{"id":16511,"date":"2021-09-21T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/?p=16511"},"modified":"2021-09-21T13:06:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:06:00","slug":"falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons, Bayana In Titanic Battle On Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Abegunde Tolulope<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">The top two teams in women\u2019s football on the African continent at the moment, Nigeria and South Africa, will face off in what is a potentially-explosive battle on the final day of hostilities in the maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women\u2019s Tournament at Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16512\" src=\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Banyana-Queens1-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Banyana-Queens1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Banyana-Queens1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Banyana-Queens1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Banyana-Queens1-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Banyana-Queens1-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">The big game will kick off at 4pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State is expected to lead the political circle that would include other big-name players to the closing ceremony, while Nigeria\u2019s FIFA Council Member Amaju Melvin Pinnick will lead football\u2019s upper crust. FIFA Secretary General, Mrs Fatma Samoura, FIFA Council Member Aisha Johansen, CAF Executive Committee Member Kanizat Ibrahim and FIFA\u2019s Head of Women Football, Sarah Bareman will also be in the executive box, alongside the full complement of NFF Executive Committee Members and Management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">The Super Falcons, nine-time champions of Africa, narrowly edged the Banyana on penalties in the final of the 2018 Women AFCON in Ghana, after both teams could not be separated in regulation and extra time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">On the opening day of the tournament on Wednesday, the Super Falcons defeated the Female Eagles of Mali 2-0, both goals coming off substitute Gift Monday late in the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">Banyana Banyana were truly dominant and impressive in their 3-0 demolition of Ghana\u2019s Black Queens on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv6056929627MsoNormal\">A total of eight goals have now been scored in the tournament. Only Nigeria\u2019s Gift Monday has scored more than one goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Abegunde Tolulope &nbsp; &nbsp; The top two teams in women\u2019s football on the African continent at the moment, Nigeria and South Africa, will face off in what is a potentially-explosive battle on the final day of hostilities in the maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women\u2019s Tournament at Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Tuesday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001015,"featured_media":16438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Falcons, Bayana In Titanic Battle On Tuesday - GongNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Falcons, Bayana In Titanic Battle On Tuesday - GongNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; By Abegunde Tolulope &nbsp; &nbsp; The top two teams in women\u2019s football on the African continent at the moment, Nigeria and South Africa, will face off in what is a potentially-explosive battle on the final day of hostilities in the maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women\u2019s Tournament at Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Tuesday &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GongNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T12:06:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nigeria-Mali2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1029\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/\",\"name\":\"Falcons, Bayana In Titanic Battle On Tuesday - GongNews\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nigeria-Mali2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-21T12:06:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#\/schema\/person\/c1cc6ad53610293a13264ddc7ce020fe\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nigeria-Mali2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nigeria-Mali2.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1029},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Falcons, Bayana In Titanic Battle On Tuesday\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/\",\"name\":\"GongNews\",\"description\":\"... truth in defense of a just society\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#\/schema\/person\/c1cc6ad53610293a13264ddc7ce020fe\",\"name\":\"Editor1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68ba3ffbc0abd79d49f4b6fc9c4d545e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68ba3ffbc0abd79d49f4b6fc9c4d545e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor1\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/author\/editor1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Falcons, Bayana In Titanic Battle On Tuesday - GongNews","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Falcons, Bayana In Titanic Battle On Tuesday - GongNews","og_description":"&nbsp; By Abegunde Tolulope &nbsp; &nbsp; The top two teams in women\u2019s football on the African continent at the moment, Nigeria and South Africa, will face off in what is a potentially-explosive battle on the final day of hostilities in the maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women\u2019s Tournament at Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Tuesday &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/","og_site_name":"GongNews","article_published_time":"2021-09-21T12:06:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1029,"url":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nigeria-Mali2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor1","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/","url":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/","name":"Falcons, Bayana In Titanic Battle On Tuesday - GongNews","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nigeria-Mali2.jpg","datePublished":"2021-09-21T12:06:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#\/schema\/person\/c1cc6ad53610293a13264ddc7ce020fe"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nigeria-Mali2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nigeria-Mali2.jpg","width":1080,"height":1029},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/falcons-bayana-in-titanic-battle-on-tuesday\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Falcons, Bayana In Titanic Battle On Tuesday"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/","name":"GongNews","description":"... truth in defense of a just society","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#\/schema\/person\/c1cc6ad53610293a13264ddc7ce020fe","name":"Editor1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68ba3ffbc0abd79d49f4b6fc9c4d545e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68ba3ffbc0abd79d49f4b6fc9c4d545e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor1"},"url":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/author\/editor1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16513,"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16511\/revisions\/16513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}