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He has been described by Bury manager David Flitcroft as the “best talent at 15 years old in the entire country”.
Obi made his professional debut in August, aged 15 years and 86 days, during Bury’s 4-1 victory over Morecambe in the Checkatrade Trophy

The event, which is billed to take place between November 2 and 4 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium and Rowe Park, both in Lagos, will be bringing together over 200 public and private secondary schools with about 6,000 students competing across all the local government areas in the state

The presentation was colourful, with the Executive Council of ITTF Africa paying glowing tributes to Toriola for putting table tennis on the world map as the first athlete in any sport in Africa to attend seven Olympic Games.
For the ITTF Africa boss, the decision to honour Toriola was taken by the Executive Council of ITTF Africa for his giant stride in the world

He told Kicker: “I think there’s five potential candidates: Manchester City as favourites, Tottenham and Liverpool, but also Man United are still there if we get some consistency soon. Even when you are trailing by six, eight points, it’s still possible to catch one or two teams

According to the Chairman of the award panel, Ikeddy Isiguzo, the shortlisted nominees for each of the category include: Samson Siasia, Imana Amanpakabo and Are Feyisetan for the ‘Coach of the Year’ category; Kelechi Iheanacho, Godwin Obaje and Chisom Egbuchulam for Footballer of the Year (Men); Dream Team VI and Enugu Rangers for Team of the Year

“That is the position I always play,” said Musa. “I played there for CSKA. I played as a second striker, but I went there playing as a winger, but anywhere the boss wants to put me to play, I am fine with that