The Women’s World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams, like the men’s competition, starting with the 2031 edition, FIFA announced on Friday. The FIFA Council unanimously agreed to enlarge the competition ‘given the remarkable recent strides made by women’s football across the world’, the sport’s governing body said. The 48-team tournament will adopt a 12-group format, increasing …

Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum, has taken a swipe at the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) over the team’s poor preparations ahead of the forthcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup billed to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 20th July to 20th August. It’s been no love lost between the American gaffer and federation officials recently, with Waldrum seemingly frustrated …

Each Super Falcons player will get as much as $270,000 (N125 million) if they win the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The least each player in the squad will get is $30,000 (N13 million), that is if they crash out from the group stage. The windfall comes after the world body FIFA Thursday announced its …