Sports
Super Falcons defeat Ivory Coast, qualify for women’s AFCON
Nigeria have qualified for this year’s Women Africa Cup of Nations Championship, AWCON, following a 1-0 win over Cote d’Ivoire in Abidjan on Wednesday.
The Super Falcons had won the first leg 2-0.
This means the nine-time African champions have booked their spot with an aggregate 3-0 win.
The Ivorians gave everything in the return leg at the Stade Robert Champroux, but met a steely Nigerian defence and an inspired goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.
There were no goals in the first half, but Francisca Ordega had a goal ruled out and Nnadozie saved a penalty from the hosts.
A minute before regulation time ended, Esther Okoronkwo, winning only her second cap for Nigeria, scored the winner.
Victory and qualification for Morocco 2022 is sweet revenge over the Lady Elephants, who bumped the Falcons on the road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
-
Business2 days agoAn Open Appeal To The Gov. Of Bayelsa State, Sen. Diri Douye Regarding The Removal Of My Prominent Billboard On Azikoro Road, Near Ekeki Park.
-
News3 days agoPolice have arrested three suspects who offered a pregnant woman N30 million to terminate her six-month-old fetus for a ritual in Niger State
-
Gist2 days agoA housewife in Bauchi has stabbed her husband to death during a dispute over child custody
-
Politics2 days agoTension in Osun: LG Workers Stand Their Ground, Defy APC’s Resumption Order
-
Politics6 days agoBreaking News: The Federal High Court has ordered PDP to go ahead with its South-South Zonal Congress
-
Niger Delta2 days agoProphetic Warning: Primate Ayodele Cautions NDDC DG Ogbuku on Imminent Betrayal
-
Crime3 days agoThe police have arrested a woman named Ogechi Okechukwu, who works as a nurse, for deceiving people with fake illnesses to solicit donations
-
Politics6 days agoRivers Crisis: Eze Warns Tinubu That Posterity Will Judge Him If Fubara Is Humiliated