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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 off a corner kick just as Abdrumane Konate doubled the lead in the 59th minute with substitute Seydou ...

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 championship, started the game on the front foot and were by far the better side of the teams from the k...

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 Stade de Kegue.  Sindou ignited the surge of goals with a fine strike when he beat goalkeeper Destiny ...