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The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is preparing a ‘special squad’ to battle for relay tickets of this year’s World Championships holding in Budapest, Hungary, in August
Two people died and 10 were injured in a Benin stadium as supporters surged to get into a football match against Senegal, a local justice official and a hospital source said on Monday.
Nigeria on Wednesday defeated Benin Republic 3-0 to book a date with perennial rivals, Ghana, in the final of the maiden WAFU B U-20 Girls Cup of Nations holding in Kumasi, Ghana. To qualify for the final, Ghana’s Black Princesses beat Burkina Faso 3-1 in the second semifinals.
Still thrilled by their 7-0 spanking of the U-20 girls of Niger Republic in the opening match of Group B of the on-going WAFU B U-20 Women Championship in Kumasi, Nigeria’s Falconets cannot wait for today to fire from all cylinders once more, against their Togolese counterparts, to reach the tournament’s semifinals before their match against Burkina Faso on Sunday. Forward Opeyemi Ajakaye, who won a FIFA U-17 World Cup bronze medal with the Flamingos in India last year, turned up with a hat-trick, and defender Jumoke Alani and midfielder Chinyere Kalu were also among the goalscorers as the World Cup quarterfinalists steamrolled the girls from Niamey on Sunday. Victory over the Togolese today, will assure the Falconets of a place in the semifinals, which is why they will pull no punches right from kickoff by 6.00 p.m. at the Baba Yara Stadium. On Sunday, the Falconets will be up against Burkina Faso in the last match of Group B, scheduled for the Paa Joe Stadium also in Kumasi. Hosts, Ghana heads Group A, which also has the Republic of Benin and Cote d’Ivoire.
FIFA World Cup quarter-finalists, Falconets of Nigeria will today trade tackle against Niger Republic in the first match of Group B WAFU B U20 Women’s Championship in Kumasi, Ghana.
Head Coach, Chris Danjuma, has selected midfielders, Taiwo Afolabi and Esther Onyenezide, and forwards Flourish Sebastine and Opeyemi Ajakaye in Nigeria’s 20-woman squad for the forthcoming WAFU B U20 Women Tournament holding in Kumasi, Ghana.
