Golden Eaglets, last night at the Abuja National Stadium, exposed the poor defensive record of New Zealand with a 5-0 thrashing to book an easy passage to the quarter-final of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. The Nigerians meet North Korea on Monday at the U.J. Esuene Stadium Calabar.

SUDDENLY, coaches are beginning to handover their technical duties to men of God. Before now, every coach is as good as his last job. Little wonder therefore they say that there are two types of coaches. Those who have been sacked and those waiting to be sacked.

Spanish cadet team crushed Burkina Faso side 4-1 at the Sani Abacha stadium in the on-going Under-17 Championship to book a place at the quarter-final stage of the competition.

Ghana expect to have Sulley Muntari available for their final qualifying match for the 2010 World Cup, which takes place against Mali on November 15, and an international friendly with Angola three days later.

Ismaily are closing in on Etoile Sahel’s Nigerian striker Emeka Opara in a bid to improve on their goal scoring, according to a top official at the club.