U-15 World Cup: Future Eagles spank New Caledonia 7-0, progress to round of 16
Nigeria’s Future Eagles trounced New Caledonia 7-0 on Wednesday to cruise to the Tier C Round of 16 at the maiden edition of the FIFA Under-15 World Cup and Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The result was Nigeria’s first clean sheet of the tournament.
Nigeria secured the commanding victory with goals from Wisdom Oche and Mayowa Salu in the first and 40th minutes, Abdulsalam Muhammad in the 21st and 39th minutes, and a hat-trick from captain Timothy Ijachi in the 12th, 16th and 35th minutes.
Nigeria will on Thursday face the winner between Benin Republic and Cuba. A victory for the Future Eagles will extend their unbeaten streak at the competition to seven games.
The team, coached by Patrick Bassey, advanced from the qualification stage in Group AD, where they finished third with seven points from five matches, recording one win and four draws, scoring 11 goals and conceding 10.
Nigeria kicked off their campaign with a 3-3 draw against South Sudan, drew 2-2 with Jordan, and 3-3 with The Gambia. Nigeria secured their first victory of the competition by beating Cyprus 2-1, then drew 1-1 with Pakistan.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
States
Independence: NBA urges Nigerians to expect better future
The NBA said that ordinary Nigerians should be deriving benefit from the subsidy removal rather than hardship.
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
States
Kidney patient seeks govt, public support over soaring cost of dialysis, medications
Mr Abdul said patients also faced the burden of purchasing expensive medications even when they were not undergoing dialysis.
Heading 1
23-year-old Ghanaian woman Paulina Okyere dies in Canada’s multiple auto crash
The GoFundMe page said Ms Okyere “was only 23 years young, with the most beautiful soul and the biggest smile in any room.”
Rights
Court dismisses Nollywood actor Emeka Ike’s suit against INEC, Lere Olayinka
Mr Ike aspired to vie for the House of Representatives seat for the AMAC/Bwari federal constituency on the NDC platform, but lost the bid in a primary poll.
Politics
New Awujale of Ijebuland will emerge before May 29, 2027: Dapo Abiodun
Governor Dapo Abiodun announced that a new Awujale of Ijebuland will emerge before May 29, 2027.
States
Maid, driver caught on CCTV stealing employer’s $3,000, police say
He said the defendants entered the complainant’s bedroom while she was at work and stole the items without realising there was CCTV in the house.
