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Super Falcons Of Nigeria Drop In FIFA World Ranking

NFF Reacts As Super Falcons Crash Out Of World Cup

The Super Falcons of Nigeria dropped in FIFA’s women’s national team ranking but retained their number one spot in African women’s football.

The Super Falcons recently qualified for the last phase of the 2024 Olympics qualifiers after beating the Cameroon women’s national team in Abuja, following a 1-1 draw in Cameroon.

But that has not positively influenced their position in the world ranking according to the recent ratings FIFA released on Saturday, March 16, 2024.

Based on the world football governing body’s latest ranking, the Super Falcons moved two steps backward, from the 32nd spot to the 34th spot.

While in Africa, the Super Falcons are comfortably occupying the first spot in the FIFA ranking meaning they remain the best women’s national team on the continent.

The Nigerian side are closely followed by the reigning African women’s champions, South Africa who will face the Super Falcons in the last phase of the 2024 Olympics qualifiers.

Despite being second in Africa, the Bayana Bayana are sitting outside the top 50 in the world ranking. They are currently occupying the 51st spot in the world.

Morocco are currently occupying the third spot in Africa and sitting in the 58th spot in the world. Ghana are currently fourth, and 65th globally, while Zambia complete the top five in Africa.

Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Mali, and Equatorial Guinea make up the top 10 in the African national team ranking.

Note that Spain remain the highest-ranked women’s national team in the world followed by England, France, and the United States.

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Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Sunday 17th March, 2024

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Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Sunday 17th March 2024.

The PUNCH: Many residents of the Okuama in the Ughelli South Local Government Area and Okolaba in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, on Friday, fled the communities as soldiers took over the area and reportedly set some houses ablaze in reaction to the killing of 16 soldiers, including senior officers

Vanguard: 21 years after senators and members of the House of Representatives forced the Executive to insert Special Intervention Projects (SIP), known as constituency projects, into the budget, it has been one problem after the other every year.

The Nation: Okuoma, an Ijaw community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, has turned into a ghost town in the aftermath of the killing of 22 soldiers dispatched to the area on a peace mission. Residents, especially young men, are understood to have fled for fear of reprisal over the killing of the soldiers, five of whom were officers: a lieutenant-colonel who was the commanding officer, two majors and one captain.

Daily Trust: Nigerians are lamenting the consequences of epileptic power supply that has characterized the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) in recent times. Nigeria’s electricity generation, which was around 4,000 Megawatt (MW) in the past 10 years, has further plunged to 3,500 MW lately.

Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.

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