Governor Sanwo-Olu also hailed Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie for clinching the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award and the Super Falcons for winning the Women’s National Team of the Year Prize.
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The Eagle Online recalls that the Super Falcons won the Women’s Female Team of the Year at the 2023 edition of the CAF Awards
The announcement was made during the prestigious award ceremony held on Monday at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, Morocco.
Their 1-3 loss to the Asians turned out to be their biggest loss of the tournament and they returned home without a point.
Japan fell hard to the Super Falcons in a Women’s Olympic Football Tournament match in Piraeus, Greece in 2004, when Vera Okolo’s strike was the only goal of the match and earned Nigeria all three points.
Spain dominated possession, expectedly, and only a masterclass defensive performance restricted them to the odd-goal win.
Rasheedat Ajibade led the Falcons to the turf of the Stade Matmut Atlantique as Nigeria’s flag was flown at the tournament for the first time in 16 years.
The Olympics Games match will be broadcast live on DStv channel 203 and GOtv channel 61 at 6pm on July 25, 2024.
The match will commence at 6.30pm Spain time (5.30pm Nigeria time) at the La Quinta Football Centre, Malaga. It also draws the curtain on the Super Falcons’ camping programme in Spain.
The outstanding two are scheduled to arrive at the team’s Hotel Barceló Montecastillo Golf and Resort on Friday afternoon.
Their camp in the city of Jerez de la Frontera outside Sevilla has come alive with most of the invited players in camp.
The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated the captain of the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, Rasheedat Ajibade, on her…
The ranking of the team was according to the latest FIFA/Coca Cola Women’s World rankings released on Friday.
South African Football Association authorities abandoned the Super Falcons immediately after Tunisian referee Dorsaf Ganouati’s final whistle
Falcons beat Bayana Bayana of South Africa 1-0 on aggregate in the two-legged encounter to seal qualification for the first time in 16 years.
Ajibade’s strike from the penalty spot earned Nigeria a lone-goal victory over the visitors in the first leg in Abuja on Friday.
The slender win was secured at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja ahead of the second leg encounter in South Africa.
Both countries, with stellar talents in the women’s game, are arguably among the best in the world at the moment
The News Agency of Nigeria reports the Super Falcons triumphed after a pulsating encounter on Monday in Abuja
The Super Falcons of Nigeria last participated in the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in China in 2008.