By Harry Awurumibe Editor, Abuja Bureau Until 2018 when the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) signed an agreement with top Swedish football coach, Thomas Dennerby, to take the role of Head Coach of then eight-time African champions, Super Falcons, indigenous coaches have being leading the team and have done extremely well by every standard. For 27
By Harry Awurumibe Expectedly, the epic final on October 31, 1998 between bitter English-speaking West African rivals, Nigeria and Ghana lived up to its billing but it was Nigeria that triumphed at the end of the match watched by over 30,000 fans including CAF ex- President Issah Hayatou and his executive committee members. The home
By Harry Awurumibe Never in the history of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Women's World Cup has an African country made a podium finish nor played in the semi-final stage not to talk of the prestigious final. The best finish for an African nation was the quarter-final performance of Nigeria in the 1999
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