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Oluremi Tinubu Hosts Super Falcons At The Presidential Villa, Abuja

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The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has received members of the Super Falcons national team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that last week, Nigeria crashed out of the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, having lost through penalties to England’s Lionesses. Meeting them recently, Remi ...

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France vs Nigeria friendly: Super Falcons vow to put up a fight

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An interesting game is at hand, with Nigeria parading a mix of veterans and upcoming stars, while France, who finished in fourth place at the FIFA World Cup finals in Germany seven years ago, also boast a number of new prospects. The Falcons are in Le Mans without top star ...

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Super Falcons refuse to vacate hotel in Abuja, rejects NFF’s promise

Players of the Super Falcons, who last  Saturday defeated Cameroon to win their eighth African Women Nations Cup title, yesterday rejected the Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) directives to vacate their Agura Hotel, Abuja camp, saying they would not leave the camp until all their emoluments were settled. The players claim ...

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�We can’t pay Super Falcons because we didn’t expect them to win” � Solomon Dalung

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After a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung on Thursday said that the Federal Government hasn’t paid the allowance of members of the Super Falcons because they didn’t think the Falcons would win the championship in ...

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Super Falcons emerge African Champions again

Nigeria’s Super Falcons are champions of female football in Africa again, for the record 8 time, after defeating the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon in the final of the Africa Women Cup of Nations.

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Super Falcons escape death as aircraft emits smoke

​Five members of the Super Falcons participating at the on-going African Women’s Nations Cup in Cameroon were forced to travel by road from Douala to Yaoundé yesterday, as the aircraft in which they were supposed to fly developed electrical fault shortly before take off. The team, which defeated the Banyana ...

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FIFA ranks Super Falcons as best African women’s team of 2015

The Super Falcons have ended the 2015 calendar as the number one female football team in Africa according to the monthly football ranking released by the world’s football governing body, FIFA. None of the Super Falcons’ players are on the shortlist of Africa Women’s Footballer of The Year 2015 and ...

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President Jonathan receives the Super Falcons at the Villa

President Jonathan has received the 2014 African Female Football Champions, Super Falcons at the Presidential Villa

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Nigeria’s Super Falcons win 2014 African Women Championship

The Super Falcons of Nigeria yesterday evening October 25th beat Cameroon 2-0 to win the 9th African Women Championship 2014 which took place in Namibia. Football stars Desire Oparanozie and Asisat Oshoala gave Nigeria the victory after scoring the two goals in the match. This will be the 7th time ...

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Former Falcons Coach, Ntiero Effiom passes on

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The former head coach of Super Falcons, Ntiero Effiom, who led the women to the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup has died. Effiom died yesterday, 10th of September after a brief illness in his home town, near Calabar. Cross River State Sports Commissioner, Patrick Ugbe, has also confirmed his death. ...

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Ex-Super falcon star Chi-Chi Igho poses for V Magazine

Chi-Chi Igho poses for V Magazine

Nigerian born football star, Chichi Igbo recently got featured on the American fashion magazine – V-Magazine. It’s the same magazine that pregnant Christina Aguilera recently posed naked for. So, it’s a big deal. Alongside female athletes, artists, lovers who are embracing sexuality, blurring gender boundaries and defining style on their ...

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