Some members of the Super Falcons to the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand have arrived in the country following their elimination from the tournament against England on Monday. The Lionesses knocked Nigeria out 4-2 in a last-16 penalty shootout in Brisbane, with Chloe Kelly scoring the decisive spot-kick after Desire Oparanozie and…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has admitted it is “broke” as their standoff with the women’s national team over outstanding money continues. The football house says it could only disburse the funds if they get additional payments from FIFA. This was revealed by a former media officer of the Super Eagles, Colin Udoh, via his…
Tobi Amusan, world women’s 100 meters hurdles champion, is missing from Team Nigeria’s list for the 2023 World Athletics Championship. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) on Tuesday released a 26-member list comprising 11 male and 15 female athletes expected to represent the country at the competition in Hungary. Amusan was, however, excluded from the…
Nigeria will not play in the quarter-final at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. This comes after the Super Falcons lost to England via penalty shoot-out in the Round of 16 on Monday. Nigeria had played a 0-0 draw with England after 120 minutes. Desire Oparanozie and Michelle Alozie missed…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated African champions D’Tigress after clinching the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket title for the fourth consecutive time, The PUNCH reports. Following their triumph at the just-concluded tournament in Kigali, Rwanda, D’Tigress arrived Abuja on Sunday, where they were given a heroic welcome. The four-time champions arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via…
FIFA has opened investigations into an allegation of misconduct in relation to the Zambia women’s national team at the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The Guardian reported that head coach of Zambia, Bruce Mwape, has been accused of rubbing his hands over the chest of one of his players. The incident allegedly happened two days before…
I’m playing for Falcons Because of My Yorùbá Origin, Says England-born Ashleigh Plumptre Falcon Superstar, Ashleigh Plumptre, has said she dumped the English team to play for Nigeria because of her Yorùbá origin. She said she wanted to relive her rich heritage and link up with her roots. It is however unfortunate that, none of…
Nigeria’s D’Tigress have qualified for the semi-final of the AfroBasket women championship after a remarkable comeback win against Mozambique in the quarter-finals. The Nigerian team defeated their Mozambican counterparts 59-52 on Wednesday night to go through. Nigeria are the defending champions of the women AfroBasket championship The first two quarters were particularly cagey for the…
Former Arsenal, Manchester City and Real Madrid striker, Emmanuel Adebayor, has given an update on the rift going on between him and members of his family. The Togolese striker recently went public to reveal some of his personal issues with his family which at some point affected his playing career. Adebayor had in 2015 accused…
The Nigerian female team forced Canada to a 0-0 draw in Melbourne on Friday with an impressive performance from Nnadozie, who is also the team’s captain. Nnadozie was crucial to the team’s goalless draw against Canada in their 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Group B opening game. She put up a five-star display and capped…
