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Nigeria beat Comoros 5-0 to advance in Olympic qualifying and face Morocco

The Super Falcons completed a 7-0 aggregate win to reach the third round of qualifying for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

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Four Super Falcons players pose beside a team bus at the team’s training camp in Abuja, Nigeria, in 2011. File photograph. David Jane Footballer, “After training with my team mates in the National Camp Super Falcon in Abuja Nigeria” (resized and converted to WebP). CC BY-SA 3.0.Image sourceImage licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nigeria’s Super Falcons beat Comoros 5-0 on October 13 to advance 7-0 on aggregate to the third round of qualifying for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Morocco are their next opponents, according to Premium Times and Soccernet.ng.

Who scored against Comoros

Toni Payne and Uchenna Kanu scored twice each, while Christy Ucheibe converted a penalty.

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Nigeria women's national football teamComoros women's national football teamMorocco women's national football team

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