The draw for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games football event pitted the winner of the Nigeria's Super Falcons vs. South Africa match against a tough group. Super Falcons take on Bayana Bayana in a two-legged tie for a spot at the Olympic Games. The first leg kicks off in Abuja on April 5th, with the Super Falcons hosting at the MKO Abiola National Stadium. The teams then travel to Pretoria […]
Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo has received his first call-up to the England squad for the upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Belgium. 18-year-old Kobbie Mainoo earned a call-up to Gareth Southgate's senior squad after initially being named in the Under-21s. England play Brazil on Saturday and Belgium on 26 March - both at Wembley - their final games before Southgate names his squad for Euro 2024. Also Read: Real Madrid File […]
Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up, Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up by 14 spots to placed 28th in the world in the February FIFA ranking released on Thursday. In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing the team garnered 1,522 points as against the 1,474 points garnered in December 2023. The Nigerian national team moved from the 42nd position to the 28th position in […]
Sulfonic acid, which can cause serious harm to human health, has leaked into the Rio Seco in Joinville, southern Brazil. The substance - used to produce detergents and household cleaning materials - was released when a truck crashed, triggering a local state of emergency. A treatment station was closed on Monday morning to prevent the intake of contaminated water - potentially affecting dozens of neighbourhoods' access to drinking water. Video […]
Jamaica manager Lorne Donaldson said his team had "never had this much fun" after reaching the Women's World Cup last 16 for the first time, leaving Brazil devastated. They battled out a cagey encounter in Melbourne and Jamaica put in a stubborn defensive display to ensure their impressive tournament still has another chapter. The Reggae Girlz, ranked 43rd in the world, have kept three clean sheets in the group stages […]
Two time FIFA women world cup winners Germany began their 2023 campaign in style as they put debutants the Atlas Lioness of Morocco to the sword with a 6-0 bashing in Melbourne. It was a comfortable victory for world number two side who squared up against world number seventy two Morocco in group H. German striker Alexandra Popp, who was ruled out of the Euro 2022 final through injury, made her […]
The FIFA women's world cup had it's maiden edition in China 1991 and has since been a quadrennial tournament, seeing five countries lifting the trophy in eight different occasions. The ninth FIFA women's world cup kicked off earlier today which saw co-host New Zealand secure a one nil victory over 1995 champions Norway, while co-host Australia also saw of Republic of Ireland with the same goal margin. As the FIFA […]
Brazilian civil servants can report to work up to four hours late - two hours after the end of matches - when the national side play in the 2023 Women's World Cup. The competition gets under way on Thursday in Australia and New Zealand. Brazil play their opening game on Monday against Panama in Adelaide. "On days when the games are held at 7:30am, the working hours will start at […]
