Category: Sports

Kunle Adelabu -Team misses out on Australian tournament due to lack of support The Chief Coach of the Ikorodu Table Club, Mr Sunday Kuti, has disclosed that lkorodu and Lagos State have lost many talents in table tennis to other states because of lack of support for players at the grassroots. He revealed this to THE IMPACT at the weekend while training young players from Ikorodu that will be representing Lagos State at the national championship at the Teslim Balogun Stadium which is starting today. Coach Kuti told THE IMPACT…

Kunle Adelabu Master Kuti Mathew, a 12 year old student of United High School, lkorodu, has emerged National Champion after winning Table Tennis Cadet and Mini – Cadet categories at the 14th Aso Table Tennis Club Annual Championships (ATTC), in Abuja. Matthew, who started playing table tennis four years ago with the encouragement of his father who is the coach of the Ikorodu Table Tennis Club, achieved the feat beating other champions in the presence of many dignitaries. The table tennis wonder kid, who is in high spirit, is also…

Kunle Adelabu Adeboruwa Boys were merciless in their final match of the second round of the just concluded National Beach Soccer League (NBSL) as the club crushed their Edo counterparts 7-2. The team, which won all the three periods of the game on Saturday (yesterday), beat Edo BSC 3 – 1 in the first period, they led by 4 – 1 in the second period and went on to add three more goals in the third and the final period to end the match on a high, scoring 7 goals…

Jare Babatunde Players of the Igbogbo Beach Soccer Club returned to winning ways on Friday when they engaged Smart City BSC in a derby at the second round of the National Beach Soccer League (NBSL)  in Kebbi State. Adeboruwa defeated Zulu Boys 4 – 5 to win the match played at Birnin Kebbi. The Igbogbo team with the win against Smart City now occupies second position on the table. The team media officer, Mr Dolapo Ewulogbo said that the match was tough but Adeboruwa Boys had a deserved victory. He…

Kunle Adelabu It is going to be another cracker today in the ongoing National Beach Soccer League second round going on in Kebbi State as Igbogbo Beach Soccer Club (BSC) go against another Lagos team,  Smart City BSC, in Birnin Kebbi. The Adeboruwa Boys lost their first game against KADA BSC in a fierce match yesterday which ended 5 – 6, but the team is well motivated to confront Zulu Boys who beat them  2 – 3  in the first round of the league in Lagos. While Zulu Boys are…

Wale Jagun While Muslims faithful around the world will be observing Eid-il-Fitri to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting on Thursday, May 13, the Igbogbo Beach Soccer Club (BSC), also known as the ‘Adeboruwa’ Boys, will play their first match in the second round of the 2021 National Beach Soccer League in Kebbi State against KADA (Kaduna) BSC. Igbogbo BSC lost the first leg in the first round against KADA 3 – 4 at the Landmark Beach, Lagos. The second match of the Adeboruwa Boys will be against Smart…

Kunle Adelabu -Atlanta ’98 gold medalist, Obafemi charges team The team representing the Ikorodu Division in the National Beach Soccer League, Igbogbo Beach Soccer Club, on Saturday, May 8, 2021, showed class as they outplayed their opponents in a friendly match played at the special beach pitch being constructed within the Igbogbo Township Stadium. The Igbogbo BSC, also called Adeboruwa Boys, beat their Ijede counterparts 5 – 2 in one of the friendly matches scheduled to prepare the team for the second phase of the 2021 National League in KebbI…

Jare Babatunde The management of the Igbogbo Beach Soccer Club (IBSC) has lined – up friendly matches for  the team in preparation for the team’s second phase engagements in the National Beach Soccer League holding in Kebbi State later this month. IBSC will be joining other teams in Kebbi for 2 – day workshops on May 11, while the league matches commence on Thursday, May 13. According to the release by the team’s management on Tuesday (yesterday), IBSC is expected to engage in intra team matches at 4.00pm on Thursday,…