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2012 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The 2012 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 6th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-20 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. 19 teams entered the competition, but due to withdrawals only 16 actually played matches. The top two teams of the tournament Ghana and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ... qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan as the CAF representatives. Preliminary round The preliminary round was played on 28 and 29 October 2011 (first leg) and 19 November 2011 (second leg). Guinea withdrew fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The 2010 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-20 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Players born on or after 1 January 1990 are eligible to compete in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany as the CAF representatives. Preliminary round In this preliminary round, São Tomé and Príncipe withdrew from competition before the start of the 1st leg. As a result, Central African Republic qualified for the next round. Mozambique, Kenya, Togo, and Sierra Leone all withdrew from preliminary competition. ''Uganda won 3−1 on aggregate and advanced to the fisrt round.'' ---- ''Réunion won 7−2 on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinaba Stadium
Sinaba Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Benoni, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Benoni Premier United. The stadium holds 15,000 people. It underwent a major upgrade during 2009, as it had been chosen as a training facility during the 2010 FIFA world cup , image = 2010 FIFA World Cup.svg , size = 200px , caption = ''Ke Nako. (Tswana and Sotho for "It's time") Celebrate Africa's Humanity'It's time. Celebrate Africa's Humanity'' (English)''Dis tyd. Vier Afrika se mensd ... in South Africa. International matches cannot be held at the stadium since it does not meet FIFA regulations. An evaluation of the stadium's structural soundness led to the decision to demolish it. Over time, the Benoni North Local Football Association has bemoaned the facility for its inadequate upkeep and administration. SuperSport United looked at Sinaba Stadium as a potential replacement for Lucas Moripe Stadium, which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabi Mayala
Mauby (in Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Jamaica, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Grenada, Guyana, Bermuda, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda and Anguilla), also known as ''maví (or mabí)'' in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, ''mabi'' in Haiti and Martinique, and ''maubi'' in the Virgin Islands and Dutch Caribbean islands of St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and Saba), is a tree bark-based beverage grown, and widely consumed, in the Caribbean. It is made with sugar and the bark and/or fruit of certain species in the genus '' Colubrina'' including ''Colubrina elliptica'' (also called ''behuco indio'') and '' Colubrina arborescens'', a small tree native to the northern Caribbean and south Florida. Recipes usually include other ingredients as well, spices such as aniseed being very common. Mauby was traditionally a fermented beverage made in small batches, but is now predominantly a commercial non-fermented soft drink. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are two of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawa Tangara
Hawa Tangara (born 12 January 1993) is a Malian footballer who plays for AS Real Bamako and the Mali national team. She played for Mali at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations. She scored for Mali in a 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification match against Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is .... References 1993 births Living people Malian women's footballers Mali women's international footballers Women's association football forwards 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan area in 2019. Situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe in the country's Mashonaland region, Harare is a metropolitan province, which also incorporates the municipalities of Chitungwiza and Epworth. The city sits on a plateau at an elevation of above sea level and its climate falls into the subtropical highland category. The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the UK Prime Minister Lord Salisbury. Company administrators demarcated the city and ran it until Southern Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923. Salisbury was thereafter the seat of the Southern Rhodesian (later Rhodesian) government and, between 1953 and 1963, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebere Orji
Ebere Orji (born 23 December 1992) is a Nigerian international footballer who currently plays for Sundsvall DFF in the Swedish Elitettan. She has previously played for multiple clubs in Nigeria, Sweden and Hungary but most notably for Ferencváros in the Hungarian Női NB I and Rivers Angels in her home country in the Nigeria Women Premier League. She has also represented Nigeria at international level as part of the team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup finals, as well as the Under 20 and Under 17 World Cup. Club career With Rivers Angels, she once scored a hat-trick against COD United Ladies in a 6–1 win on their way to eventually winning the Federation Cup in 2014. In 2015 with Ferencváros, she won both the Hungarian championship (Női NB I) and the Hungarian Cup. In the 2016–17 season, Orji ended as top goalscorer in the Női NB I with 27 goals. In 2019 Orji won the Elitettan title with Umeå IK, scoring 11 goals in 26 league games. International career At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desire Oparanozie
Ugochi Desire Oparanozie (born 17 December 1993) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward in the Chinese Women's Super League for Wuhan Jianghan University and the Nigerian national team. Club career Oparanozie started her career at Bayelsa Queens in the Nigerian Women's Championship and moved to Delta Queens in 2010. She then spent 2 months on loan at Düvenciler Lisesispor in the Turkish Women's First Football League in 2011, before returning to Delta Queens. In 2012, she joined Rossiyanka from the Russian Women's Football Championship, with them she played four matches at the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League, scoring one goal. Oparanozie joined Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg for the 2013–14 season signing a two-year contract. In the first half of the season, she only appeared in one game, and mostly played for Wolfsburg's second team. In the winter, after half a season, she left Wolfsburg. On 21 February 2014, Oparanozie transferred to Ataşehir Belediye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abeokuta
Abeokuta is the capital city of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria. It is situated on the east bank of the Ogun River, near a group of rocky outcrops in a wooded savanna; north of Lagos by railway, or by water. , Abeokuta and the surrounding area had a population of 449,088. Geography and economy Abẹokuta lies in fertile country of wooded savanna, the surface of which is broken by masses of grey granite. It spreads over an extensive area, being surrounded by mud walls 18 miles in extent. Palm oil, lumber, natural rubber, yams, rice, cassava, maize, cotton, other fruits, and shea butter are the chief articles of trade. It is a key export location for cocoa, palm products, fruit, and kola nuts. Both rice and cotton were introduced by the missionaries in the 1850s and have become integral parts of the economy, along with the dye indigo. Abeokuta lies below the Olumo Rock, home to several caves and shrines. The town depends on the Oyan River Dam for its water supply, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MKO Abiola Stadium
MKO Abiola Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Abeokuta, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Gateway F.C. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people. Name The stadium name refers to Moshood Abiola, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola an important businessman, publisher, politician and aristocrat of Abeokuta, Ogun State. References External linkshttps://web.archive.org/web/20100803050859/http://www.gatewayfc.com/homeground.php Football venues in Nigeria Buildings and structures in Abeokuta Tourist attractions in Abeokuta {{Nigeria-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Sunday
Ukpong Esther Sunday (born 13 March 1992) is a Nigerian footballer, who plays for OKS Stomil Olsztyn. Sunday has previously played at a club level for Sunshine Queens and Pelican Stars in the Nigerian Women's Championship, as well as FC Minsk in the Belarusian Premier League. She has also played at an international level for the Nigeria women's national football team in several tournaments. Playing career Club Esther Sunday previously played for the Sunshine Queens and Pelican Stars, both in the Nigerian Women's Championship, before going on to join FC Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League. While there, she was among three Nigerian internationals in the team when the club won the Premier League, the Belarusian Women's Cup and the Belarusian Women's Super Cup. In January 2016, she moved to Turkey joining Trabzon İdmanocağı. She appeared in the Turkish Cosmetics 2016 Tournament of the top four teams in the league, where she scored a goal en route to a victory with her new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisca Ordega
Francisca Ordega (born 19 October 1993) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Women's Football Championship. She represents Nigeria women's national football team (Super Falcons) at both the FIFA Women's World Cup and African Women's Championship. She was also nominated for best female African footballer Playing career Club Bayelsa Queens Ordega began her career at the youth level for Bayelsa Queens, before being promoted to the professional side in 2008 where she played at Nigerian Women's Championship. Rivers Angels In 2011, she moved to Rivers Angels, one of the top clubs in Nigerian Women's Championship. WFC Rossiyanka In 2012, Ordega left Nigeria to sign with Russian champions Rossiyanka of the Russian Women's Football Championship. In November 2012, it was announced that Ordega and Rossiyanka mutually parted ways. Piteå IF In 2013, Ordega signed for Piteå IF in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She scored her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of 284,124 inhabitants, and the larger Greater Accra Region, , had a population of 5,455,692 inhabitants. In common usage, the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered .Sum of the land areas of Accra Metropolitan District, Ablekuma Central Municipal District, Ablekuma North Municipal District, Ablekuma West Municipal District, Ayawaso Central Municipal District, Ayawaso East Municipal District, Ayawaso North Municipal District, Ayawaso West Municipal District, Korle Klottey Municipal District, Krowor Municipal District, La Dadekotopon Municipal District, Ledzokuku Municipal District, and Okaikoi North Municipal District, as per the 2021 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
