Nigerian footballer wins Best Player at U-20 FIFA World Cup

Nigerian striker Asisat Oshoala (pictured above) was voted the Most Valuable Player/Best Player at the 2014 FIFA U20 World Cup in Canada. She was awarded the Golden Ball award and Golden Boot having scored seven goals and provided two assists.
French midfielder Griedge Mbock-Bathy was awarded the Silver Ball while

Falconets Fall Victims Of FIFA Suspension on Nigeria

Less than 24-hours after an emergency committee of FIFA placed a suspension on Nigeria due to an alleged government interference in the administration of Nigerian football, the country’s Under-20 women side, the Falconets, may have become the first victims of the ban.

According to latest reports, the world football governing body has stopped the Falconets on their proposed 24-day camping tour of Canada ahead of the upcoming 2014 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup holding in Canada in August.

It was gathered that the nation’s campaigners were scheduled to depart the Nnamdi Azikiwe