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Nigeria cancels 2019-20 Women's Premier League season due to Covid-19

The Nigeria Women's Football League [NWFL] board has announced the complete cancellation of the 2019-20 Nigerian Women's Premier League [NWPL] due to the coronavirus disruptions.

The campaign, which was initially set to kick off on March 25 was postponed indefinitely four days earlier over the global health crisis.

This cancellation means the women's leagues, including the top-flight, will not take place for the first time since the first championship was organised in 1990.

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Having scrapped the season, it further resolved that the next term will start after the government's approval for football's return in the build-up for the new Caf Women's Champions League.