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Spain Beats Japan, Wins FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

Spain emerged winners of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica on Monday morning (West African time) as they defeated champions Japan 3-1 in the final at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San Jose.

The Spaniards were unbeaten in the tournament to lift the title which is their first at the U-20 level.

In the third-place match played on Sunday night, Brazil thrashed Europeans champions, Netherlands 4-1 to claim the competition’s bronze medal.

The final rankings at the tournament placed Nigeria in fifth place as the best of the quarter-finalists after their 2-0 defeat in the nanda, of Netherlands.

Esther Onyenezide finished joint-third on the goalscorer chart with three goals.

The teenage attacking midfielder fell behind tournament top goalscorer Spain’s Inma Gabarro (7 goals) and Japan’s Maika Hamano (4 goals).

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.