WWC
2 Jan
Members of the 9th General Assembly of the World Water Council (WWC) have elected African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) into the Board of Governors (BOG) for 2023 – 2025. The BoG will promote water as politics and a means to render services to release and sustain the global sustainable development agenda. The WWC, an…
7 Jul 2019
As the opening notes of the Dutch national anthem floated through Stade de Lyon on Wednesday night, 500 miles north, a fire was burning. More than five million people in the Netherlands — nearly one-third of the country’s population — were tuning in to watch their women’s national team take on Sweden in the second…
23 Jun 2019
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…
23 Jun 2019
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…
21 Jun 2019
Super Falcons’ captain Desire Oparanozie says she is hopeful of her team getting a quarter-final place at least at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. The Falcons qualified after Chile failed to beat Thailand 3-0 to qualify, with the South Americans only winning 2-0 in their final Group F match in Rennes on…
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