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Flamingos make history, beat Japan to win Nigeria’s first U-17 Women’s World Cup title

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Nigeria defeated Japan 2-1 in Saturday’s final in Morocco to become the first African nation to win the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, with Awawu Bashiru and Oluebube Umejiaku scoring the historic goals.

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