Nigeria

Defender Ashleigh Plumptre is back in the Super Falcons squad after an injury absence of more than six months.

Washington Spirit lead the NWSL in having the highest contingent of African players in the league. But what makes the team, and the DC area, so attractive to players from the continent?

NFF Technical Director Augustine Eguavoen has been appointed interim head coach of Nigeria's Super Falcons and will lead the team into next month's 2028 Olympic Games qualifiers against Comoros.

Nigeria forward Esther Okoronkwo is expected to miss the rest of the year with an injury, AFC Toronto coach Marko Milanovic said on Thursday.

Nigeria Football Federation president Ibrahim Musa Gusau, general secretary Mohammed Sanusi, and the entire NFF executive committee resigned Thursday, amid mounting public pressure following a series of failures.

The Nigeria Football Federation has dismissed Super Falcons coach Justine Madugu and the rest of his technical crew with immediate effect, just days after Nigeria failed to qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.

Nigeria will miss the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in history after a 1-2 'play-in' loss to South Africa.

Record ten-time WAFCON champions Nigeria missed out on the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time ever.

South Africa rolled back the years with a quality performance in Thursday's 2-1 win over Nigeria in Casablanca that wrapped up a place in the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup Inter-Confederation playoffs.

Banyana Banyana shocked the Super Falcons 2-1 to clinch their place in the FIFA World Cup Inter-Confederation Playoffs after both teams had lost their Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) quarter-finals.