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Next stop for Nigerian clubs on the continent

By Footyalert → Monday, 29 February 2016

In the CAF Champions League first round, Nigerian champions, Enyimba FC will face Vital'O from Burundi while Warri Wolves will tackle Sudanese club, Al Merrikh.

The only Nigerian club left in the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Nasarawa United will face Algerian club, CS Constatine.

The matches will. Take place in the weekend of March 11-13 .

Note

In the CAF Champions League both Enyimba and Warri Wolves still have play through two more rounds before they can feature in the group stage while Nasarawa United will

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First Eko Tennis Championship Ends amidst Pomp And Pageantry

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This first edition of the Eko U15 Secondary Schools Tennis Championship ended Saturday with accolades for the Organizers and sponsors. The Special guest of Honor Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi poured encomiums on Mr Anthony Adeyinka Adeboye the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos State Akinwunmi Ambode on Sports during the finals of the Eko U15 Secondary school Tennis Championship at the National Stadium Surulere Lagos on Saturday the 27th of February 2016.

Speaking with journalist at the event the DG Lagos State Sports commission Mr Ayo Agbesanwa called on other states in the country to emulate Lagos state especially in the area youth

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#Recap Weekend Football To Remember

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MFM FC started their debut season in the NPFL with an away win at Nasarawa United and continued with yet another home win against Rivers United, their third match was at 3SC and it looked more like the Olukoya Boys will pick at least a point.

3SC were left to ask questions when Lobi Stars checked at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan and left with all the points, simply put Up Sooting aren't without a point after a match ( chai!! ). The Oluyole Warriors had to wait for eight long days since their mid-week away at Enyimba was

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#SupportTheNPFL Support Local Football

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This same league some Nigerians have decided not to identify with is enjoying more acceptance from within and outside of Nigeria.

Foreign news portal pay for Nigeria Professional Football (NPFL) content to serve the world something from Nigeria, they want to know what's going on in the Nigerian league yet Nigerians still look at their league like a stain. So who is going to appreciate your league when you don't celebrate it?

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NPFL Match Day 3 Full Time Scores

By Footyalert → Sunday, 28 February 2016

3SC 3-0 MFM
Rivers Utd 2-0 FC Ifeanyiubah
Rangers 2-1 Niger Tornadoes
Heartland 0-1 Abia Warriors (5th away win this term)
Kano Pillars 2-1 Wikki Tourist
Plateau Utd 2-1 Warri Wolves
Ikorodu Utd 1-0 Lobi Stars

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Five away wins have been recorded as at week 3
Plateau United's Charles Okafor scored the first goal of the season
LobinStars super winger, Anthony Okpotu scored the first brace of the season
*MFM FC fans won't like to remember this* Wasiu Jimoh got the first hat-trick of the season.
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LSFA Set Date For Lagos FA Cup Draws

By Footyalert → Saturday, 27 February 2016

The 2016 Lagos FA Cup is gathering momentum as 56 male teams and five female teams have registered to battle for the two tickets to represent the state at the nationals.

The Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) have stated that the draws for the competition is scheduled to take place on March 3,2016 at the auditorium of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Lagos chapter, National Stadium Surulere, Lagos.

Prior to the draws the LSFA had organised a seminar that involved all the participating teams where they were put through on the rules guiding the competition, players licensing and the adopted format for the competition.

The Agege and Onikan stadium will host matches from the rookie stage to the semi final while expectations are high that woks at the Onikan Stadium would have been completed to host the final scheduled for April 5, 2016.

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Nigeria, Brazil confirm date for friendly match

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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Confederacao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) have confirmed that their U-23 squads will play an international friendly match in Brazil on Thursday, March 24.

“The CBF is happy to host the champions of Africa, Nigeria Olympic team on the 24^thMarch FIFA date at 7pm at the stadium of Kleber Andrade in the city of Cariacica, Vitoria, Espirito Santo.

“The match will serve as preparation for both teams for their participation in the Olympic Games Rio 2016,” the statement from CBF read.

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NFF installs Siasia, Yusuf, Amuneke combination for Egypt

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Nigeria has re-appointed Samson Siasia as Head Coach of the Senior National Football Team, Super Eagles. He will work with respected tactician Salisu Yusuf, FIFA U-17 World Cup –winner Emmanuel Amuneke and Alloy Agu for the upcoming 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Egypt.

The combination was recommended by the NFF Technical and Development Committee following Sunday Oliseh’s resignation on twitter in the early hours of Friday.

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Lagos Organizes First Eko U15 Secondary School Tennis Championship

By Footyalert → Wednesday, 24 February 2016

The Lagos State government through the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Sports Anthony Adeyinka Adeboye today unveiled plans by the state government to discover more talent amongst the youth of the state.

Speaking at the Opening ceremony of the Inaugural Lagos Under 15 Secondary School Tennis Championship The SSA Anthony Adeyinka Adeboye Said: "We intend to organize several competitions across ten different sports designed towards discovering new talented sports men and women for the State in particular and the country in general".

"Our plan is to create an avenue for all the young sports people in Lagos to display what there capable of sport wise, today we start with tennis and by the end of the year we would have touched on at least ten sports” We Thank Winners Golden Bet for their Support which as gone a long way towards actualising this event and we would like to seize this opportunity to call on corporate Nigeria and well meaning individuals to come and partner with us as we continue to use sports as a tool for youth development, job creation and social re-engineering Adeboye stated.

Also Speaking at the Opening Ceremony was the DG Of The Lagos State Sports Commission Mr Ayo Agbesanwa who commended the media for their support for all Lagos State Sport projects. He affirmed the support of the Lagos state Sports Commission for this lofty project.

Agbesanwa also revealed that the Lagos Marathon was already yielding results as the fastest Nigerian male and female were about to get sponsors who are interested in helping them advance their careers.

The under 15 tennis boys tournament is Organized in with technical support provided by the Lagos State Lawn Tennis association and the Lagos State Sports Commission and also supported by The Lagos State School Sports federation.

Close to 200 students from public and private schools have registered to participate in the Tournament. Which served-off today, while the finals will be played at the centre court of the National Stadium Tennis centre In Surulere, Lagos at 3pm on Saturday the 27th Of February 2016 The Organisers have promised make it an annual event with the Girls joining from the next edition.

The winners will be given trophies and training materials and they will also be drafted into the Lagos Under 16 tennis team under the auspices of the Lagos State Sports Commission.

Picture 1 DG Lagos State Sports Commission Mr Ayo Agbesanwa Speaking During the Opening Ceremony

Picture 2 Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on Sports Anthony Adeyinka Adeboye Speaking with the media

Pictures 3, 4 and 5 Action pictures from the Eko Under 15 Secondary School Tennis Championship

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Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala states reasons for bankrolling pre season tournament

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Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala states reasons for bankrolling pre season tournament

The maiden edition of the Asisat Oshoala Women's Pre Season Football Tournament will get underway on Tuesday 23rd February at the Bishop Aggey Football Pitch in Mushin.

FC Robo, COD United Ladies, Royal Toms Ladies, Kadesh Ladies, FC Phoenix Ladies and Tokas Queens will participate in the event designed to put teams in shape ahead of the 2015/16 league season.

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Club unveils New Logo, New Structure, To Appoint New Head Coach Next Week

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Club unveils New Logo, New Structure, To Appoint New Head Coach Next Week

The new management of National League Side Abubakar Bukola Saraki Ilorin Football Club under the leadership of Mr Seni Saraki have unvelled it's plans to restructure the former Nigeria Premier League giant killers, to make it conform professionally in line with world class football club management standard and international best practices .

In what it termed ' A New Dawn' for football in Kwara and Nigeria, the chairman of the Club Mr Seni Saraki in a statement on Friday announced a new management structure for the Saraki owned club and unveiled a new logo to demonstrate the new face of the Ilorin based professional side.

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EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON NPFL

By Footyalert → Monday, 22 February 2016

By Boboye Adeyemi

The aggressive campaign on social media promoting the NPFL is gradually yielding positive result as witnessed in the first round of matches played over the weekend.

The social media has really helped in building the image of our prestigious league, people now see improvement in the league, gone are the days of fans or players beating up referees as if one is watching shaolin soccer.

The #NPFL# hashtag surprisingly trended as No1 on twitter for almost 5 hours in a time whereby Chelsea vs. Man City match is going on simultaneously. The viewing centre where I watched the FA cup clash between Chelsea and Man city was also showing Kano pillars vs. Rangers in Kano. Infact it took us away from the boredom of the FA cup, as the match was intriguing and kept us all on our sit till the end of the match.

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NPFL Week One Full Time Score

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Giwa FC 0-1 FC Ifeanyiubah
Rivers Utd 1-0 Enyimba
Shooting Stars 0-1 Lobi Stars
Sunshine Stars 1-1 Akwa Utd
Nasarawa 1-2 MFM FC
Ikorodu Utd 1-1 Abia Warriors
El-Kanemi 0-1 Wikki
Giwa FC 0-1 FC Ifeanyiubah
Heartland 0-0 Wolves
Kano Pillars 2-1 Rangers
Plateau Utd 2-1 Tornadoes

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Super Eagles, Pharaohs now to play on March 25

By Footyalert → Sunday, 21 February 2016

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Day 3 qualifying match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Pharaohs of Egypt will now take place on at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Friday, March 25.

This decision followed a mail sent to the NFF by the Confederation of African Football on Wednesday that Nigeria should endeavor to make room for “a minimum of two full days of rest between the two matches.”

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Nigeria wins hosting right of Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

By Footyalert → Thursday, 18 February 2016

The Confederation of African Football has awarded Nigeria the hosting right of this year’s Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations.

In a letter addressed to NFF President Amaju Pinnick on Tuesday, CAF noted with excitement the decision of Nigeria to switch the event from 2017 to December 2016.

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Ekiti, Lagos in FOYSSTON finals

By Footyalert → Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Team Ekiti will slug it out against Team Lagos, in the finals of the maiden edition of Fountain Youth Sports Club Soccer Tournament (FOYSSTON) on Thursday.

The city of Ado Ekiti will be agog for the finals as there is a lot to play for with a giant trophy at stake for the winner.

To get to the finals, Team Ekiti whitewashed Team Ogun 3-0 in the first semi finals with goals from Tolulope Ojo, to record his second hattrick of the tournament.

The tie between Team Lagos and Team Oyo ended 1-1 and game decided in a pulsating penalty shootout. Team Lagos won the tie 4-2 on penalties.

The final match of the historic tournament will hold at the Sports Complex of Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti.

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Enyimba, Akwa United battle for Charity Shield in Abuja

By Footyalert → Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Nigerian champions Enyimba FC are in battle again, few days after they drew the short end against Ugandan champions Vipers FC in a first round, first leg CAF Champions League encounter in Kampala.

This time, the People’s Elephant are up against Federation Cup winners Akwa United of Uyo in the annual Charity Cup match, in what is billed to be a titanic session at the National Stadium, Abuja on Wednesday. The Charity Cup traditionally opens the football season.

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LMC Inspect Umuahia Township Stadium

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The League Management Company’s special delegation that inspected facilities at the Umuahia Township Stadium in readiness for the kick off of this season’s Nigeria Professional Football League has concluded its assignment.

Some of the facilities inspected by the delegation at the Abia Warriors Football Club home ground include the playing turf, the dressing rooms for both home and away teams, the press stand, public conveniences, referees dressing rooms, the VIP stand among others.

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Former NPFL Champions, Kano Pillars Start 2016 On A High, Lift Gold Cup2016

By Footyalert → Saturday, 13 February 2016

Former Nigeria Premier League champions, Kano Pillars Football Club yesterday (Friday) won this year’s edition of Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament.

The tournament which took place in Ijebu Ode was hailed by many as one of the best so far. A lot of emphasis were on the quality of football played by the teams and the level of competitiveness that came along with it.

Pillars beat Supreme Court FC 2-1 to win the trophy of the third edition of the favourite pre-season tournament played at Otunba Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu Ode.

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AGM adopts LMC proposed incentives to encourage youth development

By Footyalert → Friday, 12 February 2016

Approves new NPFL Sponsorship Structure

A report of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) 2014/15 season activities has been released with the communique of the 2nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the League Management Company (LMC).

A major highlight of the communique shows that towards encouraging clubs to embrace a robust youth football development in the 2015/16 season, the LMC has introduced financial incentives for clubs that field players of 18 years and below.

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Experts Hail Phreestyle Sport Initiative

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Two Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) top Coaches, Godwin Koko Uwa of Lobi Stars of Makurdi and Gbenga Ogunbote of Giwa Football Club of Jos have lauded the initiative of Phreestlyle Sports firm after the conclusion of the successful seminar organised for their players in Ijebu-Ode.

Phreestlyle Sports management concluded the first phase of educating Nigerian League players after a life-changing workshop for top NPFL and Nigeria National League (NNL) sides, Enyimba, Nasarawa United, Lobi Stars,Giwa FC, Crown FC, Supreme Court FC and Imperial FC of Odogbolu.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Sport firm, Shogo Shodunnke spoke extensively to the players during his trip to Uyo and Ijebu-Ode on how they can plan their future and urged them to imbibe the policy of savings, venturing into meaningful businesses which will be of great help to them at end of their football career.

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Kogi United Forward, Jerome Tries Out At Danish Club

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Danish second division club, Akademisk Boldklub, AB has extended an invitation on trials for Kogi United striker, John Jerome with option to secure contract.

Jerome, who joined the Confluence club midway through last season scored three goals in six appearances for Kogi United.

He has since arrived Gladsaxe, Copenhagen on Thursday where he's expected to convince the coaches and officials of AB of given a full contract through training and in selected matches for the club.

Chairman of Kogi United, Abdul Sule, who brokered the opportunity for the trials was a former player of the club and ambassador for the Danish based sportswear company, Hummel.

While expressed delight of the opportunity, Jerome promised to justify and make good use of the opportunity which would serve as gateway for other players to join clubs in that area.

"I feel delighted with this chance to continue my career in Europe, it's a rare opportunity, I thank the chairman and those that make this happened and I promise not to disappoint them and be a good ambassador of Kogi United and Nigeria.

Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe (AB) is a Danish professional football club from Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen, currently playing at the 3rd highest level in Danish domestic football, the 2nd Division.

The club was formed in 1889 by a group of academics, and the only requirement to play for the club at that time was to be a university student. The club was dominant in early Danish football and won the Danish championship, which was introduced in 1913, in 1919 and 1921.

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Ogunjobi, Idoko, Baribote, Dosu, storms Ijebu-Ode for Gold Cup finals

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The glamorous Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament finals is set as expected as arrangements have been concluded ahead of what would be the most exciting pre-season tourney finals.

The Organizing Committee of tournament, has offered assurances of a memorable experience to the finalists, fans and top football administrators that will be in Ijebu-Ode for the finals of the third edition of the tournament.

General Coordinator of the tourney, Tunde Shamsudeen, said all the teams that participated benefited

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Festus Allen Thumbs Up Gold Cup Tourney Organizers

By Footyalert → Thursday, 11 February 2016

Festus Allen, the technical adviser of Nigeria National League side, COD United Football Club of Lagos, has eulogized the organizers of Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament.

The former Sharks FC of Port Harcourt merchant tactician said his side has picked lots of positives in the favourite pre-season tournament.

"kudos to the organizers of Gold Cup, this is the second time participating in the tournament with Sharks and now with COD United, you talk of organization is just like any international football tourney, discipline displayed by all the teams shows the organizers had set up a template for Nigeria football."

"My team had gained a lot from this pre-season competition, I also plead with corporate bodies to assist in making it bigger with financial incentives, I pray God will continue to strengthen the tournament General Coordinator (Tunde Shamsudeen)," said the former Shooting Stars tactician.

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NPFL, NNL Faceoff As Kano Pillars And Supreme Court FC Battle At Gold Cup Final

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Kano Pillars Football Club will battle Supreme Court FC of Abuja, in the Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament finals on Friday, February 12.

To get to the finals, the two clubs had to overcome some of the best clubs in the Nigeria Premier League and Nigeria National League, Crown FC of Ogbomosho and Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi, in the semi-finals.

The final match of the favourite Pre-Season Tournament in the land will hold at the Otunba Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu Ode and it will be a battle of teams in the country's domestic league.

The city of Ijebu Ode will be agog for the Friday's finale as there is a lot to play for because a giant trophy is at stake for the winner courtesy of Senator Abdul Fatai Buhari.

Pillars came from behind to beat Crown 2-1 with goals from Prince Aggrey and Rabiu Ali, while inspiring Supreme Court edged out Lobi Stars 4-3 on penalties after full-time ended 1-1.

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Victor Ezeji Retires, Offers Life Insurance Scheme To Local Players

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A true Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) legend, Victor Ezeji announced his retirement from football on Wednesday February 10, 2016 at the SWAN secretariat Lagos branch.

Victor Ezeji, a graduate of Accountancy at the University of Port Harcourt who had wore the colours of Nigeria at international level and clubs like Sharks, Enyimba, Dolphins and Tunisian team, Club Africain ranks as the most decorated player to have played in the NPFL shared some beautiful memories of his last twenty years playing in the apex football league in Nigeria and offers players playing in the domestic league an opportunity to secure their future.

Ezeji got his football career started at Port Harcourt based club, Sharks FC in 1996, before moving to Dolphins and then Enyimba where he helped the People's Elephant lift the CAF Champions League trophy. He however thanked his former team mates, clubs and the media for all the support he has gotten.

He stated at the press briefing: "I'm ending my career for good, without any form of injury, my ligaments are complete but I just have to say goodbye because it's obvious that I won’t be playing forever," Ezeji said at the media briefing.

“I won’t forget how Barrister Chris Green discovered me at a very tender age, took me to Sharks FC for trial where I signed my first contract. It has no doubt been a good drive for me though with some tough yet interesting moment but I’m glad I made an impact playing for 20 years. I'll also like to appreciate the media because they made me who I am as a footballer. Whenever I felt I couldn’t go on, they gave me the courage to believe in myself,"Ezeji stated.

Life Insurance Scheme For Local Players

Playing in the domestic league for such a long time came with so much experiences to share and one of such practical situations Victor Ezeji talked about was players welfare. He called on the League Management Company (LMC) who he praised for their impact since they came on board but suggested that the LMC must take the welfare of players playing in the league very serious.

The striker who won the CAF Champions League in 2003 with Enyimba FC stated that he has floated a life insurance scheme for the players and gave the reason why he had to find an antidote.

" One of my main target is to help insure players on the local scene. I’m already talking to the players on this project, a life insurance scheme will help the players to have something to fall back when injury or permanent disability comes up while playing soccer," Ezeji informed

“ it's an Insurance Scheme that will involve all the players playing in the domestic league. I truly want to advise players to invest at least 30 percent of their salaries In the scheme. Players are to pay N25, 000.00 as registration fee and if a player gets injured in the course of playing, he will receive the sum of N1m. And in terms of permanent disability, a player will get N10m,” Ezeji stated.

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GOLD CUP; Pillars, Lobi, reach semi-finals

By Footyalert → Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Nigeria Professional Football League sides Kano Pillars Football Club and Lobi Stars Football Club of Makurdi, have progressed to the semi-finals of the ongoing Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament in Ijebu Ode.

Kano Pillars and Lobi Stars had tough times with their group opponents but both scaled through to top Group A and B with 7 points and 8 points respectively to progress.

Crown Football Club of Ogbomosho, and Supreme Court Football Club of Abuja, have also book their places in semi-finals of the Gold Cup with the final scheduled for Friday February 12 at the Otunba Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu Ode.

Pillars will today (Wednesday) set up a semi-final clash with Crown FC, while Lobi Stars thus set up highly rated Supreme Court FC in the other semi-final.

Gold Cup Pre-Season tournament semi-final fixtures

Kano Pillars vs Crown 4.PM (Pitch A)

Lobi Stars vs Supreme Court 4.PM (Pitch B)

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NFF to inspect Kaduna for Eagles, Pharaohs match

By Footyalert → Monday, 8 February 2016

The Nigeria Football Federation will this week inspect facilities and equipment at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna for next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria and Egypt.

NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, told thenff.com on Monday that the inspection visit will take place on Thursday, and that facilities to be inspected include the playing pitch of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, dressing rooms, proposed training pitches, scoreboard, sanitary facilities, spectator stands and media facilities.

Sanusi will conduct the inspection alongside the Director of Facilities at the National Sports Commission, Engineer Shehu Ibrahim.

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Osho targets Gold Cup semi spot

By Footyalert → Sunday, 7 February 2016

Technical Adviser Crown Football Club of Ogbomosho, Fatai Osho, has insisted that his team can make it to the last four of the Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament.

The young. tactician made this known when he gave credit to his players after they defeated City of David (COD) United 1-2 in their second game in Ijebu Ode on Sunday.

The Ajilete Valiants recorded their first victory of the championship as they came from behind to beat their Nigeria National League rivals.

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GOLD CUP: Pillars/Giwa game delights- Dosu

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Atlanta 1996 Gold medalist, Dosu Joseph (MON) has expressed satisfaction with the level of play between Kano Pillars and Giwa FC in the Gold Cup Pre-Season championshipin Ijebu-Ode.

The Sai Masu Gida team defeated Giwa FC by a lone goal at the weekend to qualify to the semi-finals with 6points.

"It's a pre-season game, as the coaches want to have a first assessment of the old and new players playing as a team. I felt Giwa started very well against Kano Pillars, but in the second half, they fizzled out and their opponents took the game to them and scored the only goal of the game."

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Gold Cup : Lobi Stars book Semi-final ticket

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Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Lobi Stars FC of Makurdi, on Sunday evening beat Nigeria National League (NNL) campaigner, Remo Stars Football Club 1-0 to book a place in the semis of the ongoing Gold Cup Pre-season Tournament in Ijebu-Ode.

Dickson Idakwo flick header in the 43rd minute of the encounter gave the Makurdi based team the crucial victory over the Sky Blue Stars.

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Pillars to tackle Supreme with vigour- Ganaru

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Kano Pillars Football Cub say they would approach their last Group A against Supreme Court FC of Abuja with vigour in the ongoing Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament.

Both teams have qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament in Ijebu-ode after pulling 6points each from two matches.

Coach Mohammed Baba Ganaru, stated thus after his team's 1-0 victory against Giwa FC of Jos on Saturday.

"It was a good game, both teams put in their best. I want to confirm to you that we are very much on course for the new NPL season as my players, old and new are beginning to understand themselves and play to my football philosophy."

On his last Group A game against Supreme Court, who has also qualified for the semi-finals of the Gold Cup, Baba Ganaru stated that: "I'm not going to use a second string players because I don't have one. In my first game against FC Ebedei and the second against Giwa FC, we made use of different set of players, so I could line any starting 11 against Supreme Court."

As regards the play standard from all the participating teams, "I'm quite impressed as the non NPL teams have performed well. FC Ebedei and Supreme Court that Pillars will be playing against in the final Group A game have not done badly."

"They are very agile and engertic as they didn't play the big teams with much respect."

Both team battle for who go top of the group today (Monday) at the Otunba Dipo Dina International Stadium in Ijebu-Ode.

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Scottish Club, Dundee United Sign Nigerian

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Scottish Club, Dundee United have announced that they've signed former Inverness Caledonian Thistle striker, Edward Ofere subject to international clearance.

Photo credit: dufc.co

The Nigeria international, Ofere, 29 who recently has a short stay at Turkish club, Boluspor told the club's official website that his aim is to help the club.

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Super Eagles Striker, Odion Ighalo Snubs Huge Cash Move

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Watford striker Odion Ighalo has asserted that he turned down a £300,000-a-week contract offer from an unarmed Chinese Super League club in the previous summer.

The Nigeria international, Ighalo, 26, scored 20 times for Watford last season as the Hornets gained promotion to the Premier League

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GOLD CUP: Crown tie will be tough, says Allen

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CITY Of David United coach, Festus Allen has said that his team will give Crown FC it's best shot against Crown FC in today's (Sunday) make-or-bust game in the Gold Cup.

A delighted Allen told newsmen after his side recorded their first victory as they piped Imperial FC 1-0.

"The game could have gone either way, as both teams tried to get the better out of each other. Like I said, COD United is using the championship to build a team that will compete well in the upcoming Nigeria National League (NNL) season and also screen some of the players that we have invited.

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Meet The Best Cheerleading Team In Africa

By Footyalert → Saturday, 6 February 2016

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Pillars beat Ebedei in Gold Cup opener

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Omo Johnson and Sodiq Yusuf scored the two goals to make sure Kano Pillars beat FC Ebedei in the opening game of the Gold Cup Pre-Season at the Otunba Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu Ode.

Johnson scored the first goal with a powerful strike in the 44th minute, and Sodiq made it two nil via goal-mouth scramble.

FC Ebedei tried to fight back to level matters but failed to break the Pillars defense. The Oliseh Boys team attacked in number but still failed to break the battle hardened Pillars team.

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Gold Cup; Lobi, Supreme Court, starts on a winning note

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Lobi Stars FC of Makurdi and Supreme Court FC of Abuja, both started the Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament on a winning note on Friday in Ijebu Ode.

Supreme Court pip Giwa FC of Jos 1-0, while Lobi Stars defeated Crown FC with same margin.

Sammy Timothy was the hero for Supreme Court scoring the lone goal in the match as Giwa failed to capitalize on numerous scoring opportunities.

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PhreeStyle Sport Holds Seminar For Enyimba

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As part of its activities in shaping the lives of footballers in Nigeria, PhreeStyle Sport held a seminar for players and officials of Enyimba International Football Club on Thursday at the Uranus Hotel in Uyo.

CEO of PhreeStyle Sport, Shogo Shodunnke addressed the team on how to plan their lives during and after their soccer careers.

"We can't continue to deceive ourselves that football is a profession in Nigeria, players who are the stakeholders are facing a lot of challenges and they need to be encouraged and empowered," Shogo Shodunnke said during the seminar.

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Meet Canadian-born Nigerian13-year-old potential Super Eagles material,Ifeoluwa Adenuga

By Footyalert → Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Toronto FC U-13 Academy versatile midfielder, Ifeoluwa Adenuga, A.K.A Ife, is a potential Super Eagles material but the teenager his taking it one step at a time as he hope to surpass world top midfielders like Jay Jay Okocha, Yahya Toure, Pogba and Iniesta by making an indelible mark in the round lethal game with his skills and talent.

The 13-year-old Canadian-born Nigerian midfielder currently plays for the Under-13 team of Toronto FC (TFC) in Canada, TFC plays in the Major League Soccer (MLS).

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Pillars to face Ebedei in Gold Cup opener

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Former Nigeria Premier League Champions, Kano Pillars Football Club and Nationwide League One side, FC Ebedei of Sagamu, will be seeking a bright start to the third edition of Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament when they face off in the tourney’s official opener this evening (Thursday) at Otunba Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu Ode.

Pillars gaffer, Mohammed Babaganaru, told newsmen in Ijebu Ode that the team is ready and competitive ahead of the tie against the mobile Oliseh Boys.

"I'm aware FC Ebedei is a very good side, with young boys and very tricky. They have very good players so we have to be careful, but I have told my players they must be prepared to give their best. My players are determined to do the job," the experienced coach said.

However, former Secretary General of Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, will perform the traditional kick off of the favourite pre-season tournament.

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Gold Cup: Phreestyle set to plan players' future

By Footyalert → Tuesday, 2 February 2016

In order to strike balance between football and reality, the organizers of Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament have expressed their readiness to go beyond football this time and enlighten participating players on how to plan their present for better future.

One of the leading sports firms in the country, Phreestyle Sport has been given the mandate to talk to players of all the participating teams during the upcoming tournament in Ijebu-Ode, on 'how to imbibe the policy of saving, venturing into meaningful businesses and using football terms to structure their financial lives'.

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Christian Ogar Wins First Laurel With South African Club

By Footyalert → Monday, 1 February 2016

It was a great deal of achievement for Belhar RFC and our own speed star Christian Ogar as they won the plate in the Bazaar Wesbank 7s this weekend.

The Bazaar westbank 7s is the first 7s tournament played by Belhar RFC this season and already Christian Ogar has started showing is worth by scoring 2 tries in the pool stage and 1 in the plate final, Belhar RFC defeated Hamilton RFC by 31-7 points in the plate finals to claim their first laurel of the season.

Speaking with the 7s coach of Belhar RFC: He said the tournament was highly competitive and that the speed star will be a great asset to the club. ‘bearing in mind that he is new in the club and still adapting to our style of play but still manage to score 3 tries, I have no doubt that he will be a great asset to the club’

Aslo speaking with Christain Ogar: he acknowledged that despite the high standard of the game and other challenges in South Africa, it will only motivate him to upgrade is him game. ‘I am glad that I am playing in this level of the game and I will not let any challenges hold me back instead I will use it as a motivation to upgrade my game’

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