Afcon 2025 News | Women's Afcon 2025: Nigerian Team Receives Hero's Welcome After Win

Nigeria's women's soccer team received a hero's welcome in Abuja on Monday after winning the Women's Africa Cup of Nations. The Super Falcons' comeback 3-2 victory over host Morocco in Saturday's thrilling final was applauded by Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu and many in Nigeria, a soccer-loving nation where passion and hard work often triumph over institutional challenges. Tinubu hosted the triumphant national women's soccer team on Monday. The Super Falcons won their record-extending 10th Women's Africa Cup of Nations title after braving institutional challenges. The team had been owed match bonuses for years, once resulting in a training boycott in 2022.