Category: Sports

Makbet FC Lifts 2025 Ikorodu Constituency II Unity All Stars Cup

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Kunle Adelabu & Austin Onah (SIWES Student) -Royal fathers, guests laud AMA’s initiative, representation After a long season of construction, the yet to be completed Igbogbo Stadium came alive on Sunday as Makbet FC and Triple O Elites All Stars teams trade tackles in the finals of the Ikorodu Constituency II Unity All Stars Cup. The two teams out of the 32 that entered for the tournament in the last 10 weeks, delivered thrilling and entertaining football actions to excitement of the royal fathers, government functionaries, sports administrators and thousands…

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Adeboruwa Cup 2025: Baba Ode FC Joins Ifeoluwa For Final Showdown

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Jare Olukotun & Austin Onah (SIWES Student) After weeks of intense football actions with 62 matches played at the U.A.M.C (Eleja) Primary School, Igbogbo, two teams that will play in the 2025 Adeboruwa Cup final, slated for Wednesday, November 26, 2025, have emerged. Baba Ode FC the team which defeated Back of Model FC 8 – 7 in a penalty shootout after playing goalless draw at the regulation time has now joined Ifeoluwa FC, which qualified on Friday in the finals. 32 teams entered for this year’s tournament which aimed…

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Two Finals, One Third Place Matches To Be Decided At Ikorodu Constituency II Unity Cup Closing Ceremony Sunday

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Kunle Adelabu Guests and residents of Ikorodu Constituency II will on Sunday witness actions unfolding for the first time at the Igbogbo Stadium, as its arena hosts the closing ceremony and final match of the second edition of the Ikorodu Constituency II Unity Cup, between the Makbet and Tripple All Stars. The two teams emerged as finalists after weeks of intense actions among 20 All Stars teams. Oke -Eletu and Ijede All Stars teams will play in the third -place match which will be staged before the final match. The…

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Ifeoluwa FC Defeats Agunfoye To Qualify For Adeboruwa Finals

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Faleti Kehinde It was a thrilling and action-packed evening at U.A.M.C (Eleja) Primary School, Igbogbo on Friday, when Ifeoluwa FC battled Agunfoye FC in the first semi – final in the 2025 Adeboruwa Cup. Ifeoluwa FC after an intense game defeated its opponent 4 – 3 after a penalty shootout. The thrilling encounter which attracted a large crowd of football fans and residents ended 1 – 1 at the regulation time The game started with high intensity as Agunfoye FC drew first blood just six minutes after kickoff, thanks to…

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Lagos Speaker’s Game: LTV Correspondent Promises To Bounce Back After Wining Silver Again

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Jare Olukotun The correspondent of the Lagos State Television (LTV) in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Shakiru Adeleye, has, again, emerged as the runner -up in the Table Tennis event of the annual Lagos Speaker’s Game played on Wednesday, at the Assembly Complex, with a promise that he would return next year to win gold. Adeleye, a former Vice Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Correspondents Association (LAHACA), also won silver last year after winning a gold in 2023. The game was tagged, ‘Unity Game’. He…

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2nd Abiru Mixed Table Tennis Tournament: Oyo Emerges Champions As Sponsor Lauds Participants

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Jare Olukotun After three days of intense table tennis actions at the 2nd edition of the Senator Tokunbo Abiru Mixed Table Tennis Championship, the unrelenting Oyo State contingent emerged winners beating the Bayelsa team. The unrelenting champions, led by the dynamic duo of Wasiu Azeez and Haruna Hussein, proved their worth at the tournament featuring 30 teams from Nigeria, Togo and Benin Republic. Despite being unseeded in the championship, Oyo and the Bayelsa battled their way to the final outplaying top – seeded teams like Lagos, Edo and Kwara. The…

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Igbogbo Stadium To Host 2nd Ikorodu Constituency II Unity Cup Final

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Kunle Adelabu -As AMA’s Ijede All Stars, Oke – Eletu crash out of tournament The completed pitch of the Igbogbo Stadium, which its construction is nearing completion, will on Saturday, 9th November 2025, host the closing ceremony and final match of the second edition of the Ikorodu Constituency II Cup, a tournament initiated and sponsored by Hon. (Dr.) Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), the representative of the Ikorodu Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly. The tournament will go down in history as the first to be played in…

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Senator Abiru Mixed Team Table Tennis Championship Sets To Get New Champs

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Wale Jagun with Kehinde Faleti (SIWES Student) Come Saturday, November 1, a new set of champions will emerge for the 2nd edition of Senator Abiru Mixed Team Table Tennis Championship, among the over 100 athletes that are competing. The Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, venue of the tournament which started last year, again, came alive on Thursday, when the tournament kicked – off, with the initiator and notable sports personalities across Nigeria and Africa, in attendance. The tournament is being organised in partnership with International Table Tennis Federation…

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Lagos Assembly Committee Tours Igbogbo Stadium

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Kunle Adelabu Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Youth, Sports and Social Development today toured the Igbogbo Stadium which is under construction. They were received by the Chairman, Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area, Omo’ba Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun. Hon. Abiodun Orekoya, Chairman of the committee led Hon. Femi Saheed, Hon. Apata Samuel Olu, and Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun, the representative of Ikorodu Constituency II and the chief host. Also, part of the delegation were Mr Lekan Fatodu, Director – General, Lagos State Sports Commission and representatives of…

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LTV Correspondent, Shakiru Adeleye Reaches 3rd Lagos Speaker’s Cup Final In A Row

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Kunle Adelabu Ikorodu – born Lagos Television Correspondent (LTV), Mr. Shakiru Adeleye, has again qualified to play in the final of the Lagos Speakers’ Cup. Adeleye, a former Vice Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Correspondents Association (LAHACA), defeated Dr. Onifade of the Health Commission in straight sets — 11-8, 11-9, 11-8, in the semi-final game to book his final ticket slated for November 11th, at the Assembly Complex. He won the tournament in 2023 and won silver last year. The Speaker’s Cup is an annual tournament organised to commemorate…

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