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August 18, 2006
Nigerian women win U-20 opener
Nigeria beat Canada 3-2 in their opening game of the Under-20 Women's World Championship in Russia on Thursday.
Nigeria had to come from behind twice to secure the win.
Canada opened the scoring in the Group A encounter in the 25th minute through Kaylyn Kyle before Tawa Ishola equalised for the Falconets just four minutes later.
Amanda Ciccini put Canada ahead once again in the 71st minute.
Cynthia Uwak then proved to be the heroine as she scored two goals in the last 10 minutes of the match to secure all three points for Nigeria.
In the other Group A game, Australia beat their neighbours New Zealand 3-0.
Africa's other representatives at the tournament are the DR Congo, who open their Group D campaign with a match against the USA on Friday.
Posted by Publisher at August 18, 2006 12:32 PM
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