Sports
Super Falcons miss out on Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Nigeria’s Super Falcons will not participate at next year’s Olympic Games billed to hold in Tokyo, Japan.
This follows their failure to beat Cote d’ivoire in the third round of the qualifiers as they were held to a 1-1 draw in the second leg of their tie in Lagos on Monday.
Both teams had played a goalless draw in the first leg in Abidjan, and so, the Ivorian ladies are through by the away goal rule.
Read Also: DOHA 2019: Minister Dare hails bronze winner Brume, speaks on Tokyo 2020
It was a day of drama at the Agege Stadium in Lagos as the visitors took the lead in the 12th minute after Kapho Nina’s fine free-kick beat goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.
The Ivorians came close to doubling their advantage in the 32nd minute, but Nnadozie produced a fine save to deny Ange N’Guessan.
Asisat Oshoala leveled for the Falcons in the 34th minute and both teams fought hard searching for the winner till the final whistle.
Cote d’ivoire now advance to the fourth round of the qualifying series at the expense of African champions, Falcons.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...