Women’s Football

Shukurat Oladipo has been named the best defender in Serie A Femminile for the 2025-26 season, crowning a campaign in which AS Roma remained unbeaten across all 18 of her appearances, conceded only nine goals with her on the pitch, and claimed their third Italian women’s league title. Shukurat Oladipo | AS Roma Women | […]

Nigeria’s Super Falcons will face Senegal in back-to-back international friendlies at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, Ogun State on June 5 and 8, replacing a cancelled Jamaica fixture and giving the defending WAFCON champions their first confirmed preparation programme ahead of the Morocco tournament in July. Super Falcons vs Senegal — Friendly 1: June

Blessing Okpe announced herself to the Belarusian Women’s Premier League in emphatic fashion on Wednesday, scoring twice inside the opening quarter of an hour and earning Player of the Match honours as Dnepr Mogilev Women delivered one of the season’s most one-sided results with an 11-1 demolition of Gomel FC Women. Dnepr Mogilev Women 11-1

The Nigeria Football Federation and UNICEF have commenced formal talks toward a Memorandum of Understanding that will see Super Falcons players deployed as ambassadors for polio eradication and girl child protection campaigns, with Nigeria’s U-20 and U-17 women’s teams also set to participate. The Super Falcons are preparing to take their influence beyond the football

Atume Doosuur of Edo Queens enters the NWFL Premiership Super Six as the league’s leading scorer after the close of the regular season, holding a two-goal advantage over Rivers Angels striker Abasiofon Uwah with five decisive round-robin matches still to play. The Golden Boot race heading into the NWFL Premiership Super Six is a story

The Falconets qualified for Poland on Saturday. The Flamingos step up on Tuesday. Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne is becoming Nigerian women’s youth football’s most important venue, and Akeem Busari’s girls are ready. Nigeria’s Flamingos have arrived in Ikenne ahead of their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying match against Guinea at the Remo Stars

Liverpool led 2-0. Brighton were being outplayed. Then the game turned, and at the centre of everything that followed was a Nigerian goalkeeper who refused to let the comeback unravel. Chiamaka Nnadozie produced the defining goalkeeping performance of the Women’s FA Cup semi-final as Brighton came from two goals down to beat Liverpool 3-2 at

Faith Chimzimu scored twice. The Bingu National Stadium roared. For 56 minutes, it felt like Malawi might actually do it. Then Precious scored. And the Falconets were going to Poland. Nigeria’s Falconets qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland by the narrowest possible margin, losing 2-1 to Malawi in Lilongwe on

Malawi need three goals. Nigeria need none. The Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe is sold out. Laticia Chinyamula says her team will fight until the final whistle. The Falconets have heard this before. They intend to make it irrelevant. The second leg of Nigeria’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Malawi kicks off at

More than five African countries have been approached for Super Falcons friendly games ahead of WAFCON 2026. Every one of them said no. Coach Justine Madugu has now said publicly what Nigerian football fans have been whispering privately. Super Falcons head coach Justine Madugu has revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation has struggled to find