Browsing: Eko 2012

Before the victory over Kwara, Team Lagos had defeated Enugu 63-43, Plateau 53-41, Ekiti 83-33 and Imo 58-37

The committee, in conjunction with Aids Preventive Initiative Nigeria, the Lagos State Ministry of Health, National Committee Against Aids and UNICEF, has established various stands where athletes and, indeed, numerous visitors to events venues go for Aids tests and counselling

And the athletes appear just bent on topping the medals table to get the promised package as Delta State stayed on top as at close of proceedings on Monday

Following their quest to confirm the eligibility of Baptis, the NWF swung into action and set up a jury that now went into its archive to search for the records of Baptis and it was discovered that the mercenary was not on the radar of the NWF and neither has he never featured in any tournament organized by the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation

Residents of the area, journalists and some athletes had to run for their safety, as the soldiers engage their guns shooting into the air

A highly elated Utobo said said the result was dividend of long term planning and returning to the grassroots to discover hidden talents

The incident occurred when the Coach of Team Kwara, Moshood Adebayo, was ordered to leave the pitch by the Centre Referee in the added time, following his complaint of alleged poor officiating as Team kwara was leading by a lone goal scored by Taofeek Moshood in the first half

The Delta State women hockey team are through to the quarter final stage of the event at the ongoing National Sports Festival Eko 2012 after handing a 4-1 thrashing to Team Imo

Nwakpa, who won many laurels for Nigeria during his active days, posited that states must do more in developing the sport

He also queried government’s inability to establish measures that could attract private sector participation in sports development

According to Chia, Benue State, as part of its efforts to ensure that it occupies an enviable position at the festival, has put in place logistics to make the state athletes perform well, even as he regretted that Darts, which is one of its strongest sports, was removed by the organizers of the festival

Before the emergence of Delta State, Rivers State, which won the first gold medal in the games being held in Lagos State, was at the top of the table

Bamido Omogbehin, OSSC chairman, said that the state’s athletes were in Lagos to win medals and do the state proud and not for jamboree, adding that he is confident of the athletes winning more medals

The former left back of Rangers International FC said: “With this victory, we are on track for our target in this festival, which is the Gold medal

‘We are the best team in the country today on current form and our players are equally confident. We are sure of winning the gold this time’

Popoola, who is also the Chairman of the Lagos State Hockey Association, while speaking with sports journalists, noted that proper record keeping would in no small way raise the standard of sports in the country

Some states allegedly imported pugilists from neigbouring countries such as Benin Republic, Chad and Niger Republic

Oshayomi told our correspondent that although Rivers State and Oyo State recorded their names on the medals table but it is still too early to write off a state like Ekiti, which he said will give other states a good run for their money in the above mentioned sports

Akinade Akeem, fighting in the 52kg class, combined experience and good combination to defeat his Kano State counterpart, Sadiq Mohammed, in a one-sided encounter, while his compatriot, Dauda Azeez, recorded an easy win against Rivers State’s Yusuf Olalekan in the 49kg, with Oliwo Kazeem recording another win against Oyekola Rilwan of Gombe State in the 56kg

A source at the University of Lagos camp of the officials informed The Eagle Online that the technical officials had protested over the quality of accommodation by deciding to shun the place and refusing to take the food served at the camp