The Nigeria women national team, Super Falcons’ hope of moving to the next round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games African qualifying series was dashed yesterday by Cote D’Ivoire, who held the team to a 1- 1 draw at the Agege Township Stadium, Lagos.

Anna-Bjornar of Norway’s Ngozi Ebere has earned a late invitation to the Nigeria women’s side for today’s clash against Cote d’Ivoire, reports Goal. The 28-year-old, who played a part in the Super Falcons’ second-round triumph over Algeria, was surprisingly left out by coach Christopher Danjuma for the qualifier game against the Ivoirians. After his side’s…

Thrilled by the Super Falcons’ performance in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualifier against Algeria on Tuesday, Women Affairs Minister, Dame Pauline Tallen has promised to support the growth of the women game in Nigeria.

Emmanuel Zira, a renowned sports administrator, says it is time to end the hiring of foreign coaches for the national teams. Zira said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday following the performance of the Super Eagles and Falcons in their separate national assignments. Falcons lost 0-3 to Germany…

Mansur Abdullahi, the Falconets’ assistant coach, on Saturday in Abuja said the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) needs to groom the Super Falcons well ahead of the next FIFA Women’s World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Germany beat the Super Falcons 3-0 in a Round of 16 match at the Stade des…

Coach Thomas Dennerby says his charges will take the game right to the Germans in today’s World Cup Round of 16 clash at the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble.   Nigeria is a popular attraction in Grenoble, as the Falcons defeated Korea Republic 2-0 there in their second match of the group phase on June…

Former Super Falcons coach, Godwin Izilien has advised the senior women national team to be more attack minded and tactically disciplined when they battle Germany today in the round of 16 matches of the ongoing 2019 FIFA Women World Cup in France. Izilien, who commended the team for coming this far in the championship, charged…

Former Super Falcons coach, Florence Omagbemi is among ex-players picked by world football governing body, FIFA, as match commissioners in the 2019 Women’s World Cup, which kicks off today. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) while appointing new coaches in 2017 left out Omagbemi, who led the Falcons to win the African Cup of Nations trophy…

22 Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Thomas Dennerby has assured that the African champions will not suffer any mental block when confronting European opposition at the FIFA World Cup finals in France.    Speaking during a press conference preceding the WAFU Women’s Tournament starting in Abidjan next week, Dennerby said he believes the Super…

Former Super Falcons Coach, Ismaila Mabo has told players and officials of the present team they will have no excuse to give if they failed to reach at least the semifinal stage in this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has approved more friendly games for the senior national teams, the Super Eagles and the Super Falcons ahead of their respectively international competitions this year. While the Super Eagles will participate in the 2019 African Nations Cup scheduled for Egypt from June, the Super Falcons will participate in the FIFA…

Africa’s champions, Nigeria will continue preparations for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 at the annual Cyprus Women’s Cup tournament, which kicks off today and ends on March 6 in the Southern coastal city of Larnaca, reports cafonline.com.