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Spectacular and Principal English Premier League
The EPL is the most exciting football championship in the world. Here are the best players and eminent coaches who are ready to clash for the title of the strongest one. The home of football has been always distinguished by rough temper and real “male” football. After more than 100 years from the first game the situation has not changed.
The English Premier League in its present form has been taking place since 1992. 20 teams take part in the championship. Not only English, but also Welsh clubs play there, although they have never managed to achieve great success. The most titled EPL clubs are:
· Manchester United;
· Liverpool;
· Arsenal.
Although, achievements of Merseysiders date back to those times when the championship was called Division 1.
The EPL includes not just the best but the richest teams and their owners who spare no expense for buying the best players. Even an average team of the Premier League is able to challenge the best clubs of the Old World. With new tycoons and businessmen new grand teams appeared: Chelsea, Manchester City. 6 clubs fight for the championship trophy, and that is why the premier league table is so attractive. Livescore have always been a topic under discussion of fans and professionals.
Current Situation
There is a place for the miracle in the EPL, as the win of modest Leicester in 2016 cannot be called otherwise. The team with an average squad took advantage of favorites’ misfires and sensationally won the championship. The follow-up game when the club moved to the middle of the table proved that the win of 2016 had been just a coincidence.
Despite the excitement in the domestic scene, the EPL clubs had not long created a furor at European Championships. Only in 2017, Manchester United won the first international trophy for England in 4 years.
The Premiere League is excellent players and noisy fans who traditionally express themselves freely at principal competitions. By the way, modest teams’ support level is higher, as big clubs are real global brands, so people come to their matches as if they were tourist attractions.
In this season the EPL Manchester City is ahead of the competition: the team led by legendary Josep Guardiola steadily leaves its competitors behind and alternately eliminates other candidates for the title.
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.