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Sports Minister Congratulates Flamingos, Olympic Eagles On Weekend Of Sporting Success


The Sports activities Minister Sunday Dare has congratulated each the Nigeria U17 Girls’s soccer workforce, the Flamingos and the Olympic Eagles on their successes over the weekend.
On Sunday, the Flamingos grew to become the primary African workforce to complete on the rostrum within the FIFA U17 Girls’s World Cup after beating Germany via penalties to select the bronze medal whereas the Olympic Eagles beat Tanzania 3-1 on combination in Ibadan, Oyo State on Saturday, to qualify for the following spherical of the CAF U23 AFCON qualifiers.
In response to the Sports activities Minister, “the victories are heartwarming for Nigeria and value celebrating.
“I commend the coaches and the gamers of each groups for giving us their finest performances in addition to congratulate the Nigeria Soccer Federation(NFF) for these successes.”
The Olympic Eagles will face both Uganda or Guinea within the ultimate spherical of the U23 AFCON qualifiers whereas soccer followers will hope to see a great variety of the Flamingos develop via the ranks into the U20 workforce, Falconets and the senior workforce, the Falcons in just a few years.
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