Falconets left Nigeria unnoticed. Not even the Football Association took them seriously. But their strides up to the final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany changed all that. And when they returned on Monday, the reception shocked them.

Former president of Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria, Fan Ndubuoke and one of the aspirants for the presidency of the Nigeria Football Association has said that the federation would not be a rehabilitation centre for failed coaches in his envisaged new Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Association.

Delta has not only continued to dominate in Nigerian sports, it has been prominent in producing stars that win laurels and promote the image of the country.

WIFE of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of Vice President, Amina Sambo, that of the FCT Minister, Hajia Aisha Bala Mohammed, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Josephine, others described the victorious Falconets as those who have made the country proud.

National and African record holder in long jump, Yusuf Ali has described the performance of Nigerian male athletes in the just-concluded African Athletics Championships in Kenya as embarrassing and short of expectations.