{"id":2298,"date":"2023-07-27T13:46:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T13:46:56","slug":"womens-world-cup-nigeria-beat-australia-3-2-for-first-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/womens-world-cup-nigeria-beat-australia-3-2-for-first-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s World Cup: Nigeria beat Australia 3-2 for first win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The Super Falcons on Thursday defeated Australia 3-2 at the Brisbane Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Nigerian female beat their opponent to record their first win in the competition and the fifth win in the history of the Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Before the match, the PUNCH reported that the nine-time African champions have recorded only four wins in the history of the competition \u2013 two at the 1999 edition (against North Korea and Denmark), against Canada in 2011, and at the 2019 edition, where they also recorded a 2-0 win over North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With the win, the Super Falcon\u2019s chance of reaching the round of 16 have been boosted after Canada secured a 2-1 victory against Ireland on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In their opening match at the tournament, the Falcons displayed defensive prowess, including goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie saving a penalty, to secure a commendable point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In their only previous Women\u2019s World Cup meeting in 2015, Australia emerged victorious with a 2-0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Details\u00a0later\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Super Falcons on Thursday defeated Australia 3-2 at the Brisbane Stadium. The Nigerian female beat their opponent to record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2300,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions\/2300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}