{"id":12423,"date":"2026-11-08T13:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/2026-u-17-wwc-flamingos-bag-50000-for-historic-title-win\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T13:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:17:06","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-flamingos-bag-50000-for-historic-title-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/2026-u-17-wwc-flamingos-bag-50000-for-historic-title-win\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: Flamingos Bag $50,000 for Historic Title Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Flamingos have been rewarded with $50,000 following their historic victory at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The cash reward was presented on Saturday night by Alhaji Saleh Ahmadu, a sponsor of the National Sports Commission (NSC), during a special reception held in honour of the team\u2019s outstanding achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by several notable dignitaries, including NSC Chairman Mallam Shehu Dikko, Director-General Honourable Bukola Olopade, and Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the initial cash reward, the Flamingos are expected to receive additional incentives from other stakeholders in recognition of their remarkable achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria secured its maiden FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup title with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Japan in Saturday night\u2019s final in Rabat, Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The historic triumph marks a significant milestone for Nigerian women\u2019s football, highlighting the country\u2019s growing strength in the global game while providing a major boost to its youth football development programme.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flamingos have been rewarded with $50,000 following their historic victory at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup. The cash reward was presented on Saturday night by Alhaji Saleh Ahmadu,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}