It was a bad outing for African countries at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as Mali and Morocco suffered defeat. After beating Panama 2-0 in their opening match, Morocco fell 0-2 to Ecuador on Monday. Michael Bermudez scored a match-winning brace as Ecuador surged to the summit of Group A. In the sweltering heat of Surabaya, captain Michael …

Veteran youth coach Manu Garba is seeking the intervention of Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu as well as the Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh to ensure  that house gifts pledged to players and officials of the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning team by the then state’s Governor Liyel  Imoke, be finally honoured. Nigeria won that edition, …