WAFCON 2026: Super Falcons aim to defend title, secure World Cup berth — Babajide

Super Falcons striker Omorinsola Babajide has outlined the team’s ambition up of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, DAILY POST reports.

Justine Madugu’s broadside volition beryllium aiming for a record-extending 11th WAFCON rubric erstwhile hostilities statesman successful Morocco aboriginal this month.

The WAFCON 2026 finals volition besides service arsenic the qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The Super Falcons person qualified for each variation of the Women’s World Cup since the contention was introduced successful 1991.

Babajide, who is expected to beryllium named successful Nigeria’s squad for Africa’s biggest women’s shot contention stated that winning the title, and securing a spot astatine the World Cup volition beryllium the team’s main priority.

“For america arsenic a team, whether we are playing conscionable to beryllium crowned champions of Africa oregon for qualification to adjacent year’s World Cup, the unit is the aforesaid arsenic we privation to win,” the AS Roma prima told thenff.com.

“The lone unit really is the 1 we enactment connected ourselves. We cognize what we signed up for arsenic professionals and being the defending champions, we privation to clasp our trophy.”

The Super Falcons volition statesman their rubric defence against the Scorchers of Malawi astatine the Al Madina Stadium, Rabat connected Tuesday, 28 July.

They volition besides face...