Tag: wafcon
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NFF begs Tinubu and Nigerians for forgiveness over Super Eagles’ World Cup failure
The Nigeria Football Federation has apologized to President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government, and Nigerians in general following the failure of the national football team, the Super Eagles, to qualify for the 2026 World Cup despite getting a second chance through the playoffs. DR Congo defeated Nigeria 4-3 via a penalty shootout late on Sunday…
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Women’s AFCON: Super Falcons beat Benin 2-1, qualify for Morocco 2026
Champions Nigeria qualified for next year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after a 1-1 draw with Bénin Republic in the return leg of the final round of the qualification series. The match played in Abeokuta on Tuesday, resulted in an aggregate 3-1 win for the 10-time winners. The Amazons turned out to be credible fighters…
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2026 WAFCON: Falcons will give all against Benin – Madugu
Coach Justine Madugu has affirmed that champions Nigeria expect a tough game against the Amazons of Bénin Republic in Abeokuta on Tuesday and will take nothing for granted against their less-fancied neighbours to the west. The 10-time champions are in control of the fixture after a 2-0 win in the first leg away from home,…
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2026 Women’s AFCON: Super Falcons beat Bénin Republic 2-0
Forwards Chinwendu Ihezuo and Esther Okoronkwo scored first-half goals to give reigning African champions, Nigeria’s Super Falcons a 2-0 win over their Bénin Republic counterparts in the first leg of their 2026 Women Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture, first leg in Lome, Togo. The Super Falcons started strongly with Rasheedat Ajibade’s 6th…
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2026 Women’s AFCON qualifier: Super Falcons take on Bénin’s Amazons
The 25,000-capacity Stade de Kégué in the Togolese capital, Lomè is venue for Friday’s 2026 Women Africa Cup of Nations final qualifying fixture, first leg match between 10-time champions Nigeria and their Bèninoise counterparts, known as Amazons, with the Cup holders seeking a comfortable win that will render the return leg in Nigeria on Tuesday…
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2026 Women’s AFCON Qualifiers: Ajibade, Nnadozie, 19 others for Bénin
Days after the senior men’s national team of Nigeria, the Super Eagles, dashed the Bénin Republic’s dream of a first-ever FIFA World Cup appearance, the senior women’s team, the Super Falcons, are all set to stop their counterparts from the same country from reaching the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Both West African neighbours clash…
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Super Falcons to take on Benin Republic as 2026 WAFCON race starts
The race for tickets to next year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, also to be staged in Morocco just as the last two editions, will be concluded in October with Cup holders and 10-time winners Nigeria up against the She-Cheetahs of Benin Republic, and Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses up against Algeria. The Lionesses, runners-up in 2014…
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CHAN: Eagles must beat Sudan to avoid going home
Nigeria’s bounce-back-ability on the football field will again be subjected to a stern test when the home-based men’s national team take on Sudan in a must-win 8th Africa Nations Championship Group D encounter in Zanzibar on Tuesday. Title-holders Senegal scored with their only shot on goal with only a quarter-hour left in the two teams’ clash…
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Nigeria Pitch Awards congratulates Super Falcons
Organisers of the prestigious Nigeria Pitch Awards have congratulated the Nigerian Super Falcons who emerged winners of the 2025 Women’s African Cup of Nations for the 10th time, on Saturday 26 July. They defeated Morocco in a dramatic and pulsating final. In a statement released in the nation’s capital Abuja, Dr Shina Philips, the President…
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Super Falcons set for 10th African trophy in Rabat
This is how it goes. Nigeria will take the battle to Morocco from the blast of the whistle as they intend to give no inches or allow room for error in Saturday’s 13th Women AFCON Championship Match inside the Olympic Stadium in Rabat. The presence of hosts Morocco guarantees a full house at the magnificent…
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