Tag: WAFU
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Flying Eagles win 3-1 to lift WAFU title
Nigeria’s under-20 male football team, the Flying Eagles, on Friday emerged champions of the West Africa B Zone when they defeated the Young Squirrels of Republic of Benin 3-1. They achieved this feat after winning in the final match of the WAFU B Under-20 Championship held in Niamey, Niger Republic. Tolulope Ojo set Nigeria on…
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WAFU U-17 final: Win the trophy, get ‘handsomely’ rewarded, Senate president tells Eaglets
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has pledged to handsomely reward the Golden Eaglets if they win the ongoing WAFU Zone B Under-17 championship in Togo, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Lawan, who spoke to NAN through his Special Adviser (SA) on Sports, Sani Fema, on Sunday night, stated that the team deserved to…
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WAFU U-17: Nigeria defeat Burkina Faso, qualify for final
Nigeria’s national under-17 male football team on Friday defeated their Burkina Faso counterparts 1-0 to qualify for the final of the WAFU U-17 tournament in Lome, Togo. With this win, the Golden Eaglets have also picked one of the tickets for the 2021 CAF U-17 AFCON scheduled for Morocco later in the year. In the…
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WAFU: Nigeria will present formidable team, in spite short preparation – Bosso
Flying Eagles coach Ladan Bosso says the technical crew are working round the clock to present a formidable team for the WAFU B U-20 tournament in Togo, in spite of the short time for preparation. Bosso told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the team started intense training at the FIFA Goal project of…
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Eagles Team B arrives in Dakar for WAFU Cup of Nations
Nigeria’s home-based senior players arrived in Dakar on Thursday for the second edition of the WAFU Cup of Nations which begins in the Senegalese city of Thies on Saturday. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the team of 21 players and six officials left…
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U-20 WAFU Cup: Flying Eagles defeat Ghana, to face Mali in semi-final
Nigeria’s U-20 team, Flying Eagles, on Wednesday reached the semi finals of the WAFU U-20 Championship in Togo with a come-from-behind 4-2 win over the Black Satellites of Ghana. Paul Aigbogun’s men who were held to a goalless draw by Niger in their opening game in the competition finished top of Group B with four…
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Flying Eagles to face Ghana, Benin in WAFU tournament
Nigeria’s national under-20 side will face their counterparts from Ghana, Niger Republic and Benin Republic in Group B of the WAFU Under-20 Cup Tournament, an official said on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition is billed for Lome, the capital of Togo from Dec. 6 to Dec. 16. Organisers have…