The meeting, according to a source, is aimed at finding last solutions to issues militating against football development in the country
Browsing: Thomas Dennerby
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has waded in to the lingering crisis between the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation and Super Falcons coach, Thomas Dennerby.
Head Coach Thomas Dennerby had taken only home-based professionals to the battlefield in Blida, with foreign-based stars opting out due to club commitments
Nine-time African champions Nigeria begin their race to the Women’s Football Tournament of next year’s Olympics in Tokyo with a determination to earn an away win over Algeria on Wednesday in order to make the second leg in Lagos next week an easier session.
The delegation of Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, to next week’s 2020 Olympics qualifying match against the Senior Women National Team of Algeria will depart Nigeria on Saturday.
Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, said in a statement that the programme was part of the team’s preparations for their upcoming clash with Algeria in the 2020 Olympic Games qualifiers.
Dennerby told newsmen on Friday in Lafia that such richness of personnel gave him the confidence to be working with the senior national women football team.
Emmanuel Zira, a renowned sports administrator, says it is time to end the hiring of foreign coaches for the national teams.
Former African Woman Player of the Year, Asisat Oshoala, will start from the bench as the Super Falcons file out against Germany in the Round of 16 at the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup in France.
Coach Thomas Dennerby says his charges will take the game right to the Germans in Saturday’s World Cup Round of 16 clash at the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble.
The German women’s coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg says she is expecting a tough battle against Nigeria in the Round of 16 in Grenoble on Saturday.
Super Falcons manager, Thomas Dennerby, has expressed disappointments with the African champions 0-1 loss to France in their final group game at the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup.
Super Falcons coach, Thomas Dennerby, says the team will not defend against hosts, France, in their last group A game at ongoing Women’s World Cup in France.
The African champions were overwhelmed in the encounter and this showed as defender Osinachi Ohale put the ball into her own net in an attempt to steer the ball away
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Super Falcons for putting up a superlative performance that saw them emerging as 2019 WAFU Women’s Cup Champions, with an unbeaten record throughout the tournament.
Defender Onome Ebi, midfielder Ngozi Okobi and forward Desire Oparanozie top the list of 27 players Super Falcons’ Head Coach Thomas Dennerby has listed for the team’s final camping programme.
Head Coach Thomas Dennerby has included defender and former team captain Evelyn Nwabuoku and midfielder Amarachi Okoronkwo in the list of 20 Super Falcons to represent Nigeria in the WAFU Women’s Cup Tournament in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from May 8 to 18, 2019.
Goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi, defender Glory Ogbonna, midfielder Amarachi Okoronkwo and forward Alice Ogebe are among 26 players that Super Falcons’ Head Coach Thomas Dennerby has invited to camp ahead of next month’s WAFU Women’s Cup Tournament in Abidjan, capital of Cote d’Ivoire.
African champions, the Super Falcons, will on Monday battle their Canadian counterparts in a friendly at the Pinatar Stadium in Murcia, Spain.
Super Falcons’s Head Coach Thomas Dennerby has said that the team will go to this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in France with the best legs available.