Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team coach, Bankole Olowookere, says the team is targeting a convincing victory over Algeria in the first leg of their final FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying match which will be played at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne on Saturday (today). Nigeria enter this clash as heavy favourites and the Flamingos hope to make that …

The Nigeria U-17 women’s team, the Flamingos, will face Mexico in a friendly game as preparation for the U-17 World Cup gets underway, according to PUNCH Sports Extra. Nigeria are one of the 16 countries that will take part in the World Cup, which will be hosted by the Dominican Republic. The tournament will be held from 16 October to …

Flamingos head coach Bankole Olowookere has invited young goalkeeper Elizabeth Boniface and 24 other players to the camp of the national U-17 women’s team ahead of next month’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against Burkina Faso. The list has four goalkeepers, seven defenders, seven midfielders and seven forwards. Olowookere, who led the Flamingos to a first-ever World Cup …

From Noon today, Nigeria’s U17 female football team will aim to go up one gear, as they face their counterparts from Colombia in the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup for that category. The Nigerian girls have already made history by reaching the semi-final with their victory over United States, runners-up to Germany in the inaugural edition at New …

For the first time in six appearances at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, Nigeria land in the last four. The feat was achieved after missing the last edition in Uruguay four years ago, three consecutive quarterfinals — 2010, 2012 and 2014 — and group stage exits in 2008 (the first edition of the championship) and 2016. On Friday, the …