By Isyaku Ibrahim
Nigeria ‘s Super Falcons will for the first time since 2008 return to women soccer event at Olympic Games to be held in Paris.
A goal by Rasheedat Ajibade was all what the National Team needed to scale through to the quadrennial event.
Super Falcons who are making their fourth appearance in the event, their best appearance was in 2004 in Greece when they qualified for the last eight.
Nigeria will play in Group c termed zone of death.
alongside Japan, Brazil and reigning World Champions Spain.
Speaking on the development Falcons Coach Randy Waldrum appealed for support from the Minister for sports to ensure a good outing.
He thanked the girls over giving a good account of themselves at the return fixture in South Africa on Tuesday which ended goalless hoping such feat will be repeated in the game proper.
Zambia also joined Nigeria in representing the continent after defeating their Morrocon Counterpart by three goal to two.
The Southern Africans who played in the last edition held in Tokyo Japan will trade tackles teams comprising United States, Germany and Australia in group B.
It will be recalled that since the commencement of the soccer event in the global tournament no African team has ever made it through to the medal zone
