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Future Stars FA Emerges Champions Of Sir P Tournament
Future Stars Football Academy (FSFA) of Port Harcourt, on Sunday emerged champion of the first edition of the Sir P Under -13 football competition after defeating Success Football Academy 4-0 in the final match at the Ruomuji football pitch in Port Harcourt.
Speaking to the Tidesports in an exclusive interview, after the final whistle of the game, the head coach of FSFA, Churchill Benibo, described his boys as the best side in Port Harcourt.
According to him, they are the best because, throughout the tournament they were not beaten by any team.
“ I think we are the best because we played unbeating throughout the competition.
I feel very happy because my boys have made me proud.
They were wonderful throughout the tournament I gave them kudos, Benibo said.
He stated that, grassroots football is one of the viable tools that brings unity among children adding that, the Sir P Under -13 tournament has given joy to children that participated in the competition.
He commended his players for combining sports and education, saying that it is not easy to attend training sessions after school.
“ They were too good during the competition,” he said.
He thanked God for winning the final game, adding that if the opportunity is given to his boys outside Port Harcourt they will do well in the game of football.
Also speaking, the organiser of the tournament, Prince Harry, stated that, he wanted to use the competition to develop youth as a way of boosting their interest in the round leather game.
“ Being my first experience in organising the Under-13 age grade competition, I think I am so happy for the turnout.
According to him, the most challenging factor in organising any event is finance, but in this case,he was very happy that every thing went successfully,” Harry said.
Harry, who is popularly called Sir P thanks all the participating teams, most especially their coaches and the fans who came out in their numbers to cheer up the players.
Climax of the event were given out of cash price, trophy and medal to the winning team, the runner up.
By: Kiadum Edookor
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.
Kiadum Edookor