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Taekwondo Federation Scribe Advises States To Obey Rules
To avoid being disqualified
from the taekwondo event of the 2nd National Youth Games (NYG), Secretary, Nigeria Taekwondo Federation (NTF), Sunny Obot, has urged state associations to comply with the competitions rules.
The Tidesports source reports that taekwondo is part the sports to feature in the 2016 edition of NYG scheduled for September 22 to Sept. 30 in Ilorin, Kwara.
Obot told newsmen that the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Games had directed that state athletes must come with their personal kits such as Electronic Sucks, Complementary Heels, Arm and Mouth Guards.
He named others as Groin Guard (male and female), Breast Guard, Kick Shoes, Head Gears, e-Protector and taekwondo fighting uniform, adding that they were compulsory for competitors.
“This information is to guide states preparing to feature athletes for the taekwondo event in the Games and it’s a compulsory requirement for participation.
“State athletes who do not have full kits will not be allowed to take part in the competition, therefore they must be prepared when coming to avoid disappointment,’’ he said.
He noted that each state was expected to present two boys and two girls for specified categories making four athletes per state, bringing the total to148 athletes in taekwondo.
According to him, the final acceptable weights for the Games as approved by the LOC in the male category were -48kg and -55kg and -46kg and -49kg for the females.
The Games would feature the following Athletics, Badminton, Chess, Cricket, Scrabble, Table Tennis, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo and Wrestling.
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