Sports

March 21, 2011

Falcons to play in Abuja

The national women’s  team, Super Falcons will play their 2012 Olympic Games qualifying match against Namibia at the National Stadium, Abuja on Sunday, 3rd April.

National stadium, Abuja

Assistant General Secretary (Competitions) of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi said on Monday that the Federation had already communicated the venue and date of match to world football -governing body, FIFA.

“The match is an Olympics qualifier and we had to coomunicate early enough to the world football -governing body on date and venue. The macth will be played at the National Stadium, Abuja on Sunday, 3rd April”, said Dr. Sanusi.

The Super Falcons, reigning champions of Africa have been training in Abuja ahead of the two_leg fixture, with the second leg coming up in Windhoek mid_April. Namibia overpowered Angola on aggregate in the earlier round while the Falcons drew a bye following the withdrawal of Congo.