[Mhiz Rebecca]

Nigeria’s women football team have moved up
one place on the monthly FIFA world rankings to
34, retaining their place as the top-ranked African
side.
The rankings released on Friday showed Nigeria
as having amassed 1613 points to maintain their
status as African champions, with Ghana their
nearest African side on the rankings at 45th.
Cameroon, who lost to Nigeria in the final of the
2016 African Women Championship they hosted,
are 47th on the rankings and Equatorial Guinea
are 50th.
In the overall rankings, England have moved
back up to fourth, overtaking Canada to equal
their best ever position.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
Germany have replaced world champions U.S. as
the number one team.
England came third at the SheBelieves Cup
competition earlier in March after a 1-0 win over
the U.S. and defeat by European and Olympic
champions Germany.
Northern Ireland rise four places to 55th, Wales
move up one to 33rd and Scotland stay 21st.
It is the first time since March 2015 the U.S.
have been replaced at the top of the table.
England Women will host Italy and Austria in
April — their final home matches before the Euro
2017 finals this summer.

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