Saturday 18 August 2012

Nigerian team lands in Japan for U-20 Women's World Cup

Nigeria's national U-20 women's team, more commonly known as the Falconets arrived in Tokyo, Japan, to begin their World Cup campaign which starts on Sunday and will end on Sept 8. 

The team's Media Officer, Ejiro Femi-Babafemi, said today in a statement to the Press that the Falconets led by its Secretary, Mrs Faith Ben-Anuge, were received by top officials of the Nigerian Embassy in Japan and the world football governing body, FIFA. The statement said the team comprising 21 players and 11 officials were later lodged at the Royal Pines Hotel in Saitama. 

It also said that fellow Group B opponents, Italy, Brazil and Korea Republic, were lodged in the same hotel. 

He went on to inform us that the Chief Coach, Edwin Okon, had instructed that they resumed training in the afternoon and training would be stepped up given the fact that their opening match against Korea Republic was just two days away. 

"We cannot afford to take any chances this time that we are in Japan," the statement quoted Okon as saying. 

The team had been in Korea for over two weeks for closed camping. 

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