The Amazons had defeated Bayelsa Queens 1-0, holders Rivers Angels 2-1 and drew 2-2 with Delta Queens in the round-robin games before edging the Kwale based side to the league crown.
Amarachi Okoronkwo’s 42nd minute diving header handed the Christopher Danjuma’s ladies their second trophy in history after their first in 2013.
Akwa United have emerged as champions of the maiden AITEO Cup after claiming a 3-2 penalty win over Niger Tornadoes at Agege Stadium, Lagos.
The AITEO Cup was formerly the Federation Cup, which Akwa United won in 2015.
It was goalless all through the 90 minutes and the game went straight to penalty kicks.
With their win, Akwa United receives ₦25 million and would also be representing Nigeria in the CAF Confederation Cup.
Aruna Quadri has won the men’s singles event of the 2017 ITTF Challenge Polish Open.
The Nigerian defeated Japan’s Kaii Yoshida after six sets (11-7, 11-13 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 14-12) to become the first African to win an ITTF title outside the continent.
Although Quadri’s opponent enjoyed support from the home fans — as he plies his trade in the Polish league — the number one seed for the tournament emerged the victor.
Prior to beating the Japanese in the final, Aruna Quadri had defeated Kazakhstan’s Kirill Gerassimenko (11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6) in the semi-final stage of the competition.
Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has been awarded the IAAF Bronze Label by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF).
A statement signed by the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Head of Communications and Media Olukayode Thomas disclosed that among the thousands of races worldwide, only 88 are labeled by IAAF, Access Bank Lagos City Marathon is one of the new additions to the elite club. With this feat, Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has now joined global elite races like New York, Boston, Chicago, Tokyo, Dubai, London, Roma, Paris, Berlin, and others.
According to the Project Consultant Olopade:
“We are a global brand today because of Governor Ambode’s vision and foresight, without him there won’t be anything called Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. It is his support that ensured that we got a personality like Norris Williamson, a grade A IAAF/AIMS measurer, who measured the route of Atlanta, Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympics Games to measure and certify our route, which ensured that we are a label race before our third edition.’’
Olopade also thanked Access Bank the race sponsor and other sponsors and supporters like 7Up, Bet naija, Eko Hotels, Eko Atlantics, GAC Motors and the staff of the Marathon Office for making this achievement possible.
Stanley Eribo (also known as “Edo Boy”) has retained his African Boxing Union, ABU welterweight title by defeating Tanzania’s Ramadhani Shauri via a unanimous decision at GOtv Boxing Night 12.
Stanley Eribo also won ₦2.5 million attached to the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Prize for the best boxer of the night.
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Sunday Oliseh continues to set and break records with his Dutch club, Fortuna Sittard as the team triumphed with its biggest away win since it was founded almost 50 years ago.
The win was recorded against Telstar away from home 6-0.
According to the former Super Eagles Coach:
“Join me in praising God for his blessings and Mercies… Experienced my most emphatic professional away win as coach 0-6 vs. erstwhile unbeaten Telstar @FortunaSittard yesterday. Though my players, coaching staff and fans gave their all, God’s handprints were everywhere to see on this record-breaking victory. This is Fortuna Sittard’s highest scoring away victory in its history.”
A few weeks back, Sunday Oliseh became the first coach ever, in the history of Fortuna Sittard to win 6 consecutive home games.
The former Nigeria captain has now extended that to eight consecutive wins.
With this latest 6-0 win recorded on Friday, Fortuna Sittard have moved up to second place with 16 points from seven games, one point adrift of leaders Jong Ajax who beat FC Oss 3-0 away from home.
Fortuna Sittard will face NEC at home in their next game on the 6th of October.