Team Ogun and the Golden Eaglets secured the bronze medal in the female and male football events, respectively, of the 2024 National Sports Festival in Ogun State, NigeriaSoccernet.com reports.
Host, Ogun State, defeated team Osun State 2-0 at the Remo Stars Stadium on Tuesday morning.
Goals from Damilola Adeyanju and Itunuoluwa Odeyiola in the first half helped the hosts finish third.
In the male category, Nigeria's U17 side – competing, earned a 2-0 win over Team Kaduna at the main bowl of the Remo Stars Stadium.
Abdulmuiz Adeleke opened the scoring after some fine build-up play for the Golden Eaglets, while an own-goal from the Kaduna side consolidated victory for the Manu Garba side.
The Golden Eaglets and Flamingos are participating in the 22nd National Sports Festival as part of the praiseworthy Invited Junior Athletes (IJA) initiative of the National Sports Commission.
Uche Dozie