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- There will be tour of the Women's World Cup trophy in all the 32 nations that will participate in the competition
- And as a result of this latest development, the women's World Cup trophy will be in Nigeria on the 26th of March
- Super Falcons will be participating in the World Cup and the Nigerian players are currently in Mexico for invitational tournament
World football governing body (FIFA) have announced that there will be a trophy tour of the Women's World Cup to all 32 nations who will be participating in this year's tournament.
The 2023 World Cup will be taking place in Australia & New Zealand and FIFA chiefs want enough awareness for the tournament before the kickoff in 20th of July.
According to FIFA, the tour is going beyond to inspire people of all ages to get excited about the Women’s World Cup.
Interestingly, the tour will also hit Africa since the continent will be sending representatives to the tournament.
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When is it going to Nigeria?
According to the information FIFA released on their site, the tour of the trophy will land in Nigeria on March 26.
But before then, it will be in Morocco on March 20 while the trophy will be in South Africa on 22-23 as Zambians will see it on 24.
Nigerian sports reporter, Dare Kuti, expressed happiness while speaking to Sports Brief about the latest development about the World Cup tour.
Statement made by Kuti
''This is a good development coming from FIFA and I am sure that Nigerians will be waiting to see the trophy most especially people in Lagos because I am sure that is where the trophy will be shown to us.''
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FootballOkobi steps out in style
Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Super Falcons forward Ngozi Okobi left supporters on social media gushing over her beauty after her adorable photos of her stepping out in style was spotted.
There is no doubt about the fact that Okobi is one of the finest Nigerian female footballers, and despite being a married woman, the 29-year-old is maintaining her beauty.
Being a female footballer in Nigeria is not an easy task considering many difficulties these players do go through before making it to the top of their careers.
Okobi was seen leaving fans gushing just because of her beauty.