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Women Global Soccer War Begins In Australia on Thursday.

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Former Ugandan leader, Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada when received at a lavish reception in Buckingham Palace by late Queen Elizabeth said, “You have received us well and when next you come to our territory the hostility will be higher”. He meant we shall host you well.

Classical women from32 countries presenting 726 football players across the world shall begin soccer hostilities at the 50,000 capacity Eden Park, a National Stadium noted for Rugby activities in Central Auckland, New Zealand from 0800 hours Nigerian time on Thursday 20th July to Sunday 20th August 2023 when the 9th world senior female world cup commences.

The opening ceremonies will commence 30 minutes before co-hosts New Zealand will trade tackles with former champions, Norway at 0800 hours. Singers Benee and Mallarat from New Zealand and Australia will perform DO IT AGAIN which is the official song of the women world cup.

Hear Benee: “As a keen football player, I just couldn’t have imagined this. I’ve loved the experience of writing a song which I hope reflects my excitement at having the world’s biggest women’s sports event held on my home turf and I can’t wait to perform DO IT AGAIN live with Mallarat at the opening ceremony”. Others to perform were not known as at press time.

The games used to experience 32 matches until now that 64 matches will be played since the women’s world cup was founded 32 years ago, exactly 1991. This is also the first time ever the women’s games will be hosted by two countries simultaneously.

It used to be 24 teams on parade but now 32 teams in this 9th edition to be played in 10 cities. Highest attendance was at Canada 2015 with a total 1,353,506 attendances but the last competition France 2019 attracted 1,131,312 total attendances.

Four countries won the trophy in the past 8 games. United States of America won four times; Germany won two times while Japan and Norway won once each.

Incidentally, Nigeria sounds high when you talk of the oldest player at the 2023 tournament.
Nigeria’s Captain and able Defender, Onome Ebi (Onome means my own) will be the oldest player in this tournament at an awesome 40 years. She is one month four days older than Canada’s Christine Sinclair who is also 40 years. Both of them will be on parade as captains when their teams clash on Friday 21st July at 1530 hours Nigerian time.

Incidentally again, Ifeanyi Chiejine would have been the youngest player at 16 years big enough to be born by Onome, but Casey Phair a South Korean player born in USA is just two days younger as she celebrated her 16th birthday on 29th June being born in 2007.

Highest goal scorers on record are Martha from Brazil with 17 goals; both Birgit Prinz of Germany and Abby Wambbach of USA (Coached USA in the last edition to be world champions) scored 14 goals each while placing 4th on record is Michele Alers also of USA with 12 goals.

No African country is in the category of highest team scorers. USA has 138 goals; Germany has 121; Norway got 93; Sweden 71 and Brazil 66 goals.

Four African countries will be on parade at the 9th tournament namely Morocco; Zambia, South Africa and Nigeria.

Nigeria plays first against Canada on Friday 21st July at 1530 hours; meet co-hosts Australia on Thursday 27th July at 1100 hours and plays the last group match against Republic of Ireland on Monday 31st July at 1100 hours.

 

 

By Eniola Olatunji

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Barca Pissed As Yamal Caught In All Night Romp With Strange Model

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Recently, Barcelona’s young star Lamine Yamal has once again found himself embroiled in off-field controversy. Just days after the defeat in the Clásico, on Monday local time last week, he was photographed travelling to Milan with several friends.

 

According to renowned paparazzo Jordi Martín, Yamal attended a party with a prominent Italian model during his trip and spent the night with her – a woman who is not his current girlfriend. Rumours suggest Yamal had previously shared an ambiguous relationship with this model before he began dating his current partner.

During his stay in Milan, Yamal attended a party with a prominent model who was not his current girlfriend Nicki Nicole. It is understood that this model, Anna Gegnoso, is Italian and rumoured to have had a prior romantic connection with Yamal before his relationship with Nicki Nicole began.

According to the photographer, Yamal first attended the party with Anna that evening before the pair spent the night together at Milan’s Armani Hotel – an incident that would undoubtedly displease Nicki Nicole should it prove true. Furthermore, Yamal and his accompanying friends deliberately obstructed media personnel from capturing photographs and footage at the scene.

Jordi Martin further disclosed that this behaviour has provoked considerable displeasure among Barcelona’s club hierarchy. They have grown weary of Yamal’s lifestyle. Several weeks prior, whilst injured, he flew to Croatia for a holiday with Nicki Nicole, publicly sharing photos of their trip on social media – an act that already drew criticism.

This latest incident – reportedly flying to Milan for revelry within hours of the Clásico defeat – has only exacerbated the situation. Particularly given his lacklustre performance against Real Madrid, he now finds himself dominating headlines for off-field reasons.

These successive off-field incidents, coupled with his earlier controversial remarks about Real Madrid at an event, have increasingly raised concerns within Barcelona’s ranks. Club officials fear he is becoming increasingly overwhelmed by this “noise,” drifting away from his core focus on football

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Ronaldo , Messi Top Penalty Misses Ranking List

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According to the statistics in 2025/10/13, here are the top 7 players who miss most of the penalty.

 

Ranking of the number of missed penalties:
1. Cristiano Ronaldo: Missed 34 penalties, a total of 211 penalties taken, penalty kick success rate 83.8%

2. Lionel Messi: Missed 32 penalties, a total of 145 penalties taken, penalty kick success rate 77.9%

3. Neymar: Missed 22 times, a total of 113 penalties, penalty kick success rate 80.5%

4. Francesco Totti: Missed 20 times, a total of 106 main penalties, penalty kick success rate 81.1%

5. Ciro Immobile: Missed 19 penalties, a total of 105 penalty kicks taken, penalty kick success rate 81.9%

6. Zlatan Ibrahimović: Missed 17 penalties, a total of 104 penalty kicks taken, penalty kick success rate 83.6%

7. Ronaldinho: Missed 16 penalties, a total of 85 penalty kicks taken, penalty kick success rate 81.1%

Note: This data does not include penalty kicks missed in penalty shootouts

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Former Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has been named Norwich City caretaker manager

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Wilshere will take charge of the Sky Bet Championship club following the sacking of Johannes Hoff Thorup.

Thorup’s number two, Glen Riddersholm has also left Carrow Road on Tuesday.

Wilshere, who was part of the coaching crew under Thorup will be assisted by Tony Roberts and Nick Stanley.

Norwich City have two games left in their Championship campaign.

Sporting director Ben Knapper said: “Whilst we made this appointment with a long-term focus and in line with our wider club strategy and direction, unfortunately recent results and performances have deemed it necessary for us make a change.

“I’d like to place on record our sincere thanks to Johannes and Glen. They are both fantastic people who worked tirelessly to help improve and move our football club forward.

“We all wish the two of them the best in the next stage of their respective careers.

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