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09:53 GMT, Friday, 6 November 2009

Nigeria's Golden Eaglets triumph

Nigeria under-17 coach John Uboh

Nigeria's Under-17 footballers are celebrating qualification to the quarter-finals of the Fifa Under-17 World Cup.

The Golden Eaglets triumphed 5-nil against New Zealand in Abuja.

A brace of goals from Edafe Egbede and another from Stanley Okoro had the Nigerians 3-nil up against the Kiwis by half time.

Sani Emmanuel added two more quick goals to their tally on the 75th and 79th minutes.

The victory earns them a quarter-final tie against South Korea.

South Korea defeated Mexico 5-3 on penalties after the two sides finished level at 1-1 after 90 minutes.

Nigeria are now the only African hope remaining in the competition.

Earlier, ten-man Burkina Faso crashed out of contention losing 4-1 to Spain in Kano.

Spain opened the scoring in the 19th minute through Barcelona's Sergi Roberto and then Abdoulaye Ibrango equalised for the Burkinabe seven minutes later.

Roberto restored the lead for Spain 11 minutes in the second half and he completed his hat-trick in the 67th minute.

Things got worse for Rainer Willfeld's side in the 81st minute as Dalhata Soro was shown a straight red card for a foul in the penalty area and Adria Carmona then converted the spot kick.




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