8TH FEBRUARY 2017 SPORTS UPDATE

Former National and International Nigerian Star footballer KANU NWANKNOW alongside with his national team mates and ex Chelsea international CELESTON BABAYARO were amongst the high profound guest that graced the formal announcement of MTN Nigerian strategic partnership with the leading Premiership League tried Site ARSENAL FOOT BALL CLUB. With the partnership with Arsenal became MTN official Mobile communications’ network partner in Nigeria.

KANU stated that the partnership would usher in exciting times with the football lovers across the nation. MTN full time operating officer MOHAMMADU SARIKI  explained that the part would help  the company and Arsenal engage football enthusiasm beyond the current traditional broadcast of Matches.

Arsenal’s Chief Match Officer GOLD ANTHANOCK said the club has huge now based in Nigeria which is treated with influence of KANU NWANKWO and the recent emerging of ALEX IWEOBI into the first team. All the benefits of the partnership includes: Free Match tickets and all expense trip to Stadium for viewing lives matches of the club and coaches training matches in Nigeria for local football development .And in the announcement of the partnership some lucky guest emerged as the first set of winners for all paid trips to AIRWAYS STADIUM in London.

On the other hand, the league management Company (LMC) reschedules Nigerian Professional Football League with seven games involving Clubs engaging in the continental competitions this weekend. According to the correspondent on this sport update who specified that Nigerian Professional Football League with seven Matches involving representative in the Cap Champion League and Cap confidential Cup had been rescheduled to February 22^nd 2017. RANGERS INTERNATIONAL OF ENUGU and RIVERS UNITED OF PORT HARCOURT are the Cap Flag bearers in the Cap Champions League, while WKITORY OF BAUCHI and FC IFEANYI UBA will complete in the Cap confidential cup.  The four teams will be in the action in the preliminary stage of the continental engagement this weekend. RANGERS will work against JS SON OF ALGERIA; RIVERS UNITED will tackle MORNING CLUB near BAMACO. FC IFEANYI UBA welcomes ALMASI OF EGYPT while WIKITORY OF BAUCHI is guest to ROYAL ARMS FORCES OF SIERRA LEONE. Meanwhile, some of the seven games are currently on going in the NPAFL, TABLE TAPPERS OF PLATEAU UNITED are struggling it out with ALKANI WARRIORS OF MAIDUGURI at the WAMPA STADIUM in Jos, Plateau state Nigeria. GWOMBE UNITED  are battling NASSARAWA UNITED, ROYAL STARS are hold to NIGER TUNIDOS while SUNSHINE STARS are battling with ABIA WARRIORS in UMUAHIA, Abia state in Nigeria.

Also Lagos state mainland Tennis club says youth development and programs are priority as effort to popularize sports in Nigeria continues, President of the club DR. EMEKA AHAMEFULA stated this in Abuja at the just concluded friendly Match between USE-TEAM and FCT TENNIS CLUB, AHAMEFULA told the correspondent that the club is working in line with the Nigerian Tennis Federation to enhance the growth of the sports and be able to organize the underage competition for the youths. According to EMEKA AHAMEFULA, he expressed concern on what to do to enhance the game as far as the youth are concern in Nigeria. He said that he had already taken steps to fix the infrastructures needed for the game and the next thing is to get the youth organized and ready for the game through training and development. He said they made the program for less than 14years, and hopefully by August this year there will be an annual tournament for the youth but at moment coaching of the youths is on going to be able to select the champions from them.

Correspondent of the events also report that Lagos Mainland Club has owed up to 180 active members helping in the promotion of tennis in the country. That is Sports update for today.

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JANUARY 20TH 2017 SPORTS UPDATE

Sports administrators in the country had applauded the recent allocation of nine sports to Africa to participate FIFA WORLD CUP from 2026. One of the correspondent said that the development explains the show case in the African critical case in the affairs of Global Football. According to him, he said that African had come of age and the truth of the matter is when you take off Africa away from the football game what you will get is zero. And when consider the volume of African that appeared in China and other countries of the world, they were falling in excellently well, not only Nigerians but the entire African as a continent. And he said that the truth of the matter is that we are having additional six more countries, no way African should have gotten less than the nine, if you want to be fair.

Still according to another guest MRS. VICTORIAL ONUIGBO, an Abuja based sports Administrator, however advised the nation’s sports apparatus against greed and the new FIFA policy. According to her she said that it is really disheartening to imagine that as the world and football is revolving, we are being degenerating alongside with it as a country and this is as a result of consequences of greed and dishonesty in our football management, the truth must be told.

A call from Zachibia, Benue State Nigeria, also suggested to the sports analyst program that sports should be commented right from primary school to discover as much players who are talented and capable of representing the nation in the  FIFA world Cup as it was done in the past. According to him he also specified that if we can catch these talented ones young and help to direct them in the course of football, we will have better team players for the nation.

The correspondent Director of Media Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) , MR. ADEWALE OLAJERE who was also a guest explains that NFF has stopped on dealing with parents, especially in the selection of players. According to him, he said that the present NFF administration had not take care in player selection, it had not been done. There is a technical committee and also there is a technical department but at the end of the day, somebody can come and suggest to ask any coaches that are taking the team. MR. ADEWALE OLAJERE also gave some technical officials in nation’s sports performance.

On the other hand, there are three matches of the Nigerian Football League played across the country last weekend with Enugu hosting the Match between RANGERS INTERNATIONAL and ALKANI WARRIORS on Sunday the 20^th January 2017 Hosted at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium by 4.00.

Also RIVERS ANGELS strikes CHIDIES at the 2016/2017 Nigerian Women Premier league, this action resumes the Nigerian Professional Football league with three features. According to the correspondent of the events who said that RIVERS ANGELS had emerge the winners 2016 Nigerian women Premier league, the Port Harcourt players defeated NASSARAWA MISSILES 5-3 on penalty shootout in play at the FIFA player pitch in Abuja, Nigeria. The game ended goalless in the regulated time, in the victory, RIVERS ANGELS had won their fit mean title and achieved the double for the second consecutive season. A bit, BAYELSA QUEENS late last year became winners of the women federation cup. It supposed schedule of the Nigerian Professional Football league which entice match league three on Sunday 20^th Januray 2017: RANGERS INTERNATIONAL confronting ALKANI WARRIORS of Maidugry at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu. Coach of ALKANI WARRIOR LADA OMBOSI is a bit disturbed over the long journey he had to embarked upon to on the games.

On the same ground, the other two league are: in Kano, KANO PILLARS crashed with SHOOTING STARS at the Sani Abacha Stadium while MOUNTAIN ON FIRE AND MIRACLE CELSUIS welcome LONELY STARS as the ABUBAKAR BURKULAR SARAKI FC battles FC IFEANYI UBA in Ilorin, PORT HARCOURT  was a venue for the RIVERS UNITED and NIGER TURNADO CRASH. Manager of the garden city site MIKE GUMA was asked if the pride of rivers was under pressure to win the league title this season having pledged as the winners of the last term. And his responds was that they are not under any pressure, hopefully they are still going to emerge winners again this time because their team had worked hard towards that achievement.

Also WIKI TORY take on AKWA UNITED, KASTINA UNITED take on NASSARAWA UNITED as ABIA UNITED as against FAMOUS STARS, ENYIMBA face GOMBE UNITED while PLATEAU UNITED contend SUNSHINE STARS. PLATEAU UNITED  and the ABIA WARRIORS are the early leaders at the summit of the NPA veritable but maximum six point each from two games followed by ABUBAKAR BURKULAR SARAKI FC , RIVERS UNITED  with 4.8, BAYELSA UNITED are intensifying good permission from non Nigerian National League with series of build up games, the respiration boys played MUNGO CITY, one of the friendly game which ended up 1-1 draw in Mende, while they defeated BRACELESSY in one of the game which ended up 4-0 in another town. They beat EKEREMOYESI on Friday the 18^th January 2017, BAYELSA UNITED recently concluded fire freeze of screening exercise and the technical adviser ALEX DOCUGBO said the team is set for fresh challenges,  BAYELSA UNITED  also engaged SOUTHERN ENDURED FC at Tombia on Sunday 20^th January 2017 Afternoon.

The Draw for big FIFA soccer world cup BAHAMA 2017 will hold on the February 28^th, The Super Eagles of Nigeria along other team who had qualified for the FIESTA, HOST are BAHAMA, Satiety, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland and Senegal will learn their groups and openings along with eight other team that are yet to pick ticket. This year’s beat soccer world cup will take place between April 27^th to May 7^th,

Final Gold Matches at the African Cup of the Nations GABON 2017 begins on the Sunday 20^th April, 2017 with a play goal  game on the card “Devientant de Internationale beigin de Soud” will be aimed to do the unthinkable as they battle the INTERLUM OF BUCKINAFASO in France view, as host the FRANCHISE OF GABON must beat the INDOMITABLE LIONS OF CAMEROUN in the New Berries to stand the chance to progressing to the Knock out phase, but they pick up simultaneously at 8.00pm, On Saturday the 19^th of January 2017, the BLACK STARS OF GHANA sailed into the quarter final after they a splinted 1-nil win over the EAGLES OF MALI as ASAMUA JIA scored the 1 goal encounter on 20 minutes.

In Tennise, forward champions had found powered champion rising star ALEXANDA ZERET in postulating game to reach the fore crown of the Australia Open, Madam who won the title in the 20-19 throw, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, in 4 hours and six minutes, and next phase called Mompol, CARNEBEAN CARNIEGE also progressed to the last sixteen after urging JONES MONE: 6-2, 7-6,3-6, 6-3, in the women’s single British JUHANA  KONTA, former  world number one CAROLINE ROSE MARKY: 6-3,6-1, to reach fourth round, six time champion SERENA WILLIAMS who had beaten Americans in local games:

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