Nigeria: Sarki Saves Flying Eagles

24 January 2007

Lagos — A wonderful free kick struck by Sarki barely 10 minutes to the end of the match yesterday kept Nigeria's Canada 2007 dreams alive after the champions were almost upstaged by the Junior Pharaohs of Egypt.

Nigeria was expected to do well against the North Africans in the second match of the African Youth Championship taking place in Congo after getting off to a dream start on the opening day with a 4-2 win over Zambia.

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