{"id":3932,"date":"2026-10-30T05:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T05:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/2026-u-17-wwc-nsc-salutes-flamingos-after-securing-quarterfinal-ticket\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T05:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T05:47:37","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-nsc-salutes-flamingos-after-securing-quarterfinal-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/2026-u-17-wwc-nsc-salutes-flamingos-after-securing-quarterfinal-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: NSC Salutes Flamingos After Securing Quarterfinal Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Sports Commission (NSC) has sent a congratulatory message to Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos following their qualification to the quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The NSC congratulated the coach Akeem Busari-led side in a statement on their X handle.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Oluebube Umejiaku and Mary Dunstan helped the Flamingos secured passage to the last eight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria\u2019s U-17 women\u2019s national team, the Flamingos, have secured a place in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco following a 2-1 victory over Mexico in their Round of 16 encounter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOluebube Umejiaku opened the scoring in the 40th minute before Mary Akpan Dunstan doubled Nigeria\u2019s lead in the 71st minute. Mexico pulled one back through Emily Delgado deep into stoppage time, but the Flamingos held on to seal a hard-fought victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result sets up a quarter-final clash against Venezuela as the Nigerian youngsters continue their pursuit of a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Sports Commission congratulates the Flamingos on this important achievement and urges the team to maintain their focus and determination as they continue to fly Nigeria\u2019s flag high on the global stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Sports Commission (NSC) has sent a congratulatory message to Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos following their qualification to the quarterfinals of the 2026 FIFA women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco. The NSC&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932","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=3932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}