Lagos, Nigeria (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss under 17 team reached the final of the World Cup in Nigeria, and will play the hosts on Sunday afternoon 15 November in front of 60,000 supporters in Lagos. The young Swiss stars beat Colombia 4-0 in the semi-finals after beating Brazil, Germany and Italy in earlier rounds. A controversy has been developing in Nigeria over the age of some of their players, with rumours the captain is about 25 years old.

In the first game of the play-offs to qualify for the adult version of the World Cup, to be held in South Africa in 2010, Nicolas Anelka  scored a vital away goal for France, who won 0-1 in Ireland. Portugal beat Bosnia-Herzegovenia 1-0, Russia beat Slovenia 2-1 and Greece and Ukraine played out a 0-0 draw. In a friendly international played in Dubai Brazil beat England 1-0.

Links to other sites: Fifa, Swissinfo, TSR

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