Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Leicester City signs young Nigerian star Ndidi
Leicester City signed 20-year-old defensive midfielder Wilfred Ndidi from Belgium’s Genk in a deal valued at more than $18 million. Ndidi, who signed through the 2021-22 season will beavailable for the Foxes’ FA Cup match against Everton on Saturday. Nigeria failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations so Ndidi and countryman Ahmed Musa […]
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Super Falcons end sit-in after being paid championship bonuses
Nigeria’s Super Falcons ended their sit-in protest at a hotel in Abuja after being paid money owed to them for winning the 2016 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. The protest, which began on Dec. 6, endedwhen the Nigerian government released about $1.2 million to the cash-strapped Nigerian Fooftball Federation to pay the women.
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What They're Saying: Nigeria's Onome Ebi
“Leaders of Nigeria, we are not asking to be celebrated but to be paid our entitlement. Pay us what we’ve worked for.” — Nigerian women’s national team player Onome Ebi,demonstrating outside parliament in Abuja with Super Falcons teammates to demand unpaid bonuses for winning Africa’s international championship an eighth time. (Instagram)
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WCQ: Nigeria perfect in toughest African group after two games
Victor Moses scored twice and John Obi Mikel added the third as Nigeria beat Algeria, 3-1, to move four points clear in their group that includes three 2014 World Cup finalists: Nigeria,Algeria and Cameroon. Only three other teams have opened with two wins in two games: Congo DR and Tunisia (both Group A) and Egypt […]
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Rio Olympics: Men's Soccer, Semifinals
Honduras looks to follow Mexico four years ago as the second Concacaf team to reach the Olympic men’s soccer gold-medal game in the modern era. The Catrachos face a tall order as they travel to Rio deJaneiro’s Maracana Stadium to face Brazil. Germany plays Nigeria in Wednesday’s other semifinal in Sao Paulo. Since reunification, Germany […]
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Under-17 age cheating and FIFA's mysterious MRI tests
By Paul Gardner FIFA’s Under-17 World Cup — for me, the liveliest and the most enjoyable of all the global tournaments — has, since its first edition in China in 1985,always been played under a heavy cloud of suspicion. I covered 10 of the first 11 tournaments, and learned very quickly that there were always […]
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Rio Olympics: Men's Soccer, Quarterfinals
Honduras, which knocked the USA out of Olympic qualifying in Concacaf proper, advanced to the semifinals of the men’s soccer competition with a 1-0 win over South Korea. It will meet host Brazil inWednesday’s semifinals. The other semifinal: Germany-Nigeria. Honduras is just the third Concacaf team to reach the four four in the modern era […]
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Nigeria sends home 26 U-17s who fail age test
Nigeria, winner of the 2015 Under-17 World Cup, had 26 players fail an age test at the U-17 team’s camp in Abuja ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations U-17 qualifying match against Niger. All the playerswho failed the test left the camp. Many of the expected starters passed the test, though. FIFA introduced MRI […]
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What They're Saying: Delta spokesperson Betsy Talton
“This came to our attention on the 20th anniversary of the Nigerian football team’s win at the Atlanta Games. Everyone was happy to help them with another miracle by getting them toManaus.” — Delta spokesperson Betsy Talton on the airline stepping in to fly Nigeria’s men’s soccer team — free of charge — from Atlanta […]