Category: Sports

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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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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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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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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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday appointed Mr Olusola Aiyepeku to replace Dr. Kweku Tandoh as the new Executive Chairman for the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) Governing Board. Aiyepeku replaces Dr. Tandoh, who had been at the helm of affairs at the Lagos State Sports Commission since 2017. Titi Oshodi, LSSC Director of Public Relation, made the disclosure on Monday in Lagos. “In a letter dated Oct. 27, 2019, Aiyepeku’s appointment takes effect from the 28th October 2019 for a four-year term. “Aiyepeku is a sports enthusiast and administrator and…

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Jare OLUKOTUN Vino Gano 1 FC and TCCG FC are through to the next round of the 2019 IKODASS 5-Asiide Tourney played at the Fun Factory arena at Itamaga in Ikorodu on Monday. Vino Gano 1 FC defeated Aga Youth FC and L & k FC 2- 5 and 2-1 respectively and played goalless draw with TCCG FC in its third game on the Day 2. To qualify for the next round, TCCG also won two matches and drew one. The team defeated 0-3, Aga Youth 1 – 0 and…

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Wale JAGUN The 5-Aside football tournament, which is part of the activities lined up to mark the 2019 Ikordu-Oga Day celebration, kicked-off on Sunday,October  20,2019 (yesterday) with  opening matches played  between  teams from Group A at the Ikorodu Fun Factory arena, Itamaga, which is the venue for all the matches of the competition. In the first match of the day, Solomade FC were beating by Vino Gano 2 FC by one goal to nil, while Anibaba FC played goaless draw with E-Four FC in the second match. In the third…

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