Nigeria: Falcons to Play in Abuja

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    This Day (Lagos)

    22 March 2011


    The national women’s team, Super Falcons will play their 2012 Olympic Games qualifying match against Namibia at the National Stadium, Abuja on Sunday, 3rd April.

    Assistant General Secretary (Competitions) of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi said on Monday that the Federation had already communicated the venue and date of match to world football -governing body, FIFA.

    “The match is an Olympics qualifier and we had to communicate early enough to the world football -governing body on date and venue. The match will be played at the National Stadium, Abuja on Sunday, 3rd April,” said Dr. Sanusi.

    The Super Falcons, reigning champions of Africa have been training in Abuja ahead of the two-leg fixture, with the second leg coming up in Windhoek mid-April. Namibia overpowered Angola on aggregate in the earlier round while the Falcons drew a bye following the withdrawal of Congo.

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