Nigeria: U-17 Worl Cup - Expectations Run High in Warri

Lagos — After the presentation and submission of empirical facts to the FIFA inspection team in Abuja on Monday, on the readiness of the Warri Sub-seat to host the U-17 World Cup, hopes are on thehigh side among Deltans that the Warri sub-seat might be announced Thursday as one of the host cities for the Cadet tournament.

Speaking through his special assistant on media, Timi Ebikagboro, the Delta State sports commission's chairman, Pinnick Amaju, who presented the sub-seat report to FIFA, said the report was received with open heart. He said going by Jack Warner's response, Warri and indeed Deltans have every cause to be hopeful.

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