Flamingos lose 2-1 to Poland in U-17 Women’s World Cup opener in Rabat
Poland beat Nigeria 2-1 in Group B on Saturday. Substitute Oluebube Umejiaku scored for the Flamingos, who face Puerto Rico on Tuesday needing a result.
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Poland beat Nigeria 2-1 in Group B on Saturday. Substitute Oluebube Umejiaku scored for the Flamingos, who face Puerto Rico on Tuesday needing a result.
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Second-half goals from Michelle Alozie and Uchenna Kanu earned Nigeria a 2-0 win over Comoros in Ikenne on Friday. The return leg is on Tuesday, 13 October.
Second-half goals from Michelle Alozie and Uchenna Kanu gave the Super Falcons a 2-0 win over Comoros at Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, Ogun State, on Friday, 9 October 2026, in the first leg of their second-round qualifier for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. The result puts Nigeria firmly in control of the tie before the return leg at the…
Michelle Alozie and Uchenna Kanu scored as the Super Falcons beat Comoros 2-0 in Ikenne in the first leg of their LA 2028 Olympic qualifier. The return leg is on Tuesday, 13 October.
Updated 09:10 WAT, 10 Oct 2026: The Super Falcons won the first leg 2-0 on Friday, with second-half goals from Michelle Alozie and Uchenna Kanu. The Super Falcons beat Comoros 2-0 at Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, Ogun State, on Friday, 9 October 2026, in the first leg of their second-round qualifier for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Michelle Alozie…
Guinea-Bissau beat Nigeria 3-0 in Bissau, ending a 36-year record and leaving the Super Eagles under pressure in AFCON 2027 Group L.
Guinea-Bissau beat Nigeria 3-0 in Bissau on Tuesday night, handing the Super Eagles a painful blow in their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. The result also ended a 36-year record. Nigeria had not lost a competitive match by three goals to an African side since 1990. The Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro witnessed a night the visitors will…
Nigeria's U-17 women won all five games in Yamoussoukro, scoring 17 and conceding two, as they gear up for next month's U-17 Women's World Cup.
Nigeria's Flamingos are champions of West Africa's WAFU B zone. The country's U-17 women's team beat Togo 4-0 in the final of the WAFU B U-17 Girls Cup in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, on Sunday 27 September, finishing the tournament with a perfect record. Captain Harmony Chidi set the tone with two first-half penalties, before Oluebube Umejiaku added a third in…
Morocco, Algeria and Cameroon won, Egypt and Senegal were held, and Guinea-Bissau stunned co-hosts Tanzania. Here is the matchday one gist.
The road to the Pamoja AFCON, the first Africa Cup of Nations to be shared by three countries, is officially open. Matchday one of the 2027 qualifiers ran from Thursday, 24 September to Saturday, 26 September, and it did not take long for the continent's big names to make headlines. The standout fixture was in Bouaké, where Côte d'Ivoire beat…
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