Nigerian Football

New Finalist to Emerge at GTBank Lagos Principals Cup

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7 years ago

May 23, 2017

Action continues on Wednesday in the 2017 GTBank Lagos Principals Cup which is the eighth edition. The competition has now reached the semi-final stage.

The GTBank Lagos Principals Cup remains the most glamorous secondary schools’ tournament in the country and had its beginning in 1948.

Sports Village Square recalls that owing to some years of dormancy, this year’s edition is the 60^th overall and eighth in succession since GTBank rescued the competition which had been a breeding ground of football stars.

The semi-final matches are holding at the cradle of national football, the time-honoured water front arena of Onikan Stadium.

After the excitement and surprises in the quarter finals stage, all eyes will be set on which of the semi-final teams in the boys and girls categories of the competition will make it to the historic finals at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday.

In the girls’ category, Sanya Senior Grammar School, Surulere will face Government Senior College, Agege. The match is slated for 10:00am. Almost immediately, Ikorodu Senior High School will slug it out with Isale Eko Grammar School.

Sports Village Square’ checks reveals that the boys’ category will produce new finalists as none of the four teams in the semi-finals had gotten to the final before.

At 1:00pm, Ijaiye Housing Estate Senior Grammar School, Ojokoro will face Odogunyan Senior Grammar School, Ikorodu in the first semi-final match. At 2:30 pm, Muslim Senior College, Oworonshoki will face Ikotun Senior High School, Ikotun.

The final match will hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday.

Nigerian Football

GTI enlarges coast…spreads from League fund-raising to Federation Cup

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2 hours ago

April 19, 2024

Kunle Solaja

BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

Strategic partners of the Nigeria Football Federation, GTI Asset Management and Trust Ltd has expanded their scope of operations from fund sourcing for the Nigeria Premier League to adding the responsibility of getting the national cup competition back into its glamorous days.

The MD of the company, Abubakar Lawal at the unveiling a revamped Federation Cup which has been renamed President Federation Cup remarked that his company decided to take a bold step to support the national cup.

“I am the happiest man today, he said in the opening remark of the rebranding of the national cup through signing of Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Sports and the NFF.

“Our company is also strategically involved in ensuring that the President Federation Cup is given necessary attention to thrive using The Nigeria Football Fund (TNFF) as our vehicle to actualise this dream.

“Therefore, it is our vision that the oldest domestic football event becomes one of the best organised football events in the world in no distant future.”

Nigerian Football

Ikenne’s Beyond Limit Football Academy top goal chart as NNL releases vital statistics

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2 days ago

April 18, 2024

Kunle Solaja

The secretariat of the Nigeria National League has released the match statistics of the four conferences of the 2024 season.

With 198 matches so far played in Conferences A and B, 426 goals were scored, with 125 home wins and 26 away wins, representing 63.1%, & 26% respectively. There were 47 draw matches, representing 23.7% of matches. 299 home goals were scored, and 127 home goals.

Beyond Limit FC scored the highest goals of 33 goals, with Stormers FC and Ekiti United conceeding the least goals of 28 goals. Tradesafe and Solution FC scored the least numbers of goals of 11 goals and Osun conceded the least numbers of goals of 8.

In group C & D, 209 goals have been scored in the 106 so far played, with 70 home wins and 14 won away representing 66. 3% and 13.1% respectively.

Teams drew 31 matches representing 29.2% of the matches played. Wikki Tourists scored the highest numbers of goals, with 23 goals, while EFCC FC conceded the least numbers of goals. They conceded 18 goals. Nasarawa United’s 8 goals conceded made them the team that conceded the lowest numbers of goals, while ABS scored the least number of goals of 5 goals.

Nigerian Football

Heartland back to their homeland as they host Shooting Stars

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2 days ago

April 18, 2024

Kunle Solaja

BY TOSIN OMOJOLA, OWERRI

The uncertainty surrounding our Matchday 31 encounter against Heartland FC of Owerri, has been cleared with the game eventually slated to hold at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, the home ground of the host team

The Nigeria Premier League has given the approval to the stadium after an inspection was carried out on Wednesday afternoon.

The Oluyole Warriors have since arrived the Imo State capital and have settled down ahead of Friday’s clash which will be be shown live on cable television.

Meanwhile, the Technical Adviser of the Ibadan soccer lords, Gbenga Ogunbote, while addressing the players on arrival at their hotel, urged them not to be distracted by the development.

“I want to apologise to you on the change of venue. We got to know about it some hours ago, but be that as it may, I want us to remain focused as and get the desired results we needed”.

In the same vein, the players of the Ibadan soccer lords, said they are not in any way moved by the change of venue, expressing their readiness to get the maximum points, not minding the venue.