Assistant Coach of the Golden Eaglets, Emmanuel Amuneke has said that no sentiments were used in selecting the Nigerian side bidding for a record fourth FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy in the United Arab Emirates.

Nigerian athletes invited to the ‘conditioning camp’ opened by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN have settled down to do some work, but some top athletes have opted out preferring to be with their coaches.

The dice is cast for tonight’s crunch quarterfinal match between the Golden Eaglets and Uruguay in Sharjar, with Coach Manu Garba saying that it is now or never for his boys to deliver the goods to show that they here to lift the FIFA U-17 World Cup for a fourth record time.

Despite the 10-0 thrashing of their Sierra-Leonian counter-parts in the first leg of the FIFA Under-20 Women World Cup qualifier in Abuja, Falconets coach Peter Dedevbo has said he is unimpressed with the quality of his team.

After spending over 12 days covering the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Dubai, I have started to feel home-sick. Yes, I mean it. I am thinking of Lagos, the self-acclaimed mega-city, according to amiable Governor Babatunde Fashola, who has been trying to reshape Lagos, albeit with little or no success, depending on which side of the divide you belong.