2023 WWC: Sports Ministry stops NFF from sacking Super Falcons coach – Waldrum

<p>The Ministry of Youth and Sports rejected a proposal by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to sack Super Falcons head coach, Randy Waldrum last week, DAILY POST reports.</p>, <p>Waldrum and NFF engaged in a bitter war of words in the build up to the Super Falcons preparation for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.</p>, <p>The American tactician accused the Federation of lack of support, imposition of players and misappropriation of funds.</p>, <p>DAILY scooped from a reliable source in the NFF that the football house took the decision to sack the 66-year-old last week but for the intervention of permanent secretary of the ministry of youth and sports who was against the move.</p>, <p>The decision, the ministry believed, would have adverse effects on the team’s performance in Australia and New Zealand.</p>, <p>Waldrum will be in the dugout when the Super Falcons take on Canada in their opening fixture at the World Cup on Friday morning.</p>, <p>The encounter at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium will kick off at 3.30 am Nigeria time.</p>