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  • NRFF lauds the media for their support

    By Footyalert → Wednesday, 6 January 2016

    The President of the Nigerian Rugby Football Federation, Sir Edward Pam Fom has lauded the members of the sporting press for their effort in promoting the sport in 2015 and wished them a bountiful 2016 which he predicts will be full of amazing surprises.

    In his brief New Year message, Pam Fom described 2015 as a year that saw Rugby taking a big leap with the ever trusted support of the sport writers family.
    He said "when you quantify the media mileage enjoyed by Rugby in 2015, you will see that the federation remains indebted to our highly esteemed media partners".
    "The gospel of Rugby was everywhere which has not only helped the federation's course of seeing the sport rated amongst the top 5 federations in Nigeria.

    The Plateau state born administrator pledged his unalloyed commitment to the development of rugby as he called on all stakeholders to come together in improving on the achievements recorded last year.

    He thanked CMB Building Maintenance & Inv Co ltd. for standing behind the federation through thick and thin.
    "The South West League would not have been possible neither will camping and traveling for our international competitions be possible” He also thanked  Kelechi Mbagwu who has continuously and generously dole out funds to the federation through his company."

    He promised that 2016 will be bigger and better if early indications are anything to go by.

     

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  • Confluence Queens Name New Coaches

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    The management of Nigeria Women Premier League, NWPL, side, Confluence Queens Football Club have confirmed former Kogi United assistant coach Ibrahim Adewumi Shola as the new Head coach for the 2015/16 season.

    The Lokoja based team who finished 6th at the just concluded NWPL season deemed it necessarily fit the need to have some shake up in the technical department of the club to ensure a better preparation for the fourth coming season.
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  • Siasia: No player’s guaranteed shirt for Rio Olympics

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    Coach Samson Siasia has affirmed that no player is guaranteed a shirt in his squad for the men’s football tournament of this year’s Olyimpics, taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Siasia: No player’s guaranteed shirt for Rio Olympics
    The former Super Eagles’ manager has also disclosed that the African champions will commence preparations for the Rio Olympics in the first week of February.

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  • Eagles confront Palancas Negras ahead CHAN

    By Footyalert → Tuesday, 5 January 2016
    The Super Eagles B will take on fellow Rwanda -bound Palancas Negras of Angola in an international friendly in Pretoria on Wednesday.
    Eagles confront Palancas Negras ahead CHAN

    On Tuesday, the Super Eagles B lashed the University of Pretoria 3-0 in a test game at the school, with two goals from forward Tunde Adeniji and one from midfielder Ifeanyi Mathew. 

    Nigeria’s home –based senior boys, who arrived in Pretoria on Saturday and commenced training on Sunday, are using the encounter as a big test ahead of the 4thAfrican Nations Championship starting in Rwanda on January 16.

    Head Coach Sunday Oliseh arrived in Pretoria ahead of the group and said on Tuesday that he is looking ahead to the clash with the skillful Angolans.

    Angola finished as runner-up at the 2nd African Nations Championship in Sudan five years ago, while Nigeria finished in third place at the 3rd edition in South Africa in 2014.

    Wednesday’s clash comes five days before another top duel – a friendly with Cote d’Ivoire at the same Tuks University Stadium.

    The Super Eagles B delegation will fly into Rwanda on January 15, three days before the team trade tackles with neighbours-to-the-north Niger Republic in their first match of the tournament, at the astro-turf Stade Regional Nyamirambo on the outskirts of Kigali.

    Nigeria’s hopefuls, to be captained by left –back Chima Akas in the absence of forward Gbolahan Salami, will also play Tunisia and Guinea in Group C, with the match against the Guineans scheduled for the city of Rubavu.

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  • Nigeria’s Premier National 5 A-side Tournament Holds In Lagos

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    #RoadToBangkok 
    The National Finals of the F5WC Tournament comes up on January the 15th-16th 2016at the Campos Mini Stadium on Lagos Island. 16 teams of 7 each from different parts of Nigeria will converge on Lagos for two days of football hostilities at the end of which the last ream standing will get a chance to represent Nigeria at the F5WC Global tournament in Bangkok, Thailand in March 2016.
    Nigeria’s Premier National 5 A-side Tournament Holds In Lagos

    F5WC Nationals will be played in a round robin format as the 16 finalist have been drawn into 4 groups of 4 teams each with the top 2 teams qualifying for the Quater-finals.
    The eventual winners will also get a giant trophy, medals and the sum of 1.5million Naira from the main Sponsors of the tournament, Olympic Milk.
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  • Ogun Launches School Sports Festival Tagged OGSSFEST

    By Footyalert → Sunday, 3 January 2016
    The Ogun State Government is set to bring back the glorious days of yesteryears in sports, following the launch of the Ogun State Schools Sports Festival (OGSSFEST) in Abeokuta last week (Dec 30, 2015).
    Ogun Launches School Sports Festival Tagged OGSSFEST

    Speaking at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the government and the consultants on the project, Youth and Sports Commissioner, Hon. Moroof Afolabi Afuwape said the Amosu administration was committed to making the state “the factory of sports stars in Nigeria”.

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  • Do Have A Fantastic 2016

    By Footyalert →
    It's by God's grace we are alive today to see yet a new year. I pray that we all shall have a wonderful year filled with divine grace. 



    Do Have A Fantastic 2016

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  • Nigeria's Squad For CHAN,Rwanda 2016

    By Footyalert →

    Head Coach Sunday Oliseh has released the list of 23 players of the Super Eagles B squad who will seek to do Nigeria proud by winning the African Nations Championship title in Rwanda.

    Head Coach Sunday Oliseh has released the list of 23 players of the Super Eagles B squad who will seek to do Nigeria proud by winning the African Nations Championship title in Rwanda. Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, defenders Austin Oboroakpo and Chima Akas, Olympic Team midfielders Usman Mohammed and Yaro Bature and forward Chisom Chikatara headline a list that also includes Enyimba FC’s skillful winger Ezekiel Bassey, former junior international Ifeanyi Mathew and the Sunshine Stars’ trio of Paul Onobi, Prince Aggrey and Tunde Adeniji. Former junior international goalkeeper Femi Thomas, Shooting Stars’ central defender Jamiu Alimi and former Supersand Eagles’ ace Bartholomew Ibenegbu have also been included. The Eagles B team, alongside technical and backroom staff, flew out of the country on Saturday afternoon to Cape Town, South Africa, where a 10 –day pre-Championship training camp has been arranged, alongside two friendly games against fellow Rwanda –bound Angola and Cote d’Ivoire on January 6 and 11 respectively. Oliseh arrived South Africa ahead of the delegation. Nigeria’s Super Eagles B finished third at the 3rd African Nations Championship held in South Africa in 2014, and Sunday Oliseh’s invigorated squad aims to win the Cup in Rwanda on February 7. The Eagles B will campaign in Group C of this year’s championship alongside 2011 winners Tunisia, Niger Republic and Guinea, with matches to be played at the Stade Regional Nyamirambo, Kigali. NIGERIA’S SQUAD FOR CHAN Goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Sunshine Stars); Olufemi Thomas (Enyimba FC); Okiemute Odah (Warri Wolves) Defenders: Austin Oboroakpo (Abia Warriors); Kalu Orji Okogbue (Enugu Rangers); Jamiu Alimi (Shooting Stars); Mathew Etim (Enugu Rangers); Chima Akas (Sharks FC); Stephen Eze (Sunshine Stars); Christopher Madaki Maichibi (Giwa FC); Samson Gbadebo (Lobi Stars) Midfielders: Ifeanyi Mathew (El-Kanemi Warriors); Paul Onobi (Sunshine Stars); Usman Mohammed (FC Taraba); Yaro Bature (Nasarawa United); Bartholomew Ibenegbu (Warri Wolves); Ibrahim Attah Salau (Shooting Stars)
    Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, defenders Austin Oboroakpo and Chima Akas, Olympic Team midfielders Usman Mohammed and Yaro Bature and forward Chisom Chikatara headline a list that also includes Enyimba FC’s skillful winger Ezekiel Bassey, former junior international Ifeanyi Mathew and the Sunshine Stars’ trio of Paul Onobi, Prince Aggrey and Tunde Adeniji. 
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