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Nigeria, Zambia Lead Qualifiers For U-17 Tourney
World champions Nige
ria, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia have qualified in impressive fashion for the final round of the qualifying tournament of the 2015 African U-17 Championship.
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets thrashed visiting DR Congo 4-0 to go through 5-0 on aggregate, South Africa dumped Tanzania 4-0 at home to advance by the same aggregate and Uganda beat Rwanda home and away for an aggregate scores of 7-2 to do same.
The reward for the rampant Nigerians will be a clash against Gabon, while South Africa and Uganda face Egypt and Zambia, respectively.
Zambia also humbled Botswana 6-0 after they won 5-0 in Gaborone at the weekend. Egypt scrapped through 6-5 on penalties in Congo, who overturned a first leg 1-0 deficit on Sunday. Guinea won home and away against Morocco, 1-0 in Conakry and 2-1 in Morocco. Morocco reached the semi-finals at last year’s final tournament, which they hosted.
Cameroon held on to a 2-0 home victory in Burkina Faso, where they drew 0-0 on Sunday, while Angola marched on at the expense of Mozambique, who lost the away tie 2-0 after they pipped their opponents 2-1 in the first encounter. Togo sneaked through on the away goals rule ahead of Senegal after they drew 1-1 in Dakar. The first leg in Lome ended 0-0.
Sierra Leone and Ghana are also through to the final qualifiers following the withdrawal of Tunisia and South Sudan, respectively. The return leg involving defending champions Cote d’Ivoire and Libya was cancelled because of the war in Libya.
The Ivorians won the first game 4-0 in Abidjan to move to the next stage of the qualifying tournament, where they will battle Angola.
The final round of qualifiers will be decided in September with the seven finalists joining hosts Niger Republic at the African U-17 Championship to be played in February.
Port Harcourt the capital city of Rivers State will be at the centre stage in Nigeria as Port Harcourt Arsenal Community will hold her maiden edition of Football Fans Fiesta (FFF).
The Fiesta scheduled to hold on the 13th December, 2025, at Eddiz wine bar GRA, promises to be all football fans carnival in the State , as there will be a lot of fanfares.
The Coordinator of Port Harcourt Arsenal Community (PHAC), Ugochukwu Oputa has said that the forthcoming Football Fans Fiesta was basically to promote peace, unity and love among football fans in irrespective of the cub.
He stated that sports is a catalyst to bring peace, love and Unity in any given society, hence the occasion was initiated.
Oputa said this in an interview with sports journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday, saying that arrangements are on top gear for a successful programme.
” This event is for all football fans irrespective of your club. It is basically to promote peace, love and Unity among fans.
“It is like stating the obvious that football is the catalyst of peace and unity in the world. So the Port Harcourt Arsenal Community want to use this avenue to bring people together and foster friendship.
“There is no gate fee, but it is expected to put on jersey of your club as to make the event look unique” Oputa said.
The Coordinator used the forum to advice football fans in the world to love one another, and equally urged fans that will attend the occasion to be of good conduct and behaviour.
Tonye Orabere
Liverpool’s season of abject misery worsened as they were beaten with embarrassing ease by a hugely impressive Nottingham Forest at Anfield.
Arne Slot’s Premier League champions were looking to bounce back from a heavy defeat at Manchester City, but instead ran into a Forest side revitalised under new manager Sean Dyche and looking back to their best.
Liverpool head coach Slot gave £125m British record signing Alexander Isak a start, but he was totally anonymous once more and only lasted 67 minutes.
Forest went ahead after 33 minutes when defender Murillo shot powerfully past fit-again Liverpool keeper Alisson to subdue an already anxious Anfield.
Igor Jesus had a second ruled out for handball, but Forest doubled their advantage 39 seconds after the break when former Liverpool defender Neco Williams set up Nicola Savona for a crisp finish in front of The Kop.
Liverpool could barely raise a response in a desperate display, Forest increasing their lead 12 minutes from time when Morgan Gibbs-White scored after Alisson saved from Omari Hutchinson.
It means Liverpool, who lie 11th before Saturday’s late fixture, have now lost six of their past seven Premier League games as Slot’s near £450m summer spending spree comes under further scrutiny.
Forest, meanwhile, are surging away from the relegation zone and are up to 16th.
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