Flamingos
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Head Coach of the national U-17 girls’ football team, Flamingos, Bankole Olowookere, has invited 25 players to the team’s camp ahead of the WAFU B U-17 Girls’ Cup scheduled to hold in Ghana from December 12 to 26, 2024.
28 Oct
Nigeria‘s women’s U-20 team’s former coach, Peter Dedevbo, has described as “fantastic” the performance of the country’s U-17 side, the Flamingos, who lost their quarterfinal game 0-2 to the United States at the weekend.
27 Oct
The United States women's U-17 team has eliminated Nigeria from the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The Americans secured a 2-0 victory over the Flamingos in the quarter-finals. Goals from Katharine Fuller and Kimball Ascanio sealed the win for the USA, ending Nigeria's impressive run in the tournament. The Nigerian team had topped their…
25 Oct
Nigeria's Peace Effiong has said that she wants to make her late mother proud by helping the Flamingos win the ongoing 2024 FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic. Effiong speaking on Thursday in an interview with the official website of FIFA said her mother supported her all the way to becoming a…
21 Oct
Sports Minister, Senator John Owan Enoh, has described as “heartwarming” the women’s U-17 national team, Flamingos’ 4-0 defeat of Ecuador at the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in the early hours of yesterday.
20 Oct
Nigeria’s Flamingos continue to prove to the world that their third-place finish at the last edition of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals was no fluke, as they earned a handsome 4-0 win over Ecuador on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals of this year’s competition in style. With the 4-1 win…
18 Oct
Nigeria’s U-17 girls’ national football team, the Flamingos, who defeated New Zealand 4-1 in their opening game of the Dominican Republic 2024 U-17 Women’s World Cup on Wednesday night, say they are ready for a tougher challenge from Ecuador when they meet in their second game of the competition tomorrow.
17 Oct
The Nigerian team on Wednesday in the Dominican Republic defeated their New Zealand counterparts 4-1 in their opening match at the 2024 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, in the match played at the Cibao Stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros, the Flamingos were outstanding in recording their…
19 Aug
Flamingos head coach Bankole Olowookere has invited 35 players to camp as Nigeria’s Under-17 girls commence the first phase of final preparations for the 8th FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in the Dominican Republic later this year. The Nigerian girls notched an awe-inspiring total of 25 goals in six matches in the qualifying race, routing…
14 Jun
A brace from Harmony Chidi earned Nigeria's Flamingos a 2-0 win against Liberia on Friday in Abuja, and a ticket to the 2024 FIFA women's U-17 World Cup in the Dominican Republic. The Flamingos went through 6-1 on aggregate after winning the first leg 4-1 in Monrovia. In the final qualifying round, Chidi opened the…
18 May
Nigeria's Flamingos reached the final round of the African qualification series for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals after a 6-0 defeat of Burkina Faso at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, on Saturday evening. Goal-poacher Harmony Chidi, who netted six of Nigeria’s dozen goals in the 12-0 annihilation of the Central African…
9 May
Nigeria’s U-17 girls football team, Flamingos, are expected to fly to Bamako, Mali, today ahead of Saturday’s FIFA Cadet Women’s World Cup African qualification series third round, first leg encounter against their counterparts from Burkina Faso.
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