amazons wins big”
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WATCH: Uchenna Kanu opens goal scoring account for Tigres UANL
Nigerian international Uchenna Kanu has opened goal scoring account with her new team Tigres UANL in her team’s 1-1 draw against Guadalajara on Monday in the matchday two of the Mexican Women’s Soccer League. Tigres dominated Chivas in the first half and Kanu could have been on the scoresheet earlier in the 29th minute butContinue reading “WATCH: Uchenna Kanu opens goal scoring account for Tigres UANL”
NWFL Matchday 5 Preview: Confluence Queens to play first match at newly adopted home ground as Naija Ratels aim to overtake Edo Queens at the top
NWFL Premiership returns this midweek for matchday five fixtures, with matches expected across six centers in the country. Edo Queens with their less stressed travel plan will be in Calabar to face bottom side Pelican Stars. Confluence Queens welcome Naija Ratels to their adopted home ground, the Ilorin Township Stadium, while Bayelsa Queens will beContinue reading “NWFL Matchday 5 Preview: Confluence Queens to play first match at newly adopted home ground as Naija Ratels aim to overtake Edo Queens at the top”
Emma Hayes and Thomas Tuchel grab FIFA ‘The Best’ coaching awards
Chelsea had a fantastic night as FIFA held its annual ‘The Best’ awards in Zürich on Monday, collecting three awards and seeing four players named among the best 22 in the world. The coaches for both men’s team and women’s team Thomas Tuchel and Emma Hayes are named The Best in the world. The BluesContinue reading “Emma Hayes and Thomas Tuchel grab FIFA ‘The Best’ coaching awards”
Christine Sinclair and Cristiano Ronaldo win FIFA special award for all-time goalscoring record
Christine Sinclair and Cristiano Ronaldo have been recognised with a special award for breaking the all-time international goal-scoring record and men’s all time goal scoring record respectively. Sinclair has 188 goals in 308 international appearances, scored in 21 different countries and against 42 different opponents and Canada has won 76 per cent of the matches inContinue reading “Christine Sinclair and Cristiano Ronaldo win FIFA special award for all-time goalscoring record”
Alexia Putellas Becomes The First Spanish Player To Win FIFA The Best Player of The Year
Alexia Putellas of Barcelona and Spain has been named the Best Women’s Player in the 2021 Best FIFA Football Awards. She is the first Spanish player to win the The Best Player of FIFA World Player of the Year award for either men’s or women’s football. Alexia also became the first female to score inContinue reading “Alexia Putellas Becomes The First Spanish Player To Win FIFA The Best Player of The Year”
Grassroot: Team Romania wins 2022 Women’s All Stars Football Competition
Team Romania defeated team England 1-0 in the final of the 2021 Women’s All-Stars Football Competition on Saturday at the Legacy Pitch, Surulere. The Association of the Nigerian Women Football Club Coaches led by Mr Krämer Hans in conjunction with the Ayisatu Yusuf-Aromire Foundation put this together despite the aftermath of COVID-19 effects on grassrootContinue reading “Grassroot: Team Romania wins 2022 Women’s All Stars Football Competition”
Asantewaa hits double to beat her last season goal record
Real Betis Féminas defeated Eibar 2-0 at the Ciudad Deportiva Luis de Sol thanks to Grace Asantewaa’s brace. After so many back and forth with nothing to separate the two sides, a great pass from Angela Sosa between the Basque centrals found a very fast Asantewaa, who took advantage of it very well against AmaiaContinue reading “Asantewaa hits double to beat her last season goal record”
WATCH: Toni Payne on target for Sevilla with her fourth goal of the season
Sevilla FC Women defeated Valencia Féminas CF 3-1 at the Estadio Jesus Navas in the Primera Iberdrola match week 18 fixture. Nagore Calderón opened the scoring for Sevilla immediately after kick-off whistle. Nigeria international, Toni Oyedupe Payne came off the bench in the 46th minute to replaced Imma Gabarro and seal a back-to-back victory forContinue reading “WATCH: Toni Payne on target for Sevilla with her fourth goal of the season”
Ajibade sees red as Atlético de Madrid comes from behind to beat Sporting de Hueva
Atlético de Madrid femenino came from behind to beat Sporting de Hueva 3-2 in what is the first home game of 2022, on Sunday at the Wanda Alcalá de Henares Sports Center. Super Falcons forward, Rasheedat Ajibade saw red card after two bookable offense in the space of two minutes (63, 65) while her sideContinue reading “Ajibade sees red as Atlético de Madrid comes from behind to beat Sporting de Hueva”
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