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Musa, Ekong, Iheanacho, 20 others for double CAR games   Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has listed team captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain Wlliam Ekong and 21 others for the Super Eagles’ FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 double qualifying encounters against the Central African Republic in Lagos and Douala next week. The Day 3 encounter will hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos on Thursday, 7th October with the Day 4 match in Douala, Cameroon (presently the ‘home’ of Central African Republic national teams) on Sunday, 10th October.     With the maximum six points from their first two matches of the campaign (against Liberia in Lagos and against Cape Verde in Mindelo earlier this month), the Eagles countenance another six points against the central Africans and Franco-German Rohr has largely kept faith with the troops that delivered in a September to remember.     Goalkeepers Maduka Okoye, Francis Uzoho and Daniel Akpeyi return, just as defenders William Ek...

The First edition of the Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament going on in the Edo State capital, Benin City, is living to expectations as top Nigeria Women Premiership clubs are in photo finish to get the four a available places in the semi finals of the tournament as the group games ends today at the University of Benin Sports complex, Ugbowo campus and the Western Boys High School, Ikpoba Hill. The battles for the four semi finals places will be fierce in  in three matches: Edo Queens versus Heartland Queens, Rivers Angels versus FC Robo Queens and the cracker between Bayelsa Queens and Sunshine Queens. In Group A, Edo Queens on six points and +5 Goal Difference, must beat or play a draw against Heartland Queens of Owerri in their last group game scheduled for the Uniben Sports Complex at 1pm. If Edo Queens fail to beat Heartland to move to 9 points, the narative will change if the Owerri team wins the game with just a lone goal. This will take Heartland to seven points from t...

Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament Update:  On a daily basis histories are being made in the Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament taking place in Benin City, Edo State, as the Chief Coach of FC Robo Queens of Lagos, Emmanuel Osahon, for the first time in the history of women football development in Nigeria introduced a 10 year old player, Kemi Adegbuyi, in the second half of the Group B match against Fortress Ladies FC of Benin, where team captain, Gift Monday scored all the five goals of the match that confirmed the club's leadership of the group.  Kemi Adegbuyi, who was first seen earlier this year at the First EkoFootball Women's Championship played at the Legacy Pitch and Agege Stadium, Lagos, provided the assist for the fifth goal scored by Gift Monday. The young player said she want to be like Assisat Oshoala when she grows, reason she was happy joining FC Robo, the team that trained her to become the best player in Africa. Aunty Assisat is my hero. I believe God...

Edo First Lady, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, Tuesday continued in her strides for more milestones in the history of Nigeria Sports development as she on Tuesday moved round tournament venues in the Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament in Benin City to watch group games played. This was the first in Nigeria for a serving First Lady of s state to aside from hosting a 12-club tournament, will move across match venues to watch games played.   She earlier did it on Day One when she watched and kicked off the matches at the Uniben Sports Complex - Rivers Angels versus Fortress Ladies, and the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium - Edo Queens versus Naija Ratels of Abuja. Tuesday afternoon, the energetic First Lady, was at the Western Boys High School, Ikpoba Hill and Uniben Sports Complex, Ugbowo campus. At the Western Boys High School, she watched FC Robo defeatef Fortress Ladies of Benin 5-0 with all goals scored by Monday Gift. The highlight of her visit was the pep talk she gave to the two teams at ha...

The maiden edition of the Ottasolo Pre-season Tournament will be held in Lagos for top football teams in Nigeria. According to the coordinator of the Tournament, Kola Daniel the event is meant to prepare teams for the 2021/2022 season. The versatile media practitioner said the competition is aimed at helping to prepare teams adequately for the new campaign and give them the opportunity to assess all their new recruits. Kola disclosed that 23rd to 30th October has been proposed for the competition at Agege Stadium. Mr Gabriel Davies is the financier of the Ottasolo Pre-season Tournament. He is the Proprietor of Ottasolo International Football Club, a team that will participate in the Nigeria National League next season. The beauty of Pre-season matches and competitions in Nigeria includes having teams play in superb atmospheres where the players and clubs have a more conducive ambiences to show how good they are. Pre-season games offer fans the opportunity of glimpsing the true quality ...

Former president of the Nigeria Judo federation, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has decided to pull out of the race to become president of the Weightlifting federation of Nigeria. This decision was reached after due consultation with friends who advised him to pull his weight behind another contestant, Lawrence Iquaibom, a former commonwealth champion in the sport.  Senator Orji Uzor Kalu As Africa Pillar of Sports, Kalu reckons that he needs to play the big brother role to a former Olympian who has indeed invested his passion and money into developing the sport at state and National level and should not be seen as an elder who wants to reap where he has not sowed.     "My intention was clear from the onset. I wanted to return Weightlifting to where it used to be. This is one sport that can give us medals at major international competitions. Everyone know what I achieved as president of the Nigeria Judo federation and now, as Chief Whip of the Nigeria Senate, I thought I cou...

Minister of Youth and Sports  Development Mr Sunday Dare has re-affirmed the commitment of the Federal Government to the development of women football in Nigeria.  Sports Minister, Chief Sunday Dare at the draws of the maiden edition Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament. The Minister gave the assurance during the draws of the maiden edition of the Betsy Obaseki women football tournament held in Benin on Sunday. The Betsy Obaseki women football tournament is sponsored by the First Lady of Edo State, Mrs Betsy Obaseki as her own contribution to the development of the game in the country alongside the private sector.   According  to the Minister, "This competition is a re-affirmation of the important place of women's football in our country and also an attestation of the status of Edo State as the home of Football in Nigeria.  "Coming just a few days after Nigeria successfully hosted the the First Lady, Dr. Aisha Buhari Cup in Lagos only confirms Nigeria's ...