It is recalled that the Kwara representatives in this year’s edition of Oba Erediauwa National U-13 boys soccer competition, Arsenal Kiddies, came from behind to beat Kano boys 2-1 in the final, with the two goals scored by the captain of the team, David Okoromi
Author: Kunle Alade
Junior Eagles of Mali fought back gallantly and got a goal back in the 88th minute
The little winger suffered the injury in a Group B match against DR Congo and so missed out on Tuesday’s semi-final against Egypt
He said: “As I speak with you, Rangers management have not contacted us as ordered by the NFF.
“So for now no agreement
The young man (Shina Philips) has great ideas, and on the evidence of what we saw in Calabar.
“NFF is not averse to supporting him and his company to make a statement with the Awards proper.
“It was a credible show, with sincerity of purpose
The letter from NFF, signed by its Secretary General, Barrister Musa Amadu, reads in part: “We have fully appraised our priorities and wish that either of the following options be seriously considered: 1) That the matches in our African qualifying Group F (Kenya Vs Nigeria; Malawi Vs Namibia and; Namibia Vs Nigeria; Malawi Vs Kenya) be played on the SAME DATES of Wednesday, 5th June and Wednesday, 12th June, 2013 respectively
Inside the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, Pillars defeated visiting Oluyole Warriors, Shooting Stars Sports Club, by two goals to nil
Comrade Ogun lamented that over a year after the PIB was presented to the National Assembly, not much has been done
He added: “Every top team, when you can’t win a title, you should try to play well, try to win all the games, and we have the FA Cup semi-final
There will be prizes for the Most Valuable Player, Best Goalkeeper, Top Scorer, Best Behaved Team while the team of the tournament, to be selected by seasoned football technocrats, will be sponsored for overseas youth tournaments by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who has been sponsoring the competition since 2011
Meanwhile, Denmark-based winger, Edafe Egbedi, will face a late fitness test ahead of Friday’s AYC third-place match against Mali in Oran
Ogbeide said: “This is the turning point and from the way they played against Rangers, Nasarawa will bear the brunt as the boys are rearing to go
Having established that the player was transferred from Enyimba FC of Aba to Rangers in December 2006, loaned to Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt and duly returned to Rangers, the Committee also affirmed that Rangers gave a ‘provisional clearance’ to the footballer to play for Warri Wolves between 2011 and 2013, but the player left Warri Wolves without any documentation back to Enugu Rangers and in fact was registered for the 2013 CAF Champions League by the Coal City club
England, however, paid a heavy price for failing to capitalise fully on that superiority and for a dreadful second half display lacking any semblance of composure or cohesion
“A club that will be peopled by academician, bankers, oil magnate, multi-millionaires, the well to do in the society not the riff-raff and less privileged
One thing I know Kwambe and Oboabona would do for Sunshine Stars against Dolphins in Port Harcourt would be to ensure that more people come to the stadium to watch them. It won’t change the result on the pitch,” Media Officer of the club, China Acheru, said
Mali will take on Nigeria in a Group B rematch on Friday by 5.30pm in Oran to determine the third-place team
Olanrewaju, during a sports programme on a Lagos-based radio station, Top FM, on Tuesday, said: “If I’m to file a charge against anybody it will be against his mother, his immediate sister and two brothers
Keshi has previously been the national team handler of Mali and Togo and it was not surprising that the two countries joined in appreciating his contribution to their football growth
The most important thing is that the boys have eventually joined us,” Garba said. “We are happy to have the full complement of the players at last and they have seen that they have to wake up