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MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023
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Gusau lauds Tonobok Okowa, Others for Emerging Victorious in CAA Region II Polls
Nigerian Navy Polo Team 1 celebrating their triumph after winning the 2023 TY Danjuma Polo competition , yesterday in Port Harcourt : PHOTO DINFO
By Albert Akota
The immediate past President of the Confederation of African Athletes CAA Region II, Engr.Ibrahim Shehu Gusau has congratulated the newly elected executives of the region for emerging victorious at the elective congress held at the Lam Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra,Ghana on Saturday.
Nigeria’s Chief Tonobok Okowa emerged as President of CAA Region II after defeating the President of Benin Republic Athletics Federation, Degon Vierin in the second round 9-6 after the first round ended in a stalemate.
Engr.Gusau, the Chief Observer of the election in a statement issued on Sunday said the region won, as neither victors nor vanquish emerged.
“The CAA Region II being the biggest in the continent of Africa is one big and strong family with a sole purpose to develop Athletics.Saturday’s election was only a family debate to choose who will run the affairs of the region for the next four years.
I congratulate those elected, while those who weren’t elected should know, and understand that we must all join hands with these executives to lift the region.
I therefore charge all elected officials to work hard and ensure unity among our members.The challenges are enormous,but they are surmountable.
Under my leadership, we were able to organise the region’s annual competition; this ought to continue for the sake of building on results achieved in the last four years,wherein meaningful progress was made in our various national federations.
I can attest that this has enabled us to achieve that strong bond in the region.
Again,I congratulate all our members because we all are winners.”His statement reads.
Others elected are; Doudou Joof as Vice President, Alio Oumarou emerged as Financial Director, Ousmane Camara emerged as Auditor, while Sawadogo Missirit returned as Technical Director.
Aminata Keita and Ouoally Sara were elected Council Members.
Region II comprises of all countries in West Africa.
Delta to host 7th National Youth Games
The Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development has awarded the Hosting Rights for the 7th National Youth Games to Delta State.
The choice of Delta State was reached at a meeting of Stakeholders for the Games, which held on the sidelines of the recently concluded 21st National Sports Festival.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development, Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar, stated that the National Youth Games has since inception become a veritable ground for harvesting the huge talents that abound within the country.
According to him, “many of the discovered athletes have been nurtured to elite level by the Ministry where several of them have been excelling at the international stage by posting podium performance for the country.”
Other objectives of the Game according to him, is to “promote National Unity; curb age cheating in Sports and Youth restiveness as well as establish a standard programme for athletes’ succession”, amongst others.
Alhaji Ismaila assured that the Ministry is poised to ensuring that the gains and objectives of the Youth Games are sustained hence, the Ministry’s determination to seek for an alternative host venue for the National Youth Games.
The newly appointed Host State, Delta, he added, has indicated its interest to host the Games at the Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, Delta State. The State has equally expressed its readiness to host the Games from February 8-18, 2023, as unanimously agreed by the stakeholders at a virtual meeting that took place on Wednesday, January 4, 2023.
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Minister for Youth and Sports Sunday Dare has donated Teqball to the Ifeanyi Ubah Sports House in Nnewi
The Minister showed the kind gesture while commissioning the newly constructed Sports House in Nnewi.
The Multi Purpose Sports House was single handedly built by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah , a gesture the Minister said if emulated by every lawmaker in Nigeria will advance Sports Development in Nigeria.
“I am always very excited to see individuals who are very passionate about Grassroot Sports Development and this is what Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is all about”.
“This Multi Purpose Complex can serve many Sports and this is why I am donating Techball for the Sports House”.
The Minister said Teqball is one of the fast growing Sports in the world and the people of Nnewi will have the opportunity to Start growing the Sports.
Havertz’s scores Solitary goal as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace
Kai Havertz scored the only goal of the game as Chelsea picked up a much-needed 1-0 victory against Crystal Palace to ease the pressure on Graham Potter.
A thumping header from Kai Havertz earned Chelsea a narrow victory over Crystal Palace to ease the pressure on manager Graham Potter.
Havertz met Hakim Ziyech’s cross shortly after an hour as the Blues ended a run of three successive defeats in all competitionsThe Germany striker should have doubled Chelsea’s advantage but could only flash a header wide from close range from Mason Mount’s cross.
Palace came close to equalising late on when Cheick Doucoure’s longrange volley was spectacularly tipped over by Kepa Arrizabalaga
Chelsea stay 10th despite the win, just their second in 10 Premier League games, but are now level on points with ninth-placed Liverpool. are 12th after a fifth defeat in six games in all competitions.
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Bosso denies report he rejected bribe money from agent
By Albert Akota
Flying Eagles’ Head Coach, Isah Ladan Bosso has denied a report in a section of the media that he granted an interview in which he claimed to have rejected the sum of €100,000 offered by a football agent to have the latter’s player in the Nigeria U20 squad.
The report claimed that Bosso, who tinkered the Nigeria intermediate team to win the WAFU B U20 Championship in Niger Republic last year and will lead them to the Africa U20 Cup of Nations starting in Egypt next month, made a statement to the effect that he had refused the amount offered by a certain overseas-based football agent.
“Please permit me to clear the air on this news making the rounds about me rejecting an amount of money from a football agent. I never made such a claim to any journalist, talk less of in a formal interview.
There was no time I made such a statement to either a journalist or any other person for that matter. If anyone has proof of my making such a statement, the person should come out and tender it in public.
Bosso also shed more light on the number of players invited to camp for the final phase of preparations ahead of the U20 tournament.
“I have also read somewhere that we have 65 players in the camp; this is outright falsehood. There’s no way we can have that bogus number in the camp.
We resumed with 35 players in the camp and that is the number we have for now. Working with my assistants, we will start to trim the squad once the overseas-based professionals start arriving in camp.”
The veteran trainer also called on stakeholders to rally round and support the Flying Eagles as the team embarks on the mission to conquer Africa for the eighth time.
