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Nigeria’s number 1 badminton player, Anuoluwa Opeyori has won his third African title in a space of five years to assert himself as Africa’s undisputable champion.  Anuoluwa Opeyori, Africa’s undisputable Badminton champions  His latest victory came in South Africa at the weekend as he beat Mauritius Julien Paul 18-21, 21-13, 21-18 to win the gold medal of the Men’s singles of the All Africa Senior Championships. It was not an easy feat as the Nigerian delegation was psychologically drained even before the championship owing to non-issuance of travel visa to four of the ten-man team.  With his latest win, Opeyori has added to earlier titles won in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in 2019 and Kampala, Uganda in 2022.  He had also won the Men’s Singles title at the African Games in Morocco in 2019 to make it four titles in five years! His spirit was initially dampened following the inability of  four of his teammates to obtain entry visa into South Africa for the competitio...

Nigeria a nd 50 other countries including host United States of America will be featuring at the 18th edition of the annual Homeless World Cup tournament. The Sacramento 2023 event will be delivered by the Homeless World Cup Foundation in coordination with California State University, Sacramento and the Homeless World Cup’s US partner – Street Soccer USA. The Street Soccer tournament will take place from 08 July to 15 July 2023 with a welcome event on the evening of Friday 07 July, then the opening parade and games will start Saturday 08 July. Team Nigeria poses for photograph at Homeless world cup match In a letter to Team Nigeria Director, Mr Yomi Kuku, Zoë Hopkins International Partnerships Manager Homeless World Cup Foundation expressed delight at welcoming Nigeria to Sacramento, California and further expressing gratitude for the important and life-changing work “that you are doing in your country to end homelessness and social exclusion”. Yomi Kuku, Team Nigeria Director . Nige...

Nigeria Nationwide League One side Ladegbuwa FC are intensifying preparation for this year's edition of Viareggio Youth campootball Tournament in Italy. The Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament also known as Coppa Carnevale, is a youth association football tournament held annually in the commune of Viareggio, Italy and it's considered as one of the most important youth football tournaments in the world. Ladegbuwa FC will be competing in the 2023 NLO season and would be hoping to better their last season's debut performance in the league. In preparation for the new season the team management are planning to expose the players to series of football events to keep them in good shape and afford them an opportunity to horn their skills. Sporting Director of the club, Wale Joseph said this is one of many activities lined up for the team this year. "We have a crop of young players who are rookies and need all the exposure available to enhance their football knowledge and g...

Versatile defender Benjamin Victor has been voted Ladegbuwa FC  player of the month for the month of November.  Benjamin won the award with the highest number of votes cast  beating Thomas Omotosho and Uchenna Ekenna to the prize money award. The defender has been in sensational form in recent time and was also in contention for the award during the month of October, losing to Oriyomi Biliaminu. The award comes with a cash prize of ₦5,000 and was presented by the club secretary, Folami Salami. Folami emphasis the need to encourage young players for their  hard work and excellent performance which he believes would encourage them to attain their height "I will like to congratulate Benjamin for his emergence as the Player of the Month for the period of November. The POTM award initiative was meant to create healthy competition among the players and I can attest to the fact that it's reflecting positively on the performance of our players. "Young players need to be enco...

Biliaminu Oriyomi has emerged as Ladegbuwa FC Player of the Month for October 2022. The player becomes the first player to win the award as this is the first edition in the club's history. The mercurial midfielder was on top of his game during the month of October with three appearances backed with exceptional performances in each of the games. He amassed 70% of votes,  pipping Benjamin Victor and Tosin Adekoya to the prize. The award comes with a prize gift of N5,000 which was presented to the player by the club's Marketing Director, Adebayo Kujore.  Adebayo emphasized that this is a new initiative by the club management to motivate and inspire players to perform better. Kujore said "This initiative was borne out of desire to encourage our players to perform better. Aside from their weekly allowance and other remuneration being given to all players we felt the need to reward individual players with exceptional performance.  "At Ladegbuwa FC there is always a reward f...

He has delivered when it truly matters. He doesn't shy away from responsibilities, he takes up the task and beats all expectations. He is Alhaji Aminu Kurfi, the man many love to call Balele. As chairman of Katsina United in 2016, Kurfi guided the Changi boys from the NNL back to the NPFL, an achievement that catapulted him to the top of the raider as the most respected and most accomplished football administrator in the state.  Still basking in the Euphoria of that achievement, Kurfi again, guided Katsina United to the Semi finals of the Aiteo Cup after defeating Kwara United by three goal to one in Lagos, a performance that made him the most beloved son of governor Aminu Bello Masari who confirmed him as one of his special assistants.  It is also on record that on several ocassion, when the NFF got stranded and needed a bailout from difficult situations, Balele had come to their rescue by securing a chattered flight for the Super Eagles to key Nations Cup and World Cup quali...

Attention Honourable Sports Minister, the time to 'ADOPT A CLUB IS NOW'! Let me start this piece by first defining the word 'Unbound'. It simply means not bound together,  release, separate, not fastened together, not confined, freedom and so much more.  In this context, Unbound means freedom, proliferation, opening the space for private investors to come in and operate in an environment that is conducive, accommodating and appreciative.  The Nigeria professional football league as it is today, is a 20-clubs league format that has 95 percent government owned clubs and just 5percent privately owned clubs.  What this means is that government plays a huge impact in what goes on within and around the league, leaving our football at the mercy of some politicians who see football as a political tool that has to be managed by their political loyalists, who inturn know that the only way they can keep their jobs is by getting results at all costs.  Disadvantages of gover...