Women’s Football

Three Nigerian women footballers have joined the honours list after being crowned league champions with FC Gintra in Lithuania’s top-flight women’s A Lyga this season. Among them is defender Oluwadamilola Ronke Kuku, who featured for the full 90 minutes in a dominant Gintra performance.  The duo of Bunmi David and Victoria Igbonoba also made significant […]

The girls’ team at Sharp Strikers FC in Ikotun, Lagos, is taking ambitious steps in its first campaign in the Ikeja Division Female League, aiming to clinch the title on debut. Coach Lookman Adeosun Bamidele, who founded the club’s male team in 2010, expressed confidence that his female squad can mirror the success of the

The women’s football team of University of Jos (UNIJOS) began their tournament at the 27th ­NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY GAMES ASSOCIATION Games (NUGA) with a walkover victory after their opponents, the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) team, failed to appear for the opening fixture. The match, scheduled at the Federal College of Forestry, was expected to mark the

Comfort Erhabor, the former Nigeria U-17 goalkeeper invitee, was listed among the substitutes as Portsmouth Women secured a hard-fought victory over Crystal Palace Women in a dramatic encounter in the English Women’s Championship. The match, characterised by tension and end to end football, saw Portsmouth ultimately prevail thanks to a late winner. Having been under

Chinasa Ukandu, head coach of CATS Ladies FC of Lagos State, has marked a significant advance in women’s football development by leading her team to win the inaugural “Girls Play Sports Football Tournament”. Under Ukandu’s guidance, CATS Ladies defeated Plateau United Queens 2-1 in the final at Abuja’s FIFA Goal Project, claiming the trophy and