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"Welcome Ibraheem Jabaar (18-year-old). Jabaar is proudly Stellenbosch." Jabaar is the second Nigerian player to sign for Stellenbosch this season as he joins his countryman Stanley Dimgba at the Western Cape-based club. Dimgba was snapped up by Stellies from Nigerian giants Enyimba at the beginning of the current campaign and he has made an impact under coach Steve Barker. The left-footed marksman, who is one of the most powerful shooters in the PSL, has netted three goals from six starts in...

“I haven’t heard from the coach,” he revealed. “But if the opportunity arises, I would be extremely happy to represent my country.” He also said he will not be short of role models to inspire him to glory in the national team. “I grew up watching Jay-Jay Okocha, Obafemi Martins, Nwankwo Kanu, then Victor Osimhen play. I watch Osimhen play a lot, we played together (in the Golden Eaglets), he’s a real example,” he said.

By Femi Solaja The Baby Elephants of Cote d’ Ivoire, yet again proved their superiority in the sub-regional WAFU B Under-17 tournament final as Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets fell 2-3 last night in Lome, Togo. Although both teams confirmed their qualifications for the Under-17 AFCON final scheduled for Morocco later this year, the young Ivorien proved the better of the two teams when they raced to three unreplied goals in the match. Sindou puts the Baby Elephants in the lead in the 15th minute of...

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WAFU tourney: Ivory Coast beat Eaglets 3-2 in thrilling final Ebenezer Bajela Ivory Coast defeated defending champions Nigeria 3-2 to win the West African Football Union B tournament at the Stade de Kégué, Togo on Monday. Sindou Kone, Abdrumane Konate and Seydou Traore gave the Baby Elephants a three-goal lead before two late goals from substitute Ahmed Abdulahi ensured a nervy finish for the Ivorians in Lome. Ivory Coast, who had defeated the Golden Eaglets 1-0 in the group stage of the cham...

Nigeria, who reached the final following a 1-0 win over Burkina Faso in the semis, looked to change the narrative having started the tournament on a poor note. The Baby Elephants, who had won all their previous three games in the tournament (1-0 over Nigeria; 3-1 over Ghana and; 1-0 over Niger Republic), opened the scoring in the 15th minute after Sindou Kone poked home the lead to stun the Nigerians. And in the 32nd minute, goalkeeper Destiny made yet another brilliant save to deny Ivorians an...

Nigeria then secured a draw against Ghana in their second game in the competition and managed to reach the semi-finals of the tournament after results from other games favoured them. The Golden Eaglets secured a 1-0 victory over Burkina Faso in the semi-final to advance into the final and subsequently qualified for the 2021 U17 Africa Cup of Nations which will take place in Morocco. Nigeria, however, failed in the last hurdle after narrowly losing to the Young Elephants in the Wafu final at Sta...

Golden Eaglets qualify for WAFU final, U17 AFCON Golden Eaglets qualify for WAFU final, U17 AFCON Five-time world champions Nigeria zoomed into the final of the WAFU U17 Cup Tournament in Lome, Togo on Friday, following a 1-0 win over Group A winners Burkina Faso at the Stade Kegue. Victory means the Golden Eaglets are now not only eligible to battle for the tournament’s diadem on Wednesday, but have also joined the teams that have qualified for the 2021 U17 Africa Cup of Nations holding in ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Toni Ufoh Former Golden Eaglets coach Emmanuel Amuneke has backed Fatai Amoo’s side to beat Ivory Coast in the final of the WAFU B U-17 Cup Tournament in Lome, Togo on Monday (today), The PUNCH reports. Both teams will be meeting for the second time in the tournament following Nigeria’s 1-0 loss to Ivory Coast in their opening Group A game penultimate week. A 77th minute goal by Emmanuel Papo helped the Eaglets defeat Burkina Faso on Friday in a close semi-final en...

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