Winners have emerged in the 7th Nigeria Pitch Awards [2019/2020], which took place at a ceremony in Lagos State.
Mr. Shina Philips, president of the awards, expressed gratitude to the Nigeria Football Federation and all stakeholders in the country’s football for their backing in giving Nigerians a transparent and credible award.
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Young Stars Football Club of Usen have emerged champions of the 10th Peter Obaseki Football Tournament in Ovia after defeating 2019 champions Cocoa FC.
The only goal, which was scored within nine minutes of play in the first half was all that separated the visitors from the homers.
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Nigerian forward Junior Ajayi has helped Egyptian club Al Ahly Sporting Club to win a record ninth CAF Champions League title.
Junior Ajayi was on from the start when Al Ahly beat fellow Egyptian club Zamalek 2-1 in the final on November 27, 2020.
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Enku Ekuta has won gold medal in the 63kg women category at the fourth African Judo Open final held on 14 November 2020.
Enku Ekuta qualified for the final after defeating Carolina Delgado of Cape Verde and Anastasiya-Alexander Nenova of South Africa in the preliminary pool and then defeated the 2019 African games champion, Helene Dombeu of Cameroon to win gold.
The victory is Ekuta’s first continental open gold medal and the second time she will defeat the 33-year-old Dombeu at a continental open.
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Ndubuisi Egbo has emerged as the first Nigerian football manager to win a UEFA Champions League match after KF Tirana beat Georgia’s Dinamo Tbilisi 2-0 away in the first qualifying round.
Elizabeth Ayanacho and Iyeneobong Essien have been named on the Malala Fund 2020 Game Changers Series.
Established by the Malala Fund co-founded by student and Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, the Game Changers series focuses on incredible female athletes while raising awareness about missing indigenous women, advocating for girls to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and speaking out for other para-athletes.
The 2020 Games Changers list comprises 30 female athletes selected from 24 countries and are described as “female athletes defying convention on and off the field around the world.”
Bright Osayi-Samuel has emerged winner of Queens Park Rangers’ (QPR) Goal of the Season prize and Supporters’ Young Player of the Year for the 2019/2020 season in the end-of-season awards.
Eberechi Eze also won three awards: Players’ Player of the Year, the Supporters’ Player of the Year and the club Player of the Year.