WAFCON: Super Falcons target high-margin win against debutants Malawi
Cup-holders Nigeria aim to kick off their defence of the Women Africa Cup of Nations title in an emphatic manner when they lock horns with debuting ‘Scorchers’ of Malawi at the Al Medina Stadium in Rabat on Tuesday night.
Ashleigh Plumptre scores first Falcon’s goal, seals WAFCON qualification
Ashleigh Plumptre was at the extreme end of the goal area when Esther’s long corner kick went over everyone else
Millions for 90 minutes, peanuts for 35 years, by Stephanie Shaakaa
When a country rewards each Super Falcons player with N150m and house for a 90-minute football, yet sends police and military pensioners who served 35 years home with N2m, no housing, no healthcare, and a pension too small to feed
Super Falcons remain first in Africa, 36th in global rankings
In Africa, South Africa is ranked second place and 54th in the world with 1,465 points.
Hobbled at home, Nigerian sportswomen dominate abroad
As Nigerian women dominate sports on the continent, they’re facing off not just against top talent abroad but a domestic atmosphere of mismanagement and pay disparities — and even the risk of repression for speaking out.
I used to hawk Olive oil, Zobo at MFM — Super Falcons’ Ajibade
The Atletico Madrid forward captained Nigeria to its 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title in Morocco.
