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True stories: Nigeria at the 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup

A football team of young black women wearing green kits

A wacky tale of sex, cash, drugs, race, witchcraft, politicking, cronyism and rampant age-cheating… The Nigerian women’s football team’s incredible journey to the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup is an inspiring story marred by scandal and intrigue. Amidst farcical scenes and a rotating cast of surreal hangers-on, the team of plucky young womenContinue reading “True stories: Nigeria at the 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup”