AFCON 2023 Qualifier: Osimhen, Awoniyi, Lookman, 20 others invited for Sierra Leone clash
Nigeria’s Victor [FILES] Osimhen (Photo by Pius Utomi EKPEI / AFP)
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Team Access Bank, Kano Rumbu win big as fiesta enters home run
Team Access Bank and Kano Rumbu polo teams were in excellent form on Sunday at the 2023 Access Bank UNICEF Charity Shield polo tournament held at Fifth Chukker and Country Polo resort, Kaduna. While Team Access Bank won the Access Bank Cup, Kano Rumbu emerged champions at the UNICEF Cup respectively. The 2023 UNICEF Charity Shield polo fiesta, which galloped off in grand style with the Children Day celebration, climaxed at the weekend with Team Access Bank defeating former champions, Abuja Rubicon, 3-21/2 in a closely fought final to clinch the glittering Access Bank Cup. Debutants, Kano Rumbu, defeated SKK Farm from Kaduna to win the UNICEF Cup, their first ever Charity Shield major title. The highly revered charity fundraising platform and the 2023 tournament is an affirmation of the commitment of Access Holdings and its partners to socio-economic wellbeing of the society, and acknowledgement of the impact the initiative has had on the lives of the orphaned and vulnerable children in northern Nigeria especially in Kaduna state.
Flying Eagles arrive Nigeria after quarter-final exit at 2023 U-20 World Cup
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles arrived Abuja on Thursday afternoon June 8 after crashing out in the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina. PHOTO: Twitter<br />
Flying Eagles miss plot of land in Abuja after World Cup exit
• I did it to motivate players, says Wamakko The Flying Eagles have missed a golden opportunity of owning a plot of land in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, following their quarterfinal exit at the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Eagles Camp opens June 12 as Peseiro scouts NPFL Super Six Play-off for players
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has disclosed that Super Eagles camp will open on June 12 in Abuja ahead of the 2024 African Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria and the Lone Stars of Sierra Leone.
Nigeria’s 400m male athletes will be strong this year, says U.S.-based Okorie
• Patience Okon-George Targets A Standard United States-based board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Victor Okorie, has said that the nation’s men 400m squad will be strong this season.
Lobi Stars, City FC Abuja to kickoff Naija Super Eight Championship
Organisers of Naija Super Eight Championship, Flykite Productions, have announced that North-Central teams, Lobi Stars of Makurdi and City FC of Abuja, will slug it out in the opening fixture of the competition at Eket Township Stadium, on June 23.