Nigeria, Ghana square up in U-17 West African 5s Hockey finals
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by ikenna osuoha1 nigerias u-17 hockey male team is to play their ghanaian counterparts in the finals of the ongoing u-17 west african 5s hockey tournament on tuesday1 the five-aside hockey tournament is holding in accra the ghana capital1 the nigerian side beat burkina faso 17-0 and defeated togo 9-1 to qualify for the finals while ghana eliminated togo 11-0 to get to the finals1 fatai atanda technical member of nigeria hockey federation hailed the boys for getting to the finals and expressed optimism that they would lift the trophy1 he said in an interview with nan that the performance of the team was an indication that nigeria will do well in the african youths games coming up in july in algeria1 atanda charged the boys to continue with their performance stressing that their efforts point the road to a stronger national team of the future1 the starlets would likely represent nigeria in algiers for african youths games from july 18-281