Coach Chris Danjuma believes that his Nigeria U20 girls have the strength, the savvy and the right spirit to cause a stir at the 9th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup taking place in Costa Rica, 10th – 28th August. The Falconets arrived in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose on Saturday morning after travelling through Istanbul (Turkey) and Bogota […]

Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets will on Thursday know which opponents they would have to deal with in the group stage of this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals, as the draw ceremony takes place at the Teatro Nacional (National Theatre) in San José, the capital of Costa Rica. All the 16 participating countries at […]

Nigeria’s national under-20 women football team are in Dakar to take on Senegal on Saturday, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said on Wednesday. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, said the Falconets have a date with Senegal in the final round of qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup. “The first leg clash […]

Two–time World Cup silver medallists Nigeria continued from where they left off in the second round by hammering hosts Congo 4-0 in the first leg of their FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup African qualifying third round fixture in Brazzaville on Sunday. Goals by Mercy Idoko in the 38th minute, Flourish Sebastine (47th minute), Esther Onyenezide […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Nigeria’s Falconets will face Congo on Sunday in the third round first leg qualifiers for the World Cup holding next year in Costa Rica. The match billed for the Stade Alphonse Massamba Debat in Brazzaville is one of the eight matches lined up between 3-5 of December as sixteen teams continue the […]