Nigeria’s Flamingos began their U-17 Women’s World Cup campaign on an impressive note by beating New Zealand 4-1 on Wednesday night. The ladies dominated most part of the game, getting on the score sheet as early as the 2nd minute with Shakirat Moshood slotting home from inside the box. Khadijat Adegoke, Fardiat Abdulwahab, and Taiwo Afolabi joined the party in …

The U17 Women National Team, Flamingos, on Thursday, arrived at their campsite in Santo Domingo, a city in the Dominican Republic, for a two-week intensive camping exercise ahead of the 2024 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals held from 16 October to 3 November in the country. The team departed the country on Tuesday after receiving pep talks from NFF …

Head Coach Bankole Olowookere has listed Captain Taiwo Afolabi and forwards Harmony Chidi and Peace Effiong in his 21-woman Flamingos’ roster for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in the Dominican Republic. The clinical Chidi scored 13 of the team’s record-setting 25 goals in the qualifying series, as the bronze medallists from the last edition of the championship …

Flamingos head coach Bankole Olowookere has invited 35 players to the camp of Nigeria’s U-17 girls as the team commences the first phase of final preparations for the 8th FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals to be staged in the Dominican Republic later this year. The Nigerian girls notched an awe-inspiring total of 25 goals in six matches in the …

Nigeria women’s U-17 national team, Flamingos, will know their 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup foes when the draws for the tournament will take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Saturday (today). The event will be held at the Frey Antón de Montecinos monument, a historic landmark situated next to the Colonial City area of the Dominican capital. The …

Nigeria booked a place at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after a comfortable 2-0 home win against Liberia on Friday. The Flamingos won the final qualifying round contest 6-1 on aggregate. Harmony Chidi, who netted twice in the first leg, bagged a brace for the home team in the encounter. Chidi scored the curtain-raiser as early as the …

Forward Harmony Chidi was the stand-out performer for Nigeria as the women’s U-17 national team defeated their counterparts from Burkina Faso 6-0 on Saturday, to advance to the fourth and final qualifying round for the 2024 FIFA U-17 World Cup which will be played in the Dominican Republic. Chidi netted a hat-trick while Peace Effiong got a brace plus another …

FIFA World Cup bronze medallists Nigeria were held to a 1-1 draw by Burkina Faso in the first leg of their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup third-round qualifying fixture in Bamako on Saturday. The irrepressible Harmony Chidi, who netted five of the Nigerian team’s 12 goals against Central African Republic in the second round, was all over the Burkinabes right …

FIFA World Cup bronze-medallists Nigeria will begin their quest for a place in this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup next weekend, when they take on their counterparts from Central African Republic in a second round, first leg encounter in the Cameroonian city of Douala. The Central Africans have for many years now made Douala home, as a result of …

Nigeria’s U17 female football team kick-off the qualifying campaign for this year’s FIFA World Cup in India with a clash against DR Congo at the Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte in Kinshasa. It’s the first leg of the second round of a four-stage route to India 2022 slated for October. Nigeria, along with Ghana, qualified for the inaugural FIFA …