This was after having again got a hand to the ball, but not a firm enough contact to prevent Ibrahim Kanate’s penalty finding the net
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The governing body of world football said the 24-team competition would still be staged on the planned dates, November 10-December 2 and it “will now designate a new host in due course”.
The Flamingos won 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 90 minutes of regulation time.
The scoreline would have been much higher had the girls from Nigeria converted more of their scoring opportunities.
The Brazilians have now moved within one title of equalling record holders, Nigeria, though this was their first since 2003.
Abdu Maikaba, Flying Eagles Assistant coach and coach of Plateau United on Monday, said that the Golden Eaglets would do better in the U-17 World cup scheduled for in Brazil in September.
Nwakali, who recently admitted he would love to play for the Gunners, is being chased by Chelsea and Udinese ahead of the January window
Golden Eaglets Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke. is upbeat about his team’s chances to defend their FIFA U-17 World Cup despite…
The Nigerians’ representative, Ken Van Deyck, has revealed that the north London side will have to battle it out with the Portuguese giants if they’re to land the pair
The first goal in the final match in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was an own goal scored by Aguerri
At the final whistle of their defeat by Nigeria, the Uruguay players collapsed to the ground in anguish as if bereaved
Ekweremadu, who led a powerful Nigerian delegation that included Nigeria Federal Road Safety Corps Chief Marshall, Ositadinma Benjamin Chidoka, to the venue of the match, was a very happy man after it ended 2-0 in Golden Eaglets favour and the result qualified the Nigerian cadet national team for the semi-finals of the competition
Team Doctor, Deji Olarinoye, disclosed this to The Eagle Online on Friday morning at the team’s Inter-Continental Hotel, Festival City, Dubai
“With the results they put up during the qualifiers and the African Championship, followed up with the rigorous two weeks training session they had when they camped at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai, they are sure to do well
Speaking at the Government House, Calabar, Cross River State while receiving a delegation of the Nigeria Football Federation, led by the 1st Vice President, Chief Mike Umeh, Governor Imoke equated the silver medal won by the Golden Eaglets at the African U-17 Championship in Morocco to gold
Nigeria will now face Tunisia in the semis while hosts Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire would play the first semis on Tuesday
The self-styled New Nigeria Golden Eaglets under Coach Manu Garba, who qualified the team for the championship last December after winning six matches, have been drawn against two West African rivals, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, and 2011 second runner-up, Congo-Brazzaville, at the championship to be held between April 13 and 27
The Golden Eaglets completed a fine weekend for Nigerian football with a 3-0 win against a determined Guinean side in their second round-first leg 2013 African Under-17 qualifiers
While the Super Eagles take on the Lone Star of Liberia in a 2013 African Cup of Nations final qualifying match on Saturday, the Golden Eaglets will take on the U-17 National Team of Guinea in a 2013 African U-17 Championship second round, first leg match