Category: Sports

Scope FC of Lagos has won the maiden edition of the Trophy five-a-side grassroots tournament tagged, Field of Honour, at the Campos Mini-Stadium, Lagos Island.

The competition was held for 11 weeks and amongst 1, 080 teams.

The Trophy five-a-side tournament is a variation of association football, in which each team has five players, with four being outfield players and one goalkeeper.

In the third place match, Amsterdam FC of Obalende won Rovers FC 6-0 to emerge as bronze winners shortly before the fiercely contested final in which Scope FC of Lagos beat Ifayemi FC of Ile-Ife 2-0.

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Nigeria’s Super Falcons have emerged as champions of the 2019 West African Football Union (WAFU) Women’s Cup tournament in Abidjan.

The Nigerian women on the 18th of May [2019] edged host nation Cote d’Ivoire 5-4 after penalty shootout in an interesting final match at the Stade Robert Champroux.

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Ejowvokoghene Divine Oduduru has won and set a new 100 meters record at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships [2019] as he ran for his school – Texas Tech University, United States of America.

His latest feat earns his school a spot at the top at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships for the fourth time.

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Ghana Police male team and Nigeria Customs Service female team has emerged champions of the Zone 3 Africa Volleyball Club championships held at the indoor hall of the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Ghana Police beat Nigeria Customs Service 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-17) in the male final match for the second consecutive time since the revival of the Zone 3 Africa Volleyball Club Championships.

in the third place match, Nigeria Police defeated Nigeria Immigration 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 27-25).

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Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has set a new shot put national record during the 2019 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge held at the Estádio do Centro Nacional de Desenvolvimento do Atletismo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, a 2018 Commonwealth silver medal winner, produced a throw of 21.77 meters to clinch gold at the 35th Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo to beat the previous national record of 21.76 meters set by Stephen Mozia at the Grand Prix in Czech Republic three years ago.

Enekwechi is now the second in Africa’s shot put all time record behind South Africa’s Janus Robberts 2001 throw of 21.97 meters.

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Sylvester Emeka Igboun, a striker and attacking midfielder for the Russian Premier League club FC Ufa has become the club’s all-time leading goalscorer with 24 goals in official games.

The former FC Midtjylland attacker attained this following his brace over the weekend in their 4-1 win over Ural in a league game.

According to Sylvester Emeka Igboun:

“I feel so good about this achievement. It is not easy.

My target as always been to score as many goals as I can, and do better than past seasons. I am delighted to have been able to achieve that and setting a record as Ufa’s all-time top goals scorer.”

On 13 July 2015, Igboun signed for Russian Premier League side FC Ufa. He made his international debut for Nigeria in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Tanzania on 5 September 2015, replacing Moses Simon as a substitute in the 69th minute.

Team Nigeria have emerged champions of the 2019 All Africa Senior Badminton Championships, which ended in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Nigeria won four gold medals, two silver and one bronze to top the medal table.

The team had earlier secured the most coveted gold medal in the team event on  and followed that up with further three gold medals in the individual championships.

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