Golden Eaglets Maul Espanyol 11-0, Coach Hails Team

Golden Eaglets Head Coach, Manu Garba, MFR was full of excitement after his wards turned on the style in an 11-0 win against Espanyol FC Academy at the main bowl of the U.J Esuene Sports Stadium, Wednesday.

The match was played in honour of late Assistant Coach of the U-20 Women National Team, Falconets, Mr. Chris Nwaehi who  had long arranged the friendly  match before  he passed on  in Lagos on 29 April.

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Golden Eaglets run over nine-man Congo

Nigeria's Golden Eaglets ran over nine-man Congo 7-0 at the ongoing African Under-17 Championship inside the Stade de Marrakech in Morocco on Saturday.

Inside the first hour, Nigeria wrapped up the game scoring six - averaging a goal every 10 minutes.

The striking pair of Isaac Success and Kelechi Iheanacho proved a handful for the Congolese with the latter helping himself with a hat-trick.

Iheanacho put Nigeria one goal up on four minutes after smashing home from close range via Musa Yahaya's assist.

The tournament's leading scorer, Success, came close to making it two but the Congo keeper, Mpea Darnet Ombandza blocked his effort.

Just before the half hour mark, Success finished off Bernard Bulbwa's chip to give Nigeria's Golden Eaglets a two-goal lead.

Eaglets Trash Diamond Zebras Of Botswana 9-0

Manu Garba, Chief Coach of the U-17 National team, Golden Eaglets, on Monday said the team was still in progress in spite of thrashing Botswana by nine goals to nothing.

In a statement signed by the team’s spokesperson, Morakinyo Abodunrin, the coach said the team would not rest on its oars.

“First and foremost, we thank God for what we have been able to achieve with this team, but we are not going to rest on our oars.