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S uper Falcons Set for Paris 2024 Olympics: Waldrum Selects Ajibade, Nnadozie, Oshoala, 15 others  Head Coach Randy Waldrum has picked captain Rasheedat Ajibade, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, defender Osinachi Ohale, forward Asisat Oshoala and 14 other players in his final list of Nigeria’s Super Falcons for this year’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in France. The team is scheduled to depart Sevilla for France on Thursday, 18th July. Nine-time African champions Nigeria, who are making their first appearance at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament for the first time since 2008 in China, will tackle Brazil, Spain and Japan, in that order, at this year’s tournament. To qualify for the 12-team tournament, the Falcons edged South Africa’s Banyana Banyana 1-0, with a strike from the penalty spot in Abuja by Ajibade separating Africa’s top two teams over two legs in the month of April. Their first game, against Brazil, comes up at the Stade Bordeaux on 25th July, before confronta...

AKWA IBOM STARS OF THE MONTH:  William Paul Troost-Ekong and Ini Edo William Paul Troost-Ekong, MON (born 1 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club PAOK and captains the Nigeria national team. William Troost-Ekong's father is a Nigerian from Etinan in Akwa Ibom State, while his mother, Eleanore Troost, is Dutch. The defender has two siblings, Emily and Everest. Iniobong Edo is one of the most beautiful and celebrated Nollywood divas known for her outstanding roles as a highly gifted actress since she started her illustrious career in 2000. She has featured in more than 200 movies. She is one of the 34 Beauty Queens of Nollywood and Kannywood published in the second edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series printed in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA in 2013. In 2013, Ini Edo was a judge for the Miss Black Africa UK Pageant. In 2014, Miss Ini Edo was appointed by the United Nations as a United Nations Habitat Youth Envoy.