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Monday, October 17th, 2022

U-17 WWC: Flamingoes defeat Chile 2-1, qualify for quarter final By Adegboyega Adeleye Nigeria’s U-17 Women’s team, Flamingos have qualified for the quarter final of the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with a deserved 2-1 win over Chile on Monday. Nigeria needed only a draw to qualify for the next stage and won by […]
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Monday, August 29th, 2022

By Efosa Taiwo Masked burglars have broken into the home of Barcelona striker, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang robbing and assaulting him and his family in the early hours of Monday morning. The robbery was reported to have taken place around 01:00 when the player was at home with his family members. It is reported that the […]
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Thursday, August 18th, 2022

Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets set a World Cup group stage perfect record for themselves after beating Canada 3-1 in Alajuela on Thursday morning to finish with a perfect nine points out of nine in Group C. Head Coach, Chris Danjuma Musa said before the encounter that his girls would seek to win even as a […]
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Saturday, August 13th, 2022

FIFA U- 20 Women’s World Cup: Nigeria pips France 1-0 Falconets have arrived in Douala, Cameroon for the fifth round of the FIFA Women’s U20 qualifier against Cameroon. Photo/facebook/nigeriafootball/ Nigeria’s under-20 National Women’s Football Team (Falconets) defeated France 1- 0 in their opening game of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022

Napoli owner and president Aurelio de Laurentiis says the Italian club will avoid signing any more African players unless they agree not to play in the Africa Cup of Nations. Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly – now at Premier League side Chelsea – and Cameroon midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa missed six Napoli games while on international […]
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Thursday, July 14th, 2022

(NNP) Unlike the uninspired Super Eagles, the Super Falcons Thursday qualified for the 2023 World Cup jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand with a defeat of Cameroon in the quarter-finals in the ongoing Women’s African Cup of Nations championship in Morocco. The Falcons who have clinched a semi-finals berth, have also picked up one […]
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2022

Super Eagles striker and captain, Ahmed Musa, has expressed his dissatisfaction and disappointment with Nigerian leaders over their lackadaisical approach to the ongoing ASUU strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been at loggerheads with the government over the welfare and running of Nigerian Universities for over twenty years. And the status quo […]
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Sunday, July 10th, 2022

(NNP) The Super Falcons flying the country’s flag at the ongoing African women’s Nations Cup in Morocco, Sunday, qualified for the quarter-finals with a resounding defeat of debutants Burundi. The unstoppable Super Falcons playing without their superstar Assisat Osheola who picked up an injury in the match against South Africa, scored three times in the […]
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Friday, July 1st, 2022

Five-time world champions Golden Eaglets on Friday edged the Young Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 to win the WAFU B Under-17 Championship at the Cape Coast Stadium in Ghana. Victory for Nigeria came barely few weeks after they claimed the WAFU B Under-20 Championship. Then, they had beaten neighbours Republic of Benin in Niger Republic […]
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Monday, June 13th, 2022

(NNP) The Super Eagles today decimated the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe in the ongoing African Nations Cup qualifier. The match which took place in Sao Tome and Principe, saw Eagles’ goal poacher Victor Osimhen, opening the scoring in the 9th minute and scoring three more times in the 48, 65, and 84th […]