Nigeria to host West Africn Football Union U20 tourney
28/7/2008 16:49
Nigeria will host the West African Football Union (WAFU) Under-20 men's
soccer championship billed for November 15 to December 7 this year, the newly
elected president of the body, Amos Adamu, has announced.
Briefing the press
shortly after the body's inaugural executive committee meeting in Abuja at the
weekend, Adamu also announced that the First Lady, Turai Yar 'Adua, has donated
a trophy to WAFU to organize a women's tourney on a date yet to be fixed, local
media reported today.
He added that this would be the first time in the
history of the sub-regional body that it would stage a female football
championship.
According to Adamu, WAFU intends to stage a senior Nations' Cup
tournament, but for the tightness of FIFA and CAF calendars, the competition
would not be possible this season.
In related manner, South African sports
television network, Supersports, and Nigeria's African Independent Television
(AIT) have been contacted to beam WAFU matches to the whole world.
Xinhua
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