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Agege Sports Club Plans Anniversary Celebrations
Agege Sports Club, a family-friendly multi-sports organisation dedicated to promoting health and well-being among its members, is set to commemorate its 10th anniversary with a series of celebratory events.
The club’s Public Relations Officer, Remi Aboderin, told Tidesports source that the milestone occasion presents an opportunity to celebrate the foresight of the Board of Trustees, the passion and commitment of the Executive Committee, and the support of members both at home and in the diaspora.
“Over the years, we have remained true to our vision and mission of promoting wellness through sports by providing opportunities for people to engage in physical activities and encourage members to enjoy a healthy and active lifestyle,” Aboderin said.
The President of the club, Stanley Adiele, expressed joy at seeing people from different ethnic backgrounds come together to form a strong bond of unity.
“This club is populated by friends who either grew up in Agege, stayed in Agege and its environs over the years, or who by friendship decided to associate themselves with their friends who are members of the club,” Adiele said.
Thus, it can be seen that the club is open to all responsble males and females who love sports and are passionate about healthy living, thus our slogan, ‘Wellness Through Sports.’”
The club’s Saturday Sports clinic, featuring aerobics, football, basketball, lawn tennis, and table tennis sessions, has become a major attraction for sports and fitness enthusiasts of all ages.
Activities planned for the 10th anniversary celebrations include a fitness walk, a health seminar at the host community’s Vetland Junior Grammar School, and visits to orphanages.
The week-long event will round off on October 26, with an anniversary luncheon to fete members, friends, and well-wishers. The occasion will also serve as a fundraiser for the development of a befitting complex that will serve as a centre for sports and recreational activities within the Orile Agege LCDA and surrounding communities.
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