Abuja – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Monday in Abuja said it has invited to the national female under-20 team’s camp 40 players to begin preparations for Nigeria’s clash with Burkina Faso. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement that the players comprised six goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 10 midfielders and 14 […]
Falconets, Nigeria’s Under-20 women’s national team, have won the women’s football tournament of the ongoing 12th African Games in Rabat Morocco. The Christopher Danjuma tutored team won the gold after a 3-2 penalty shoot-out triumph over their Cameroonian counterparts. Both teams had battled to a 1-1 draw in a group phase match eight days ago […]
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commended the Nigeria Under- 20 Female team, the Falconets, for their excellent performance in faraway Morocco last weekend. The Governor, who spoke through the Commissioner for Youth and Special Duties, also supervising Sports in the state, Hon. Mika Amanokha, said the 1-1 draw secured by the Falconets will […]