U17 Women’s World Cup draw: Nigeria get Germany, Chile and New Zealand
Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos have been placed in Group B of this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in India, alongside women’s football powerhouse Germany, Chile and New Zealand. At the draw ceremony done inside the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday, hosts India are in Group A with powerhouses United States […]
WAFCON 2022: Oshoala and Ebi lead 13 debutants in Nigeria squad to Morocco
Head Coach Randy Waldrum has picked Captain Onome Ebi and 24 other players to represent Nigeria at the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Morocco, 2nd – 23rd July. The list of the nine-time champions is an interesting mix of the old guard and new blood, with veterans Tochukwu Oluehi, Ebi, Rita Chikwelu, Osinachi Ohale, […]
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets win 2022 WAFU B U17 Championship in Ghana
Nigeria have emerged champions of the West African Football Union B after they edged the Young Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 in Saturday’s final at the Cape Coast Stadium in Ghana. The latest feat is coming few weeks after the nation claimed the WAFU B U20 Championship and underscored her undoubted strength in youth football when […]
Football – Africa – National Teams: Tops and Flops of the 2021-2022 season
The 2021-2022 season came to an end on 14 June, with the end of the second day of qualifying for the 2023 African Cup of Nations and the friendly matches. It will have been rich in lessons, allowed Senegal to settle on the roof of Africa, seen Algeria tumble, Gambia surprise and DR Congo continue […]
World Cup 90: The day Roger Milla took Cameroon to the quarter-finals
The Indomitable Lions became the first African nation to qualify for the quarter-finals of a World Cup 32 years ago, on 23 June 1990. San-Paolo Stadium (now renamed Diego-Armando-Maradona), 23 June 1990. Cameroon is playing Colombia in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Italy. The referee has just kicked off the second […]
Zinédine Zidane: Three missed opportunities for Africa
Zinédine Zidane is celebrating his 50th birthday today. The former French international and former Real Madrid coach has had many moments in his career. However, some appointments with Africa never took place. Zidane, Algeria’s biggest regret Zinédine Zidane was born in Marseille half a century ago. But his parents were born in Kabylie, Algeria. The […]
