Following the scanty crowd that graced the opening matches of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Abuja, Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has assured all that the Gateway Stadium in Ijebu-Ode would witness full capacity on Sunday when the venue hosts the first of the three matches allotted to it.

Debutants, Switzerland, continued their fairy-tale run in the ongoing Nigeria 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup with a stunning 4 — 3 victory over hard-fighting Japan in their third group B match played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, yesterday.

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for Kano at the Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria says there will not be a repeat of the floodlight failure that stopped play on Monday.

Bruno Gozzelino, the new president of the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) has hailed the William Archibong-led Local Organising Committee for the Obudu international mountain race for making the annual 11 kilometres mountain race unarguably the best organised and highest paying mountain race in the world.

For battling to a 3-3 draw against Germany in their FIFA Under-17 World Cup Group A opener, members of the Golden Eaglets were given their full winning bonus of $500.