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Super Falcons target Olympic return - Ngozi Okobi

Ngozi Okobi has her eyes set on inspiring Nigeria's return to the women's tournament at the Olympic Games for the first time in 12 years.

The Super Falcons, who won nine African titles in 11 outings, featured three times between 2000 to 2008 as lone African representative at the quadrennial competitions.

However, the African queens missed the last two editions after they were denied a qualification ticket by Cameroon to London 2012 and Equatorial Guinea to Rio 2016 four years ago.

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Earlier in June, Thomas Dennerby's side reached the Women's World Cup knockout stage in France for the first time since 1999.