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NewsNigeriaSoccerSportSuper Falcons ranked 32nd top-rated national team globally

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 26, 2023

Nigeria’s senior national women’s football team, Super Falcons, has been ranked the 32nd national women’s team in the world and first in Africa in the latest FIFA women’s ranking. The ranking was released on Friday – five days after the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup ended. Super Falcons previously ranked 40th in the rankings released in June before the World Cup but in the latest ranking, the team moved eight places, gaining 94.14 points to...

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NewsNigeriaSportWe’ve paid Super Falcons’ match bonuses, allowances – NFF President

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 24, 2023

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, says it is no longer owing the senior national female football team, Super Falcons, as all pending match bonuses and allowances have been reimbursed. There has been a dispute between the Super Falcons and NFF over the backlog of unpaid salaries and allowances which dates back to 2019. Last month, the Super Falcons’ coach, Randy Waldrum said the NFF owed him 14 months’ salary but only cleared seven months pending...

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NewsNigeriaSportTobi Amusan loses 100mH world title to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)August 24, 2023

Danielle Williams from Jamaica has emerged as the new world women’s 100m hurdles champion, beating Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan and other strong rivals at the ongoing 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The women’s 100m hurdles final took place Thursday evening at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest. The Jamaican finished first in 12.43 seconds while Amusan clocked 12.62s to finish sixth. Olympic women’s 100m hurdles gold medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the...

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NewsSoccerSportArsenal welcomes Declan Rice with Odumodublvck’s ‘Declan Rice’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 16, 2023

English professional football club based in Islington, London, Arsenal F.C. on Saturday introduced their newly signed player Declan Rice with Nigerian rapper Odumodublvck’s hit song, ‘Declan Rice’. Odumodublvck, real name Tochukwu Ojogwu, released the song in March 2023. Rice, the 24-year-old English midfielder, was signed from West Ham for a club-record fee of £105m. He departed West Ham on Saturday. Arsenal F.C. announced the arrival of Rice to the North London team with a video...

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NewsNigeriaSportOderah Chidom says she’s ‘officially done’ with D’Tigress

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 12, 2023

“I have been blessed to play with a lot of teams where I have seen professionalism from management, and I don’t see those same qualities within our own federation. So to continuously keep coming back to to a federation that I feel does not value me is not worth it.” Oderah Chidom, a Nigerian-American professional basketball player, says she is “officially done” with the Nigerian national women basketball team, D’Tigress. Chidom who announced this via...

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AfricaNewsSoccerSportConfederation of African Football renames African Super League

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 11, 2023

Patrice Motsepe, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has announced the change of the name of the African Super League before the competition begins. The tournament is slated to begin in October 2023, with a substantial prize fund. In an interview with beIN Sport monitored in Rabat, Morocco, Motsepe said, “We have decided to change the name of the Super League to the African Football League. “The African Football League kicks off next...

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NewsNigeriaSportSuperSport to bring premier league trophy to Lagos

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 6, 2023

The Premier League (PL) 30th-anniversary celebrations, SuperSport, the official broadcast rights owners of the Premier League in Africa, is set to bring the prestigious Premier League trophy to Nigeria. According to reports, the trophy will be paraded at a media event in Lagos on July 5, ahead of the official unveiling of the PL Greatest Africa 11. PL’s greatest African XI, as voted by football fans across Africa, will be unveiled at a Gala Night...

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NewsNigeriaSoccerSportWomen World Cup: Nigerian coach selects Ebi, Asisat, Ajibade, 20 others

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 17, 2023

Randy Waldrum, the Super Falcons coach has listed European Cup winner Asisat Oshoala, dainty attacking midfielder Rasheedat Ajibade and history-making captain Onome Ebi in his list of 23 Super Falcons for this year’s FIFA World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand. Chiamaka Nnadozie, first choice goalkeeper as well as defenders Osinachi Ohale and Oluwatosin Demehin, midfielders Halimatu Ayinde and Christy Ucheibe, and forwards Esther Okoronkwo and Desire Oparanozie are part of the team. Nigeria...

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NewsNigeriaSoccerSportU-20 World Cup: Nigeria qualifies for quarterfinal, beats Argentina

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 2, 2023

The Flying Eagles, Nigeria’s U-20 team on Wednesday defeated host nation Argentina 2-0 to qualify for the quarter-final of the U-20 World Cup. Ibrahim Muhammad scored the first goal of the match in the 71st minute, while Haliru Saeki scored with a diving header in added time to take the match out of the reach of the six-time champions, Argentina. The host nation rallied to equalise the goal but failed to utilize their chances. The win...

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NewsNigeriaSoccerSportSports: FIFA U20 world cup, Nigeria beats Italy 2 – 0

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 25, 2023

Nigeria tops the Group D table with six points from two matches  as the Flying Eagles of Nigeria on Wednesday defeated their counterparts from Italy 2 – 0 in their second match of Group D at the ongoing FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Argentina. Salim Fugor scored the first goal in the 32nd minute while Jude Stanley scored the second goal in the 95th minute. With that feat, Nigeria now tops the Group D table...

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