Category: Sports

All Stars Football Fiesta 3rd Edition : Ogijo, LASPOTECH Qualify For Final

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Jare OLUKOTUN Ogijo and LASPOTECH All Stars Football Clubs have qualified for the final of the 3rd edition of the All Stars Football Fiesta tournament being organized by the Ikorodu Division Football Association (IDFA). The final match is scheduled to hold at 4pm at the Strong Tower Arena, Oke Ota-Ona, Ikorodu, on Easter Monday (tomorrow). Ogijo All Stars team beat their counterparts from Adamo 3 -2 on  penalty shootouts in the first match played at Strong Tower Arena on Good Friday. The second match between LASPOTECH All Stars and Unique…

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Majidun Community Engages Young Athletes In Triathlon Competition

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Kunle ADELABU In order to sustain the tradition of supplying the swimming team and other sporting teams of the Lagos State with more young and capable hands, Majidun community in Ikorodu has organized a sporting competition to engage the youths in competitive activities. This was the brain behind the maiden edition of Majidun Triathlon Competition held at the Majidun Waterfront in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) in Ikorodu division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Saturday, April 13, 2019. 60 young boys and 40 girls participated in the…

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IDFA Easter Fiesta Football Tournament: 6 All Stars Teams To Compete In 3rd Edition

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Kunle ADELABU Five All Stars teams within the Ikorodu Division of Lagos State and one from Ogijo in  Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria have been confirmed to participate in this year’s annual Easter Football Fiesta being organized by Ikorodu Divisional Football Association (IDFA). This year’s edition of the competition, which started three years ago and usually features established and veteran players of the round leather game, will hold at the Strong Tower Arena, Oke Ota-Ona, Ikorodu, Lagos, between Friday, April 19 and Monday, April, 22, 2019. Those teams to do battle…

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Green House Garners 15 Gold To Win 15th Edition of LATLAM Sports Competition

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Kunle ADELABU The 15th edition of the Lateef Lamina Memorial (LATLAM) Montessori, Nursery and College held at the Oriwu Model College playing ground on Thursday, April 11, 2019, has been won by the Green house with 15 gold, 13 silver, and 6 bronze. The house also scored 72% to win the match past of the sporting competition which was chaired by Comrade Japheth Odesanya, the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of the Factor Newsmagazine and former Secretary to the Ikorodu Local Government. Blue house emerged the 1st runner-up with 14 gold, 6 silver and…

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LASG Pays Over N16m Benefits To LSSC Retirees

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Lagos State Government has again redeemed its promise to some of its retired officers with the payment of benefits worth over N61 million to the retirees of the defunct Lagos State Sports Council, now renamed Lagos State Sports Commission, LSSC, from 2015 to date. Speaking during the presentation of bond certificates to the beneficiaries at the Commission’s office in Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Dr. Kweku Adedayo Tandoh, Chairman of LSSC, stated that the Commission is the first agency to pay its retirees from the year 2015. The Chairman commended Governor…

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Play As A Team To Win, Hon. Agunbiade Charges NTAB FC

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Jare Olukotun The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ikorodu Constituency I State Assembly seat, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, has charged NTAB football club to play as a team in the final match of the Sanwo-Olu Cup slated for March 3. The lawmaker, who was a former footballer, gave the encouragement  on Thursday, at his Constituency Office in Ikorodu when the players were presented to him. ‘I want to commend you for your efforts so far. That you are in…

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Ethiopian Athlete, Legese wins Lagos City Marathon

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Ethiopian Athlete, Sintayehu Legese, on Saturday won the 2019 edition of the Lagos City Marathon. PM NEWS reports that Legese, who finished the race with a time of 2:17:26 won the grand prize of $50,000. The second runner up, Joshua Kipkorir from Kenya had a finish time of 2: 18:16 while the third runner up William Yegon also from Kenya had a finish time of 2: 19: 04. Both second and third placed runners are expected to go home with $40, 000 and $30, 000.

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Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala Joins Barcelona Women On Loan

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The Ikorodu-born and Nigerian female striker, Azeezat Oshoala has completed a loan move to Barcelona women until the end of the season.   BBC reports that the 24-year-old joins from Chinese champions Dalian Quanjian, while the league is in its off-season.   The former BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year and The three time CAF Women footballer of the year is keen keep in shape ahead of June’s World Cup in France. Oshoala has been with Quanjian since February 2017 after she left English side Arsenal Ladies.   She won…

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Mohamed Salah Crowned African Player of the Year, Second Time In A Row

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Mohamed Salah of Egypt is the African Player of the Year 2018, for the second time in a row, it was announced in Dakar, Senegal Tuesday night. He beat two other competitors shortlisted with him, Liverpool team mate Sadio Mane and Arsenal striker Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang of Arsenal. “I have dreamt of winning this award since I was a child and now I have done so twice in a row,” Salah said soon after receiving his trophy. “My thanks go to my family, my team-mates and my fans and I dedicate…

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