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Coaches Want Rohr To Improve Eagles’ Defence
Grassroots coaches in Port Harcourt have commended the Super Eagles for t heir 1-0 win over Poland national team and the loss to Serbie 2-6.
The coaches said that Super Eagles Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr need to improve the team’s performance.
Head coach of Port Harcourt City football Academy, Anthony Mike said this in an exclusive interview with Tidesports in one of the their training sessions yesterday, at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt.
He noted that Eagles has started in a good note under Rohr by securing World Cup ticket and good friendly matches played.
“We are not there yet. They need to put in more effort to improve in their goal scoring chances. I wish them the best of luck during the World Cup matches in Russia.” Mike said.
Mike further stated that playing three friendly matches, won two and loss one is not a bad result, saying that he was impressed with the performances of the players, adding that being one of the youngest teams to attend the World Cup we believes that they will do better when the tournament kicks off.
“This shows Eagles have woken from their slumber. Rohr has done well but should also beef up the defence and the attack,” he stated.
Also speaking the head coach of future Stars academy of Port Harcourt Ukpabio said the friendly matches was interesting, but play the players need more time together as a team.
Ukpabio praised the Rohr for a job well done, saying that friendly match is to detect some grey in the team, that losing in friendly matches is not a bad result rather is to learn from their mistakes.
“I commend the effort of the players and the technical crew of the two friendly matches,” he said.
According to him the Super eagles exhibited seriousness in the matches, it is an indication that they know the task ahead, adding that every team that is going to the World Cup is going there to win, saying that, the midfield and the attack need to understand themselves because scoring goals is important in a competition.
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Hon Dike who spoke with sports journalists shortly after the flag off the 2024 edition of Chairman’s Football Unity Tournament at Botem Tai in Tai LGA, said the tournament is an annual event to promote peace and unity in Tai as well identify budding talents in the area for global competition.
The opening ceremony of the tournament was more like a carnival was witnessed by huge crowd including prominent indigenes of Ogoni Kingdom, sports lovers and people from all works of life.
The LGA boss revealed that special sports committee will be setup in the area to work out modalities to strengthen sports development in Tai.
He advised the participants in the tournament from various wards in the LGA to play the game by the rules and conduct themselves in a peaceful and orderly manner and use the opportunity to showcase their talents.
Hon Dike further disclosed that his administration will also give priority attention to skills development among the youth to enhance their human capacity and promote enterprise development in the area.
Earlier in his address the Chairman of Tai LGA Football Council, Elder Wisdom Gorgor said the annual football competition has been a unifying factor in Tai LGA that need to be sustained to forge more unity and development in the area.
He urged the participants to see the competition as an opportunity to embrace football as a full career and earn sustainable livelihood.
Elder Gorgor who commended the Chairman of Tai LGA, Hon Dike for his visionary leadership and tremendous development achievements recorded in the LGA under his administration, appealled to the Chairman to build a Mini Sports Stadium in the area to promote sporting activities.
The training was held at the Sani Abacha Stadium Indoor Basketball Court in Kano last Saturday.
According to the Vice President and Head of NBA Nigeria, Gbemisola Abudu, the event was part of the league’s commitment to growing broader basketball ecosystem in Nigeria and making the game more accessible across the country.
“Our first Jr. NBA clinic in Kano speaks to our commitment to growing the game in Nigeria and creating more opportunities for boys and girls to learn and play the game,” Abudu said.
“Nigeria has a rich basketball history and abundance of talent, which is evident every time you watch an NBA game. We look forward to continuing to engage with basketball stakeholders, business leaders and members of the community to further the game’s reach and impact on young people around the country,” she added.
The 2024 basketball initiative clinics of NBA Nigeria also included the league’s inaugural Jr. NBA elite camp for 150 boys and age-16 girls held at the American International School in Lagos in July.
Others include the NBA’s building of 1,000 courts in Africa over the next decade, Nigeria’s Festival Coins and Salubata named the top two winning businesses at NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator’s inaugural Demo Day in New York City held last September, and the third edition of “NBA Meets Art,” a curated installation celebrating basketball through the lens of Nigerian art and culture as part of West Africa’s premier art fair Art X Lagos, held in November.
Central to this vision is the federation’s investment in capacity building, evident in the just-concluded one-week Level 1 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Coaching Course, which marked a significant milestone for Nigerian badminton.
Held in Abuja, the course brought together 13 young coaches from across Nigeria. The last time such a course was held in the country was in 2017, making this a historic and transformative step.
The training was facilitated by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) in partnership with the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) and conducted by Dr. Ahmed Radah, the BCA Development Manager.
Radah, impressed by the talent he witnessed, praised Nigeria’s potential.
“Nigeria is blessed with immense talent and a strong badminton tradition. I believe this country has what it takes to dominate on the global stage,” he remarked.
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