Falconets
14 Sep
Less than 24 hours after Mali knocked out Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigers from the 2024 U-18 FIBA AfroBasket Championship in South Africa, the nation’s U-20 football team, Falconets, were set packing from FIFA World Cup by Japan in the early hours of yesterday.
13 Sep
Japan defeated Nigeria’s Falconets 2-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. In the round of 16 clash played in the early hours of Friday, goals by Miyu Matsunaga and Maya Hijikata secured Japan’s passage to the next knockout stage. The Falconets' goal was scored in stoppage time…
12 Sep
Nigeria’s national women’s U-20 team, the Falconets, will, in the early hours of tomorrow, face their biggest test yet since they lost their second group game at the ongoing Colombia 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
11 Sep
Africa’s biggest hope for podium appearance, at the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup finals, Nigeria, has returned to the Colombian capital, Bogota, ahead of Friday morning’s Round of 16 clash with Japan.
8 Sep
Nigeria’s women’s youth team Falconets at the Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrerowalloped Venezuela 4-0 on Saturday night to qualify
7 Sep
A cross section of Abuja-based football coaches have urged the Falconets to be more clinical in front of goal to get past Venezuela in their last group match of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria’s Women under 20 national football team, the Falconets failed…
5 Sep
Nigeria's chances of qualifying for the knockout stage of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Bogotá, Colombia, suffered a huge
3 Sep
Following their 1-0 defeat of Korea Republic at the ongoing FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Bogota, Colombia, yesterday, the national U-20 female football team, the Falconets, are priming themselves for another victory over Germany in their second group game tomorrow.
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Nigeria’s U-20 girls, Falconets, have taken up residence at their Wyndhad Hotel, Bogota, where the team will reside for their first two matches of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, tagged Colombia 2024.
29 Aug
Nigeria’s Falconets have taken up residence at their Wyndhad Hotel, Bogota, where the team will stay for their first two matches of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024. This was disclosed in a statement by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Communications Department After scoring 27 goals in a total of eight premium games…
27 Aug
Nigeria’s under-20 women football team, the Falconets, on Monday in Bogota lost 0-1 to their Mexican counterparts in a friendly match. READ ALSO:Falconets test strength against Australia in friendly The match played at the Club Banco de la República in the Colombian capital city was the final game in their preparations for the…
22 Aug
Nigeria’s U-20 female football team, Falconets, have fully recovered from their long trip to Colombia, and are now set to confront their counterparts from Australia, in the first of two friendly matches organised by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to ensure team readiness for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup holding in that country, from August 31 to September 22.
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