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 Ekofootball Queens Championship Semis hold on Saturday Ekofootball Queens Championship Semis hold on Saturday The semi-finals of the EkoFootball Queens Championship 2021 will hold on Saturday at the Agege Stadium Lagos. According to the schedule released by the Lagos State Football Association, the first semi-final will be played between Oasis Ladies and Papa Soccer Academy at 8 am at the Agege Stadium on Saturday, June 19. The second semi-final would see Royaltoms Queens take on Prince Kazeem Eletu Queens  at 10 am also at the Agege Stadium on Saturday. A total of 24 clubs started the competition some weeks ago in a championship the Chairman of the Lagos Football Association, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, said is aimed at the further development of the gender game in Lagos and by extension Nigeria.

 NFF Announces Dettol as Super Eagles Official Hygiene Partner NFF Announces Dettol as Super Eagles Official Hygiene Partner The Nigeria Football Federation and Reckitt Benckiser Nigeria Limited on Thursday in Lagos signed a contractual agreement that immediately made Reckitt’s product, Dettol the Official Hygiene Partner of the Super Eagles. At a simple ceremony inside the Studio2 of HotSports Media Group in Oregun, Akbar Ali Sha, General Manager of Reckitt Benckiser in Sub-Sahara Africa described the union between the Football House and his company as a ‘historical moment’, insisting the agreement aligned firmly with the firm’s purpose, which is “to protect, heal and to nurture in relentless pursuit of a cleaner and healthier world.” In this spirit, Dettol is primed to provide hygiene protection for the Super Eagles at every turn before and after every one of their matches on the everyone and at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Cameroon next year summer, and on the ...

 Gusau Hopeful of Tokyo Games Qualification as National Trials Begin in Lagos  Gusau Hopeful of Tokyo Games Qualification as National Trials Begin in Lagos The President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Engr. Ibrahim Shehu Gusau is hopeful that some Nigerian athletes will be able to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo ahead of today’s National Trials holding at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex on Thursday. Speaking after he was returned for another four-year term, a passionate Gusau said the athletes can still surmount the political issues that bedeviled the federation and qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo especially the relays. The National trials’ objective is to ensure qualification for the Games.  “We also hope that athletes who are yet to qualify for the games, especially in the relays, get an opportunity to do so”, Gusau said. Sequel to the drama that engulfed the AFN, the president said that he aspired to ensure that Nigeria wins at...

 Tokyo 2020 will be different for Team Nigeria - Minister  Tokyo 2020 will be different for Team Nigeria - Minister Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare has assured that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be quite eventful for Team Nigeria since everything has been done to motivate the athletes to excel. In an interview with CNN's Zain Asher, the Minister noted,  "I want to assure you that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is going to be a different event because we have seen through our public-private partnership, our Athletes have been adopted and supported both financially, morally and their welfare has been taken care of. That is how we have excellent performances. We want to surpass the feat of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in Tokyo".  On the safety of the athletes due to the current spike in the covid-19 pandemic in Japan, he affirmed; "There is a Nigerian Olympics Committee just like every country has an Olympics Committee. This Ministry and the government hav...

 We Need to Invest in Sustainable Football Infrastructure, - Monimichelle We Need to Invest in Sustainable Football Infrastructure, - Monimichelle Nigeria’s leading sports facilities construction outfit, Monimichelle has offered advice on how to fix the poor pitches in Nigeria. Chief Executive Officer of the company, Ebi Egbe told NSM yesterday that he desired to partner with the Federal and state governments in eradicating bad pitches in the country. "Without good pitches we will continue to produce quarterly baked players from our various leagues," Monimichelle began during an educative conversation on WhatsApp Platform NSM. "The world football transfer market knows Nigeria has talented young players even though w,e lack infrastructures for grassroot football development, that's the reason why there is so much interest from top scouts in the Nigerian under 17 national team.   "Under 17 players are still at the grooming stage, they can easily adapt to any style...

 AFN: Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Bukola Olopade Congratulates Tonobok Okowa AFN: Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Bukola Olopade Congratulates Tonobok Okowa The Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Hon. Bukola Olopade has congratulated Chief Tonobok Okowa on his emergence as the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). Hon. Olopade noted that Chief Okowa's emergence is capable of further strengthening and taking Athletics in Nigeria to a greater height and expressed optimism that his reign as the AFN head will be extremely fruitful. The former Commissioner for sports in Ogun State whose Marketing company, Nilayo Sports Management Limited has its stronghold in Athletics revealed that Nilayo Sports Management Limited is looking forward to a continuous synergy with the AFN particularly at a time that the maiden edition of the Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon is approaching. "On behalf of everyone at Nilayo Sports Management Limited, I sa...

 Minister Sets Agenda for Newly Elected AFN Board Minister Sets Agenda for Newly Elected AFN Board Minister of Youth and Sports Development  Mr. Sunday Dare has charged the newly elected board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria to be focused and remain above board in the discharge of their responsibility. The  Minister gave the charge on Tuesday in Abuja when he Inaugurated the newly elected board led by Chief Tonobok Okowa. In his words, " This is indeed a new dawn for Track and Field in Nigeria as exemplified by the way you conducted your elections strictly by the 2017  constitution of your Federation as recommended by both World Athletics and the Confederation of African Athletics.  This shows a new seed of hope has germinated to replace some of the rotten seeds sowed some four years ago. You must avoid the pitfall of the past and follow not just the constitution of the AFN,  but also work within the laws of our sovereign country, Nigeria". The Minis...