Tag: U-20 World Cup
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Colombia 2024: NFF President, Gusau urges Falconets to stay focused ahead of tournament
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Monday charged players of Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, to be focused, attentive to the instructions of their coaches, work hard and embrace discipline to achieve success at this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals in Colombia.
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Argentina 2023: Flying Eagles draw Colombia 3-3, set to face Dominican Republic on Sunday
Fit-fighting Nigeria battled to a 3-3 draw with Colombia in Tuesday’s pre-FIFA U20 World Cup friendly match at the Estadio 20 October in Tristán Suárez, Buenos Aires.
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Egypt 2023: Senegal book quarter-final place, beat Mozambique 3-0
The Junior Teranga lions of Senegal have a booked a place in the Quarter-final of the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations with a dominant 3-0 victory over Mozambique on Wednesday. Pape Amadou Diallo opened scoring for Senegal in the 45 minute of the encounter to register a first half win. Upon resumption in the…
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Costa Rica 2022: Spain defeats Japan to win FIFA women U-20 World Cup
Spain’s U-20 female national team has emerged victorious at the FIFA World Cup held in Costa Rica for the first time in their history. The generation led by Salma Paralluelo, Inma Gabarro, and Andrea Medina rounded off a sensational tournament with the gold medal, achieved after beating the Japanese team in the final by 3-1.
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U-20 World Cup: Nigeria failed to prepare, says FA member
Godwin Bamigboye, board member of FCT Football Association (FA), says the woeful performance of the Flying Eagles of Nigeria in the ongoing U-20 World Cup in Poland was was due to failure of the team to prepare adequately for the tournament. Bamigboye said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…
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U-20 World Cup: Flying Eagles crash out after defeat to Senegal
Senegal defeated Nigeria’s Flying Eagles 2-1 in their round of 16 clash on Monday night, June 3 at the ongoing FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland. The encounter at Lodz saw Senegal take the kick-off and in the 10th minute, Tijani came close to netting the opener after winning a header in the penalty box,…
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Breaking: Saudi Arabia crowned AFC U-19 champions
Asia’s qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 came to a close on Sunday, with Saudi Arabia edging past Korea Republic 2-1 in Cibinong, Indonesia to claim their third continental title. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Saudis maintained an unblemished record heading in to the final, including a 3-1 win over Australia in…
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Falconets lose opening match of U-20 Women World Cup 2018
Falconets on Monday lost their opening match at the ongoing Under-20 Women’s World Cup in France. A second-half strike by Stefanie Saunders gave the German team victory over Nigeria. Nigeria will still play China PR, Haiti in the group stage. One of the Falconets, Rasheedat Adebisi expressed optimism that the team will be in top…