Tag: Falconets
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Costa Rica 2022: How Falconets Defeated Senegal in Dakar
Two-time World Cup silver medallists Nigeria all but assured of a spot at this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals after a sterling performance condemned Senegal’s U20 girls to a 3-1 defeat on home ground in Thies on Saturday evening. Effervescent winger Flourish Sebastine, who plays her club football for Edo Queens, hit a…
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Falconets land in Dakar to battle Senegal in final Worldcup qualifier
Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, arrived in the Senegalese capital, Dakar on Wednesday ahead of their 2022 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup final round, first leg clash with their Senegalese counterparts. The two –time World Cup runners-up have amassed a total of 18 goals in five matches in this long qualifying series, jettisoning Central African Republic,…
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Falconets arrive in Dakar to face Senegal, CAF appoints Togolese referees
Nigeria’s national under-20 women football team are in Dakar to take on Senegal on Saturday, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said on Wednesday.
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BREAKING: Nigeria beat Cameroon
Nigeria’s under-20 women football team, the Falconets, advance to the fifth and final round of African Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup.
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27 players arrive Falconets’ camp ahead of qualifiers for Costa Rica 2022
The Falconets’ Head Coach, Christopher Danjuma, on Tuesday said 27 of the invited 35 players have arrived at the national under-20 women’s football team camp in Abuja. Danjuma told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that two foreign-based players —- one from Denmark and the other from England —- were also expected to…
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BREAKING: Falconets crash out of U-20 Women’s World Cup
The Nigeria Women’s U-20 team, the Falconets, have crashed out of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup taking place in France. The Falconets lost to Spain 2-1 in a quarter final tie on Thursday. It would be recalled that the Falconets edged the Spaniards in a group phase game in Papua New Guinea two…
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U-20 World Cup: Falconets have solution for Spain, coach boasts
Abdullahi Mansur, Assistant coach of the Falconets on Wednesday assured Nigerians that the team would overcome Spain in their Thursday’s World Cup quarter finals match. Mansur, who gave the assurance while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that the Spain had lots of technical flaws that the Falconets would cash in on…
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U-20 World Cup: Falconets can beat Spain in quarter-finals – Garba
Golden Eaglets Coach Manu Garba says he is optimistic of the Falconets’ capability to beat their Spaniard counterparts in the quarter-finals of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women World Cup in France. Garba, who expressed the optimism on Tuesday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the Falconets had worked…
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U-20 World Cup: Falconets snatch quarter-final ticket from China
The Nigeria Women’s U-20 team, the Falconets, have qualified for the quarter-final stage of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup taking place in France. A last-ditch effort from Rasheedat Ajibade saved Nigeria from exiting the cadet Women Cup as the Falconets forced China to a 1-1 draw. Just before the break, L.Y. Zhang had…