Edo Queens
22 Jan
After the opening day of the 2024/25 Nigeria Women Football League last week, the ladies, will this afternoon, resume hostilities in a Midweek Premiership showdown.
15 Jan
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10 Dec
The immediate past Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, and his wife, Betsy, have given N10 million reward to the players and technical crew of Edo Queens for their nomination as CAF Women’s Club of the Year. In a statement by the Media Adviser to the former governor, Crusoe Osagie, Obaseki said Edo Queens…
20 Nov
Edo Queens went into yesterday’s semifinals of the ongoing African Women’s Champions League against TP Mazembe of Congo as clear favourites, having beaten defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns in their way to the last eight.
19 Nov
As Nigeria’s flagbearer in this year’s CAF Women Champions league, Edo Queens FC, prepare for their semifinal cracker on Tuesday, Chairman of Edo Sports Commission, Yusuf Ali is expected to hit Morocco today to ginger the players to victory.
18 Nov
Nigerian champions, Edo Queens of Benin, will get at least $300,000 for progressing to the semifinals of the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League.
17 Nov
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, on Sunday, commended the fighting spirit of Nigerian champions Edo Queens in overpowering defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on Saturday night to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing CAF Women's Champions League competition in Morocco. Edo Queens, who won the Nigerian title for only the first time…
16 Nov
Group B leaders, Edo Queens, are in for their biggest test yet at the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League when they take on defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns in their last group game this night.
8 Nov
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has told Edo Queens and the other eight teams that are participating in the African Women’s Champions League, which kicks off this weekend, that they stand to get a princely sum of $600, 000 if they win the competition. The CAF Women’s Champions League is a competition started by…
6 Nov
The Edo Queens delegation to the 2024 Confederation of AFrican Football (CAF) Women’s Champions League will depart Nigeria for Morocco today aboard an Air Maroc flight.
19 Oct
Nigeria’s flagbearer in the 2024 CAF Women’s Champions League, Edo Queens FC of Benin City, were on Friday, pooled alongside defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, Tutankhamun of Egypt and CBE FC of Ethiopia in Group B.
8 Oct
Edo State First Lady, Dr Betsy Obaseki, yesterday, assessed the impact that the Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament (BOWFT) has made on the girl-child since its inception four years ago and agreed with some followers of the competition that it has, to an extent, reshaped Edo girls’ behavior.
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