Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Super Falcons Drop One Spot In FIFA Rankings


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  Super Falcons Drop One Spot In FIFA Rankings By Sampson Adedeji World soccer governing body (FIFA) on Friday morning released th ranking for women's football in the first quarter of the year and Nigeria's Super Falcons maintained its position as Africa number one but drop a spot in the world, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Unlike men ranking that comes up every month, women ranking is fixed for every 3 month and makes it 4 times in a year. Current African champions who were not active in the just concluded FIFA window for women dropped to 38th position in the world against 37th it was in the last ranking. In the last three months, Super Falcons garnered 1459.57 points against 1614 it amassed in the last ranking. Indomitable Lioness of Cameroon who lost out to Chile in the Olympic play off still maintain its position as Africa number two and 52nd in the world. Bayana Bayana of South Africa did enough to stay third in the continent and 55th in the world. Africa lone representative in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic game Shepolopolo of Zambia failed to make Africa Top 10. The next women ranking is fixed for June 25th, 2021. African top 10 1. Nigeria 2. Cameroon 3. South Africa 4. Ghana 5. Coted'ivoire 6. Equatorial Guinea 7. Tunisia 8. Morocco 9. Mali 10. Algeria.
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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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