Technical director of the Lagos Athletics Association,coach Tony Osheku told the media on Mondayin Lagos that the meeting will start at eight in the morning and end at five in the evening for the two day duration of the meeting
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Oke, who holds a personal season’s best of 17.13m but failed to hopp, step and jump into the triple jump final at the recently concluded Rio Olympics barely a year after finishing eight at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing,China will hope to end his season perhaps with another jump outside 16m as he is not in contention for the points scoring Diamond race which runs throughout the 14 IAAF Diamond League meeting series
The fee paid and the length of contract is currently not known.
It is expected the former Fulham loanee will be back-up to strikers Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo, with former Liverpool forward Jerome Sinclair and £12.5m signing Isaac Success also competing for first-team opportunities
Siasia had visited with his wife Eunice to thank the Minister for his support to the Dream Team from Atlanta to Rio where they won a bronze medal in the football event of the Rio Olympics and to officially inform him that his contract with the NFF has ended
Baribote said they were the architects of the crisis that has beclouded Nigeria’s football in the last two years
Walsh failed to deal with a corner from Danielle van de Donk, losing her balance and dropping the ball over the line to give Arsenal a two-goal cushion which would see them claim all three points
Rivers United moved into second place on the table with 53 points after a 2-0 home win over Plateau United, while IfeanyiUbah are now third with 52 points
Both the Super Eagles and Taifa Stars have little other than pride to battle for in Saturday’s game, as Egypt’s Pharaohs have already picked the lone ticket from the group to Gabon. But the Eagles and their new Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr will use the match as a rehearsal for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Series Matchday 1 clash with Zambia in Ndola on 8th October.
Man City have won both of their league fixtures this season in addition to two European ties, but West Ham were dumped out of the Europa League on Wednesday night and will enter this match short of confidence
Newly-promoted Middlesbrough are yet to lose on their return to the top flight but last Wednesday’s defeat to Fulham in the EFL Cup would have given Aitor Karanka reason to be concerned ahead of their third away fixture in a week
Siasia, who led the Dream Team VI to win Nigeria’s only medal (Bronze) at the Rio Olympics, cited “a disrespectful football system” as reason for his action
The Dream Team VI coach said in an interview that he no longer wanted to be involved in what he described as “a disrespectful system”
It looked like being the most frustrating of evenings for the Red Devils, who had 26 attempts before finally making the breakthrough in the second minute of added time
Next up for Tottenham, who have moved onto five points in the Premier League table, is a trip to Stoke City after the international break on September 10, while Liverpool will host Premier League champions Leicester City on the same day
Arsenal are now unbeaten in their last seven Premier League away games and continue their 100 per cent record against Watford in the Premier League to move onto four points from their three outings this season
Claudio Ranieri’s side had gone two games without a win, but they are off the mark now thanks to a 2-1 win over Swansea City at the King Power Stadium
The pair, who join from Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna respectively, will cost Arsenal more than £50 million, taking their summer spending to over £80 million
Chelsea, with the win, has risen to the top of the English Premier League table on nine points
According to a statement signed by the Media Officer of the club, Rotimi Oduniyi, the referees that officiated the tie were illegal as they were not the ones published on the website of the NNL to officiate
After it was announced that he would leave the Etihad Stadium, Pellegrini was linked with a number of clubs in Europe