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Amarath Peace Soccer To Create Avenue For Players – Organiser
A football organiser in Akpajo, Eleme Local Government Area , Rivers State, Igwe Oluji has said that the football tournament tagged “ Amarath Peace Soccer “ scheduled to hold August 31, 2018 in Eleme is aimed at creating avenue for players to excel at national and international levels.
He said that the competition was to discover talents and expose them to global society.
Oluji Stated this at the weekend in an exclusive interview with Tidesports at the Tide office in Port Harcourt, stressing that the basis of the tournament was to show case the talent of Rivers State youth players to the international community, adding that promotion of peace is very important in our society as the youths will be busy during the competition.
“To discover hidden talents as well as to ensure that youths were kept busy away from indulging in anti-social vices capable to ruin their future.” Oluji stated.
He explained that the registration for the third edition of Amarath peace soccer tournament designed among amateur club sides in the state was on sale, noting that, the registration fee was N10, 000.
Oluji who represented the state in grassroots football stated that, he and other committee members were working round the clock toward ensuring that necessary logistics were put in place for a hitch-free tournament.
Meanwhile the competition venue is the Akpajo School Field in Eleme LGA.
He noted that the winner of the tournament will go home with a trophy and the sum of N100,000, second position will receive N50.000 while the third position N25,000 adding that, the best player and goalkeeper will also go home with prices.
The chief organiser appealed to meaningful individuals corporate bodies and companies to come forward and assist the organising committee to make the tournament more glamorous and exciting.
“Sponsors and partners are all welcome to encourage grassroots football in the state,” he said.
According to him, football scouts are coming to pick some good players to expose them to the general public.
However, the committee expects to register not lesss than 32 teams from all the 23 LGAs of the state.
Oluji noted that, the form can be obtained from No 1 Ogugu Street Akpajo and added that, the first and second editions have exposed some players who participated in the competition.
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England captain Harry Kane netted a hat-trick to guide Bayern Munich to an impressive victory against Stuttgart.
Kane’s goals, plus one from Kingsley Coman, helped Bayern end a three-game winless run in all competitions.
They faced a tough task against a Stuttgart side who sat back and limited their chances, leading Vincent Kompany’s side to enter the break frustrated and with the deadlock unbroken.
Bayern eventually found a way past Stuttgart’s steely defence when Kane drilled a low effort into the bottom corner from around 30 yards out after Joshua Kimmich overturned possession.
Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Dosu Joseph, is full of thanks to God after he miraculously survived another life-threatening automobile accident recent at Kara, along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, where a heavy-duty truck ran into his SUV.
Narrating his ordeal, the 51-year-old, who guided Nigeria to gold in the Men’s Football Tournament of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, broke the news in a statement on his social media handles on Friday.
“To God be the glory, another death escaped by Grace and Mercy of God. Me and my friend SM were at Enyo Filling Station after Ojodu Berger bus stop to get fuel on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, around 6 p.m. when this MACK truck fully loaded with iron, with registration number LND 470 XX, left the road and crushed my car beyond repairs. Thank God for life,” he stated.
This is the second time the soft-spoken club proprietor will cheat death by a whisker, having been involved in an accident in 1997 that ended his career at 23 and left his spinal cord in bad shape.
He helped Julius Berger win the Nigeria FA Cup in November 1997 shortly a memorable Olympic outing by keeping a clean sheet in the finals against Katsina United. The following year, he was involved in the auto along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, which not only cut his career short but also left him almost paralysed, ending his spell at Serie A club Reggiana.
The former Nigeria international, who also kept goal for Julius Berger FC, said the case has been reported to Isheri Police Station, Ogun State, where the driver is currently detained and the truck also seized.
According to him, the owner of the truck said he can’t fix the badly damaged SUV until after a year.
Ex – Super Eagles of Nigeria, Okwuchukwu Waobikeze has observed that sports development in Nigeria is going down.
According to him, grassroots sports is very important, without it, the administrators cannot get it right. So everybody should key into grassroots sports development, he said.
Waobikeze said this last Wednesday in an interview with sports journalists shortly after the Port Harcourt All Stars Independence football festival (OCTOBERFEST) at the Port Harcourt club, Rivers State.
He explained that for sports administrators to get it right, grassroots development is key. “They should be organising competition at the grassroots level to fish out the young ones for different sporting activities.
“Grassroots sports is very important so the administrators have to go back to the grassroots.
” Sports Development in Nigeria is going down we need to go back to the basics.
“Look at the just concluded Paris Olympics, Nigeria did not win any medal.
” Our football team did not even qualify for the Olympics. We are going down.
” If they should go back to the grassroots, they will get young ones in the games and talents will be developed.
” I started from school games, to youth games before playing for the national team. Now everybody wants to fly board to play professional football and a lot do not know the basics of the game.
” A lot of people did not know the little things about the game, they just want to play. It is not done so,” Waobikeze stated.
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