Category: Sports

Lagos Sports Commission Suspends Sporting Activities

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The Lagos State Sports Commission has announced the closure of sports facilities and suspended all sporting activities by the State Government from Monday, March 23, 2020, as part of measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking on the decision, the Lagos State Sports Commission Chairman, Sola Aiyepeku stated that, as a responsible body, the safety and wellbeing of recreational and professional athletes as well the general population is of high priority to the State Government. In his words “In line with the directive of the Governor of Lagos State,…

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Edo 2020 Sports Festival Postponed

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the postponement of the National Sports Festival, tagged Edo 2020. The Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, announced this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after a meeting with Buhari. He said the postponement was due to the Coronavirus pandemic, adding the decision was arrived at after “close consultations with the Ministry of Health”. Dare visited Buhari with the Minister of State, Health, Senator Olorunimbe Mamora. He said over 11,000 athletes were expected to participate in the 20th sports festival, noting that…

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Edo 2020: Team Lagos Assures Of Medals As Ikorodu Hosts Athletes’ Camping For National Sports Festival

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Kunle Adelabu Athletes that would be representing Lagos State at the National Sports Festival tagged, ‘Edo 2020’ have assured Lagosians that they would improve on their previous performance by winning more gold medals. Bulk of the athletes, who are currently being trained at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus and Strong Tower n Ikorodu, in preparation for the sporting competitions involving all states in the federation, spoke with some selected community media reporters on Monday. This year’s edition of the sporting event would commence on March 22 in Benin,…

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Teslim Thunder FC Emerges 11th Bolowotan Football Tournament Winners

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Kunle Adelabu Teslim Thunder Balogun FC, on Sunday, March 1, 2020, beat NTAB FC in an interesting final match to emerge winners of the 11th edition of the annual Bolowotan football tournament. Teslim Thunder Balogun FC won the prize money of N150, 000 after beaten their opponents 1-0 to emerge the champions. The match was played at the Police Barracks Playing Ground, Igbogbo road, Ikorodu on Sunday, March 1, 2020. The second place team went away with N100, 000, while the 3rd and fourth place teams received N70, 000 and…

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Oshoala Wins Spanish Super Cup, Scores Twice

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Asisat Oshoala scored twice on Sunday as Barcelona destroyed Real Sociedad 10-1 to win the Spanish Super Copa. The victory gave Oshoala her first trophy since joining Barcelona Ladies in 2019 from Chinese club Dalian Quanjian. The current Africam Female Footballer of the year scored her first goal after 35 minutes and got her brace in the 51st minute to make it 7-0. Barcelona beat main rivals Atletico Madrid 3-2 to reach the cup final with Oshoala again on target.

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Edo 2020: Team Lagos Shines At Zonal Elimination Contest

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Lagos has once again demonstrated its leadership role in sports competitions in the South-West with resounding performance at the just concluded zonal eliminations for Team Sports towards the 20th National Sports Festival coming up in Benin, Edo State in March, 2020. The Director-General , Lagos State Sports Commission , Oluwatoyin Gafaar, disclosed this while speaking on the team performances at the zonal eliminations hosted by Lagos State in nine team Sports – Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Handball, Rugby, Hockey, Cricket, Beach volleyball and Abula. He said Team Lagos qualified for 16…

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CAF Awards 2019: Oshoala Emerges Best Women’s Player For Fourth Time

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Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala, who plays for Barcelona’s  female team, has won the African Women’s Player Of The Year award. Ikorodu – born Asisat with her fourth continental award in Hurghada, Egypt, Tuesday night, equaled former Falcons Striker Perpetual Nkwocha’s African Women’s Players of the year award. She picked the award ahead of Ajara Nchout of Cameroon and Thembi Kgatlana of South Africa. In 2019, Oshoala made headlines for Barcelona Femení and became the first African to score in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final. She also scored a…

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Lagos Commences Sale of Lake Rice For Yuletide Celebrations

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-Available at Odogunyan Farm Service Centre, other locations across the state The Lagos State Government today commenced the sale of its popular brand of rice, Lake Rice, in preparation for the coming yuletide celebrations with the formal flag-off exercise by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal. Lawal noted that Lake Rice is available for sale in centres across the State including the Agricultural Development Authority Complex, Oko-Oba; Lagos State Agriculture Inputs Supply Authority (LAISA), Ojo and the Blue Roof at LTV Complex, Agidingbi, Ikeja. The Commissioner outlined other centres…

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State Runner-Up Beats Champion To Lift First Ikorodu Table Tennis Championship

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Kunle Adelabu It was a sweet revenge for young Blessings Omodara, a 14-year-old Ikorodu-born table tennis player, as he defeated the current champion of the Asoju Oba Table Tennis Championship in the final of the maiden edition of the Ikorodu Table Tennis Championship (Junior category). Both Blessings and Muiz had met in the final of the 2018 Asoju Oba Table Tennis Championship with the later coming on top. 16 players across the Southwest States in the country participated in the championship which was held at the indoor hall of the…

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Lagos Will Continue To Support Grassroots Sports Development – DG LSSC

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Kunle Adelabu -Stadium Road FC win Adeboruwa Cup for second consecutive time The Director-General of the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Mr Oluwatoyin Gafaar, has stated that the commission would continue to support sports development at the grassroots. He reiterated that the sports commission would do everything possible to sustain the state government’s drive in developing sporting sector to meaningfully engaged the youths. Gafar made this statement while speaking with THE IMPACT at the final match of the Adeboruwa Cup organized to mark the 2019 Igbogbo Day. The match was…

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