The Super Falcons' comeback 3-2 victory over host Morocco in Saturday’s thrilling final was applauded by Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu and many in Nigeria, a soccer-loving nation where passion and ...

The Nigerian women's national football team touched down in the capital Monday for an audience with the president, fresh off their weekend Africa Cup championship victory over Morocco. "Nigeria is the ...

The past three weeks have been remarkable for sports women internationally. Women’s national sports teams were victorious in ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Monday hosted and splashed gifts on the triumphant national women’s soccer team who overcame poor preparations and missing payments to win ...

While the players celebrated the extra gifts from the president, in the past, both the men's and women's national football teams in Nigeria have had repeated issues with the authorities over delayed ...

Nigeria's bid to win their 10th African Women's Cup of ... approach to the job of leading the biggest women's football team in Africa, and by far the most successful. On the other side of the ...

Nigeria has previously played the Canadian and Australian women’s national teams at the FIFA World Cup. The Canadians have been unable to defeat Nigeria at the World Cup, drawing 3-3 in 1995 and ...

And Nigeria's national women's football team - The Falcons - have long maintained domination of national team football in Africa. They've won 11 of 13 championships including the inaugural one in ...

Members of Nigeria's national female basketball team are to receive a cash reward of $100,000 (£75,000) each following their ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Monday hosted and splashed gifts on the triumphant national women’s ...

By the 1970s, women football clubs began to emerge in Nigeria and, by the 1980s, the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria organised a national cup competition for women footballers.