Abuja
Super Eagles star Alex Iwobi believes the poor playing surface of the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja, made life difficult for the team against Guinea-Bissau.
Plumptre others expected as Super Falcons kick start Preparation for Women’s AFCON Title Defence
Defender Ashleigh Plumptre is expected to be among the late arrivals to the Nigeria WNT camp as preparation for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations commenced, Friday.
Sunshine Stars Coach Emmanuel Deutsch said playing in front of the fans gave the team extra motivation to go on and get a win against Rivers United.
Former Nigerian forward, Victor Ikpeba has backed Ademola Lookman to become the next break out star for the Super Eagles.
Ahead of his side’s second-leg FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers against Egypt, Flamingoes Coach Bankole Olowookere, has assured the team will leave no stone unturned.
Flamingoes captain Alvine Dah-Zossu is excited to lead the team to a flawless first leg win over Egypt in the U17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.
Nigeria Female Referees get more training to meet up with their male counterparts
With the three day workshop serminar organised for Nigerian female referees in abuja,one of the referees whose name is Bosede Momoh has revealed that the excercise was organised by the seven referees in attendance with the aim to improve on their performance.
Bosede further stated that they’ve been alot of criticism on female referees and that’s why they are out to acquire more knowledge on the game.
Meanwhile, CAF instructor & Retired FIFA referee in Nigeria, Calistus Chukwudi has stated that before now,they were not too sure of the performance of Nigerian Female referees. But with the ongoing seminar,he’s confident that at the end of the seminar he can boast of female referees who can go out and perform creditably well like their male counterpart.