Nigeria will on Thursday challenge Japan for a ticket in the last eight of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup going on in Colombia, South America. Emerging from Group D as runners-up after Germany, the Falconets will have to be strong against the high-scoring Asians who banged in 13 goals, winning all three matches to top their Group E. While …

Nigeria’s Falconets have reached the last 16 of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup after defeating Venezuela 4-0 in their final group match at the Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero, Colombia on Saturday night. Amina Bello, Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, and Flourish Sebastine all scored in the first half to put Christopher Danjuma’s side in firm control before Joy Igbokwe added more gloss …

Nigeria’s U20 women’s team, Falconets will take on Australia and Mexico in test games for their final phase of preparation for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup scheduled to commence in Colombia on 31 August. According to Monday’s release by the Nigeria Football Federation (NGF), Christopher Danjuma’s team will go up against Australia on Friday, 23 August, and then confront …

Two-time finalists Nigeria will set up camp in the Colombian capital, Bogota as, from today for a two-week final camping programme leading to the commencement of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals, which begin in that country on the last day of this month. The ever-present Falconets, who also reached the semi-finals in Japan 12 years ago and have …

Nigeria’s women’s U-20 team, the Falconets, will face former champions, Germany, Venezuela and South Korea in Group D at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia from 31 August to 22 August. The draw ceremony took place in Bogota, Colombia on Wednesday with 24 teams set to participate in the competition for the first time. The Nigerians beat …

The Nigeria U-20 Women’s team, the Falconets, will know their FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup (WWC) group opponents on Wednesday, 5 June 2024. The draw taking place in Bogota, Colombia, will see the 24 qualified teams divided into six groups of four teams each for the final competition. Falconets, who have qualified for every edition of the competition and have …

The Falconets have booked their place in the semifinal of the All Africa Games women’s title after putting four goals past Senegal. Goals from Loveth Edeh, Motunrayo Ezekiel, Chioma Olise and an own goal were enough to get past their West African sisters. Chris Danjuma’s side had started their campaign on a winning note, as they defeated Morocco 2-0 last …

Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, have earned a place at this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals after a goal by Opeyemi Ajakaye eventually brought down hard-fighting Burundi in a final round, second leg encounter at the MKO Abiola National Stadium on Saturday evening. This tallied to a 2-0 aggregate victory for Nigeria in the final round of the qualifying …

Nigeria beat Tanzania U-20 girls 2-1 (3-2 on aggregate) in the second leg of their 2024 U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifying series second-round fixture at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, on Sunday to progress to the final round of qualifiers. Both sides battled to a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Dar es Salaam last Sunday. The Falconets …

Nigeria and Tanzania U-20 girls battled to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their 2024 U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifying series second-round fixture in Dar es Salaam on Sunday. It was a cagey affair in the first 45 minutes as both sides tried to avoid conceding as they bid to book a spot for next year’s Mundial …