Nigeria have ended their dispute over bonuses and are heading home from the World Cup.
The Nigeria women’s national team ended their protest over unpaid bonuses on Sunday and left their hotel in France following their elimination from the World Cup.
The players demanded payment of outstanding allowances from the Nigerian Football Federation. They told ESPN FC they were owed bonuses from two games, against Gambia and Senegal, from as far back as two years ago, amounting to 2 million Nigerian naira (about $5,600 U.S.).
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Nigeria ended their 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign with a 3-0 defeat by Germany, going out of the tournament with barely a whimper after just one win in four games.
Despite progressing to the knockout stage for the first time in 20 years, the Super Falcons were generally a poor side overall and deserved to be beaten.
Their football was tardy, riddled with errors, and mostly uncoordinated in a performances that has left way too many questions and not enough answers.
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Nigeria left it late against AFCON debutants Burundi on Saturday.
Nigeria needed a late goal from substitute Odion Ighalo to claim a 1-0 win over a brave Burundi side playing their first-ever match at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday.
Ighalo was set free by Ola Aina’s clever flicked pass and side-footed the ball past Burundi goalkeeper Jonathan Nahimana in the 77th minute, four minutes after coming on in the opening Group B match.
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It was tough on Burundi who refused…
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Germany reached the quarterfinals with a 3-0 victory over Nigeria on Saturday.
Two-time champions Germany continued their unbeaten run at the Women’s World Cup when they beat Nigeria 3-0 to qualify for the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Skipper Alexandra Popp and Sara Daebritz netted in quick succession in the first half with Lea Schuller wrapping it up late on to set up a meeting with Sweden or Canada.
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On her 100th appearance for Germany, Popp headed the first home after 20 minutes and…
USWNT defenders say that the team aren’t thinking about their pay discrimination suit while they’re riding high in France.
Nigeria players are staging a sit-in protest, refusing to leave their hotel in France until all of their outstanding bonuses are paid, following the team’s elimination from the Women’s World Cup on Saturday.
Players told ESPN they are owed bonuses from two games, against Gambia and Senegal, from as far back as two years ago, amounting to 2 million Nigerian naira (about $5,600 U.S.), but they have been paid only half of that. They also say they are owed five days of daily allowance while at the World…
FIFA are to take over the running of African football in the wake of corruption scandals consuming the Confederation of African Football (CAF), it was announced on Thursday.
The CAF executive committee took the unprecedented decision to cede con…
No team has impressed more in the pre-Africa Cup of Nations friendlies than Tunisia, who made it three wins out of three with a 2-1 victory over Burundi on Monday evening.
The triumph — against a Hirondelles team that has also caught the eye du…
Francis Uzoho has found himself the subject of unwelcome commentary after losing his spot as goalkeeper for Nigeria.
Over the past four years, a combination of circumstances has seen Nigeria witness a five-goalkeeper rotation; it is by far the highest turnover of goalies in the Super Eagles’ history.
When Vincent Enyeama retired abruptly in 2015, his place was taken by second-choice Carl Ikeme. Less than two years later, Ikeme called time on his career after being diagnosed with leukaemia. Daniel Akpeyi and Ikechukwu Ezenwa jostled briefly for the spot before it was eventually claimed by outsider Francis Uzoho.
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Who are the favourites to win the expanded 24-team Africa Cup of Nations, and which teams face an uphill struggle to advance past the group stage in Egypt.
Ahead of the big kick-off on June 21, here’s ESPN’s Power Ranking for all 24 Afcon qualifiers, delivered, in time-honoured fashion, in reverse chronological order.
24. NAMIBIA
A recent 1-0 friendly victory over Ghana has offered some hope that Namibia can trouble the big boys, but they’ll need more than that after being pitted alongside South…