Nigeria Fencing Federation President, Adeyinka Samuel, disclosed that Nigeria got the hosting rights at the expense of six other countries who also bidded to host the championship slated to hold at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium.
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The tournament which serves as athletes’ selection for the 2022 Commonwealth Games taking place in Birmingham was earlier scheduled for January 26 to 29 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium but had to be moved to February 24 to 27 at the same venue.
The Pre-season tournament, according to the Lagos State Football Association, Chairman, Barrister Seyi Akunwunmi, is organised to get the Lagos teams ready ahead of the commencement of the Nigeria National League (NNL) and also ensure some of the teams gain promotion into the Premier League.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the finals of the two-day event of Lagos State Open Darts Championships was held at the Sports Bar, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere.
Holding at the indoor sports hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, it will feature live musical performance by Jamopyper.
The bout, which is the biggest of the six scheduled for the event will hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos and be accompanied by live musical performance by hot music act, Jamopyper.
The bout, slated to hold at GOtv Boxing Night 24 at the Molade-Okoya Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, will see Masevex attempt to avenge his defeat by Olanrewanju in a non-title fight at GOtv Boxing Night 16 where he was stopped in the fourth round.
The six-bout event will hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, venue of their last encounter, which Emirate won via a fourth-round knockout.
The six-bout event is slated to hold at Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
With the conclusion of the group matches in the singles (men and women), the knockout stage (round of 32) began yesterday with some of the top seeds still in the race for the coveted title.
The event will stage one international and five domestic bouts across weight divisions and will be aired live on SuperSport Select 2 (GOtv Channel 34) and SuperSport Variety 4 (DStv Channel 209).
The tournament which has continually churned talents for the country will have players competing in nine events this year with Bose Odusanya aiming to exceed her record in the Women’s Singles.
Victor Osimhen put the Genort Rohr side ahead in the early minutes of the game but the visitors equalised few minutes later after Nigeria’s defenders were caught napping in the vital area.
“There will always be all kinds of pressure when you are out there on the field, as a professional sportsman or woman. You just must have strong fibre to cope with the pressure from everywhere, focus on getting the result and get the job done.
The Super Eagles are to dwell with the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Tuesday.
The organisers also announced that they would adopt a ‘no mask, no entry’ policy for the event in line with COVID-19 safety protocols.
The match, played on Friday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos State, was part of the qualifying rounds in Africa
Since making their debut at the FIFA World Cup finals in 1994, the Eagles have only been missed participation in the finals once – the 2006 edition in Germany. They were denied of that berth courtesy of CAF’s head-to-head rule that favoured Agnola.
The test which is basically ECG, according to the team’s media officer, Babafemi Raji, is as stipulated by the World football governing body, FIFA.
Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, said in a statement on Friday in Abuja that NFF had applied to have 12,000 spectators at the venue of the match.