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TheSuperNerd:
🇳🇬European Leagues Coverage

Samuel Chukwueze started and impressed again, playing the whole 90mins in AC Milan's 2-0 vs Venezia in Serie A.

Akor Adams started and finished the game for Venezia.

Rafiu Durosinmi started, scored⚽️ and played 72mins in KRC Genk's 4-0 victory vs SK Beveren in the Belgian Jupiler League. His 4th goal in 4 league games.

Bright Osayi-Samuel started and played 90mins before before subbed out in added time as Birmingham City secured 3pts in a 2-1 away win at Wrexham in the English Championship.

22y/o 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇳🇬LW, Michael Olakigbe started, bagged a goal⚽️ & assist🅰️ and played all 90mins in WSG Tirol's 4-0 away win at Austria Lustenau in the Austrian Bundesliga.

19y/o CB, Emmanuel Chukwu started and played the entire 90mins for Austria Lustenau.

19y/o CF, Precious Benjamin subbed in on 67mins for Austria Lustenau.

23y/o 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇳🇬CF, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan started, scored⚽️ and played all 90mins in AC Horsens' 2-3 home defeat vs Viborg FF in the Danish SuperLigaen. His 3rd goal in 5 league games in 2026/27.

20y/o 🇳🇱🇳🇬CB/RB, Precious Ugwu started, missed a penalty and played all 90mins in FC Volendam's 6-1 thrashing of FC Dordrecht in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.

20y/o FW, Abubakar Abdullahi played all 90mins in KAA Gent U23's 2-0 away win at Sporting Hasselt in the Belgian Challenger Pro League.

20y/o Attacker, Shedrach Kaye subbed in for Debrecen in their 2-2 home draw vs MTK Budapest in the Hungarian NB.I

23y/o RB, Adams Friday subbed in on 46mins in Universitatea Cluj's 2-3 home loss vs Petrolul Ploiesti in the Romanian SuperLiga.

18y/o 🇧🇪🇳🇬 MF, Precious Ogbeiwi subbed in on 66mins in Genk U23's 4-2 away triumph at RSC Lokeren in the Belgian Challenger Pro League.

21y/o Fullback, Christian Akpan not listed for Genk U23s as he is still sidelined with a Hamstring injury.

19y/o 🇦🇹🇳🇬 Striker, Oghenetejiri Adejenughure started, scored the winner⚽️ and played all 90mins in FC Liefering's 3-2 away win at Voitsberg in the Austrian 2.Liga.

21y/o 🇦🇹🇳🇬 FW, Oluwaseun Adewumi subbed in on 66mins and scored⚽️ in Hertha Berlin's 5-3 away victory at Eintracht Braunschweig in the German Bundesliga 2.

Femi Azeez's brother, Miguel Azeez, 23 started and played all 90mins in midfield in Carlisle's 1-1 draw at Wealdstone in the English National League. Anglo-Nigerian FW, David Ajiboye, 27 scored for Carlisle.

30y/o FW, Bede Amarachi Osuji started and played 61mins in Aluminij's 0-1 home loss vs FC Koper in the Slovenian Prva Liga.

22y/o FW, Brown Irabor did not come off the bench for FC Koper.

24y/o FW, Peter Ambrose started and played 73mins in Xamax's 2-1 away loss at Aarau in the Swiss Challenger League.

28y/o MF, Johan Nkama was on the bench for FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy in their 1-1 away draw at Winthertur in the Swiss Challenge League.

22y/o MF, Baba Labaran Khalid started, scored⚽️, and played 77mins in FC Jihlava's 1-3 away loss at Dukla Praha in the Czech FNL.

23y/o Belgian-Nigerian FW, Tyrese Omotoye started and played 61mins for FC Jihlava before being subbed out for 20y/o FW, Ibrahim Usman.

20y/o MF, Jonathan Okebugwu subbed in on 88mins for Dukla Praha.

20y/o DF, Ibrahim Alkasim did not come off the bench for Jihlava.

27y/o CB, Valentine Ozornwafor was benched for all 90mins by Septemvri Sofia in their 1-1 away draw at Slavia Sofia in the Bulgarian Efbet Liga.





🇳🇬Non-European Leagues Coverage

19y/o CDM, Ridwan Rasaq Popoola started and played 66mins in Al Wasl's 0-1 home loss vs Shabab Al-AhliDubai SC in the Emirati Pro League.

William Troost Ekong benched for Al Ahli SC in their 3-3 home draw vs Lusail SC in the Qatars Stars League.

18y/o MF, Razak Labode on the bench for Al Sharkeyah-ENPPI in their 1-3 home loss vs Wadi Degla FC in the Egyptian PL. He debuted off the bench vs Al Ahly in their 1st game playing 25mins+ in a slim 3-2 loss.

Nerdie. Thank you for the juicy news

BascoVanVeli:
Edo Queens highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRv_8QJd90s

Kemi Adegbuyi is the U17 Flamingo girl. Very skilful

Edo Queens beat ASEC Mimosas 3-1 to top Group B in WAFU B CAF Women Champions league qualifiers

daveP:
Is it the timing of application or some complications with her that cause all of this to happen?

Some reports are saying age factor.

Edo queens face ASEC Mimosas ladies by 5pm today

Schemerkhiz:
Another victim of NFF mediocrity and unprofessionalism

Thank God they are gone. Now let's restructure our football

EElopa:
An opportunity was given to you to serve and bring pride to your country but you chose to totally destroy everything due to your greed. You have now been disgraced out of office and you will go down as the worst NFF president ever.

It has never happened in the history of our football that in a year our two main national teams failed to qualify for FIFA World cup in 2026 & 2027.

Fanny Amun's Fact finding committee mentioned undeserving players paying bribes to coaches and board members just to play for the NT.

It stated: “Allegations of Board Members, NFF Management Staff and Coaches taking incentives to compromise decisions in the build-up to national team camp invitation.”

The disorganization in NFF is so terrible that the U20 Falconets will be going to the world cup without their captain - Joy Igbokwe, Faridat Abdulwahab, Kindness Ifeanyi.

TheSuperNerd:
12noon Nigerian Time..... at @NFF HQs

Is he on air?
He should quickly make the announcement so Nigerian football can make progress.
Meanwhile, I hope Michael Emenalo has been contacted

oloriooko:
When is the competition starting sef

5-27th September

Liam Delap joins Nottingham Forest from Chelsea

Falconets Captain, Joy Igbokwe and Faridat Abdulwahab have both been replaced with Vivian Kachi and Alaba Olabiyi

Papi85:
🚨 Info: Femi Azeez 🇳🇬

Brighton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 steps up the pace for Femi Azeez.

The Seagulls, looking to bolster their attack after losing Minteh for several weeks, have made Azeez their priority.

The player wants to play in the Premier League. ✅

I pray this deal works. Azeez deserves the Premier league.

According to Victor Ademola

At the 2026 WAFCON in Morocco, someone from the Malawi crew kept asking about Joy Igbokwe. In their words: “Where is Joy? Why didn’t you come with Joy?”

They described her as a fantastic player who gave Malawi a really tough time during the U-20 World Cup qualifiers.

Unfortunately, Joy, alongside Sandra John and Faridat Abdulwahab, now risks missing the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland due to visa issues.

FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup: Falconets depart for Poland, promise to make Nigeria proud

Nigeria’s U20 Women’s National Team, the Falconets, have concluded their final camping and preparations ahead of the 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Poland, with the team scheduled to depart Nigeria for Poland on the night of Monday, 24th August 2026.

The two-time World Cup silver medallists secured their place at the global tournament following a successful qualifying campaign against Rwanda, Senegal and Malawi. They defeated Rwanda 5–0 on aggregate, overcame Senegal 3–1 on aggregate, and sealed their World Cup ticket against Malawi with a 3–2 aggregate victory.

Following their qualification, the team embarked on an intensive final phase of preparation in Abuja, with emphasis on physical fitness, tactical discipline, teamwork and mental readiness.

Head Coach Moses Aduku expressed confidence in the squad, saying the players have been adequately prepared both physically and mentally and are ready to compete at the highest level. He added that the Falconets are heading to Poland with a strong winning mentality and the ambition of challenging for the trophy.

Captain Joy Igbokwe also assured Nigerians of the team’s determination to make the country proud. She appealed to Nigerians to continue believing in, praying for and supporting the team, saying the Falconets are determined to bring smiles to the faces of Nigerians.

The Falconets will compete in Group F alongside Spain, China PR and New Caledonia at the tournament.

Nigeria, runners-up of the 2010 and 2014 editions of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, will be seeking to go a step further in Poland and win the country’s first title in the competition.

The team will stay at the Hotel Trzebnica in the city of Trzebnica from their arrival on Tuesday, 25thAugust until Thursday, 3rd September, when they will move into the FIFA hotel. While at the Hotel Trzebnica, the Falconets will perfect their tactical and technical readiness for the championship, and also acclimatise ahead of their Group F games against Spain (7th September), China (10thSeptember) and New Caledonia (13th September).

A total of 21 players will fly Nigeria’s flag at the competition, with Nigeria the only African country to have appeared at every edition of the competition since it was launched as an U19 tournament in Canada 24 years ago.


FALCONETS FOR FIFA U20 WORLD CUP POLAND 2026

Christiana Uzoma, Jane Ijirigho, Ramotalahi Kareem, Queen Joseph, Favour Nkwocha, Rebecca Adegbemile, Joy Igbokwe (Captain), Faridat Abdulwahab, Precious Oscar, Tumininu Adeshina, Bright Etim, Onyedikachi Ekezie, Victory Lucky, Mary Mamudu, Hannah Ibrahm, Tosin Rafiu, Janet Akekoromowei, Amber Ogbolu, Winner David, Chisom Nwachukwu, Jumai Adebayo

From NFF

TheSuperNerd:
The U23 Afcon 2027 Qualifying Path.

🚨 U23 AFCON Qualifiers Draw Update

🦅Nigeria have received a bye into Round 2, where they will face the winner of 🇲🇷 Mauritania vs 🇨🇩 DR Congo.

Should they progress, Nigeria will then meet the winner of 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso vs 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone/🇿🇲 Zambia for a ticket to the U23 Afcon in Egypt.

2nd round dates: November 9 & 17, 2026

3rd round dates: March 22 & 30, 2027

If Nigeria can beat Mauritania/DR Congo, we could face Burkina Faso

Full-time score
Edo queens 7-0 AS GNN

Moses Esther scored 3 goals and gave 2 assists (MVP)

5-0 now

Edo queens 4-0 AS GNN

2-0 at the moment - Half time

WAFU B CAF WCLQ
Edo queens 2-0 AS GNN
49' (Esther Moses)

WAFU B CAF WOMEN CHAMPION LEAGUE QUALIFIERS
Edo queens (Nigeria)1-0 AS GNN (Niger Rep)
(4') Esther Moses

It seems the U20 Falconets are now in Poland

Who still remembers her?
She's now a certified Accountant

TheSuperNerd:
19y/o Emmanuel Chukwu Monster CB Performance again in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Chukwu (Austria Lustenau) 1-1 vs Sturm Graz

Played 90mins
44 touches
17 defensive contributions (Highest in the game)
84% passing accuracy
6 duels won
12 clearances
6 headed clearances
4 tackles
1 interception
2 recoveries
4/7 accurate long balls
2 final third pass entries.



19y/o CF, Precious Benjamin subbed in on 89mins for Lustenau.

This boy should be in the Olympic Eagles team. Hope Chelle has identified him for the U23s?

Napoleon55:
9 members to go including the president,the vice and the secretary.

Good news

Schemerkhiz:
Guess who??

Florence Omagbemi?

user32:
Hmmm..Edo queens got it

Kennedy Boboye of Bendel Insurance has been drafted to coach Edo queens on an interim basis because Moses Adukwu is on national assignment with the U20 Falconets

lovewins:
According to Colin Udoh, he asked some super falcons players why they didn't speak up if they weren't comfortable with some of Madugu's strategy/game plan/coaching decisions (some apparently insinuated this hence the question). In response to his question, the girls claimed that they did but were punished for it by being benched. He reportedly confirmed this from at least 2 different players in different conversations.

This is disappointing

Now I can see why Okoronkwo, Babajide and Monday were always on bench. Why Chioma Okafor never got to play in the last WAFCON (2 years ago). At a point when Okoronkwo was asked by the Press why should wasn't playing, she declined and said, 'No comment'. These players were bottling up so many things.

Hope Ladan Bosso will not be appointed as Interim Super Falcons coach. Otherwise.....


O ti lo....

Another competition is coming up from September 5-27th which is the U20 FIFA Women's World cup 2027 in Poland. Already the Ghanaian team are in Poland currently preparing and playing friendly matches to fine tune their team for the competition. It has all been silence from the Falconets team.

Olympic games qualifier is here in October