Falcons coach targets African record

Falcons of Nigeria coach , Eucheria Uche did not play in the women world cup, despite being a  pioneer of women football in Nigeria.

However, she is aiming to be the first African woman to win the African Women Championship as a player and a coach. And also the first African woman to lead a team to the FIFA Women World Cup.
After making a bright start with Mali on Monday and then consolidating with South Africa yesterday, Uche is hoping to win the trophy and make a statement for woman coaches in Nigeria.
“I’m hoping to win this trophy to become the first African woman to achieve it as a player and a coach.
“We have a good team and they have been so outstanding so far in the tournament.
“We did not play well at the 2008 CAN. We have renewed our team and we have worked hard with younger players. In this team, there are only four players that took part in the last CAN. Our girls are ready to confront any team in this competition,” said Uche Nigeria’s last group match will be against Tanzania on Sunday.

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Adamu faces ethics panel on Wednesday

Dr. Amos Adamu
FIFA executive committee member Dr. Amos Adamu will face the football body‘s ethics committee on Wednesday, following the allegations in The Sunday Times that he and Oceania Football Confederation President Reynald Temarii plan to sell their votes in the bid for the 2018 World Cup.

Adamu arrived in Zurich on Sunday to meet with FIFA President Sepp Blatter on the matter but it was learnt that the ethics committee would only welcome the WAFU President and Temarii after conducting its investigations. Blatter had promised an ”in-depth investigation” into the allegations.

Our correspondent learnt that Adamu had informed FIFA about the meeting with the undercover journalists before they met, and he also reported the outcome of the meeting to the football body.

Temarii told AP on Sunday that he made a mistake talking to undercover reporters, but defended his integrity.

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