{
  "id": 12269393,
  "title": "14 Super Falcons train for Olympic Qualifier against Comoros",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/14-super-falcons-train-for-olympic-qualifier-against-comoros",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T00:42:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/14-super-falcons-train-for-olympic-qualifier-against-comoros/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Fourteen Super Falcons are currently training to prepare for the Women's Football Tournament qualifying match against Comoros on Friday. The same Remo Stars Stadium will host the teams again on Tuesday. Two years ago, Nigeria's female football team returned to the Olympic Games after a 16-year hiatus and are eager to do so again in Los Angeles in 2028. Interim Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen has reinstated two players to the U17 women's team: Most Valuable Player of the WAFU-B U17 Girls Cup competition Oluwakemi Adegbuyi and FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup participant Favour Nkwocha. The team is set to travel to Morocco for the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup finals on Wednesday. Asisat Oshoala, the five-time Africa Player of the Year, has requested to be excused from the squad, prompting Eguavoen to call in Belarus-based forward Blessing Okpe. Eleven players are expected to be in camp, including defender Michelle Alozie, midfielders Christy Ucheibe and Jennifer Echegini, and captain Rasheedat Ajibade and Gift Monday. The team's goalkeeper is Christiana Uzoma, with defenders Farida Abdulwahab, Tumininu Adeshina, Valentina Uroko, Glory Edet, Shukurat Oladipo, and Glory Ogbonna, midfielders Oluchi Omenazu, Joy Igbokwe, Fatimoh Solaty, and Suliat Abideen, and forwards Shakirat Moshood, Blessing Nkor, Sandra John. Goalkeepers Chiamaka Nnadozie and Comfort Erhabor, defender Michelle Alozie, midfielders Christy Ucheibe, Toni Payne, and Jennifer Echegini, and forwards Rasheedat Ajibade, Gift Monday, Joy Omewa, Janet Akekoromowei, and Uchenna Kanu round out the squad.",
  "summary": "A total of 14 players trained on Monday evening as Nigeria’s Super Falcons commenced preparations for Friday’s 2028 Olympics Women’s Football Tournament qualifying match against the senior women national team of Comoros. Both teams will clash again in the return at the same Remo Stars Stadium on Tuesday evening. Two years ago, the 10-time African […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "2028 Olympics Qualifier: Nine Super Falcons players arrive in Ikenne camp",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/2028-olympics-qualifier-nine-super-falcons-players-arrive-in-ikenne",
        "published": "2026-10-05T07:06:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Super Falcons begin Olympic qualifier preparations with nine players in camp",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/super-falcons-begin-olympic-qualifier-preparations-with-nine-players",
        "published": "2026-10-05T07:16:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}