Nigeria’s women’s football team, the Super Falcons beat Cape Verde 5-0 in the Women’s AFCON Qualifier on Thursday, November 30 at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Thursday. Uchenna Kanu and Esther Okoronkwo scored two goals each while Monday Gift got a goal in the emphatic win while Monday Gift got a goal as the Super Falcons recorded an emphatic win over the minnows. It did not take time before Kanu opened the scoring as she …
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Blessing Onu, the Chairperson of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on the financial dispute between the Falcons and the Nigeria Football Federation, has ordered the football body to produce payment slips for players and officials of the women’s national team at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France. She gave the order while quizzing the NFF president Ibrahim Gusau, who appeared before the committee on Thursday, August 24 in Abuja. Onu said documents of how the …
A former assistant coach of the Super Falcons, and the Under 17 national team, the Golden Eaglets, Mudasiru Yusuf, is dead. According to reports, late Yusuf died on Saturday, August 22, in a private hospital in Osogbo, Osun state after a brief illness. His was interred today Sunday, August 22, in Osogbo. Announcing his passing, Tajudeen Amodu, the Media Officer of Osun United Football Club, said the late Yusuf retired as the Football Head Coach, Osun State Sports …
Super Falcons captain and Barcelona Ladies’ striker, Asisat Oshoala has been named in the Spanish Primera Iberdola Team of the Season. The 25-year-old, who scored 20 goals and bagged one assist in 19 appearances in the 2019/2020 campaign, also won the Copa Catalunya and Super Women’s Cup with her team during the season. The Spanish Primera Iberdola Team of the Season was dominated by Barcelona with Sandra Panos, Mapi Leon, Marian Torrejon, and Patri Guijarro joining the Nigerian …
World football governing body, FIFA, has confirmed it has paid Nigerian Football Federation the outstanding $700,000 owed to the Super Falcons for participation in the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria’s women’s team, the Super Falcons participated in the Women’s World cup in June 2019 and as at February 2020 had not received payment of $1m for participation. The NFF were due to receive $1m for reaching the Round of 16 in France, but $240,000 was deducted for the …